Bandera Beach, (also called Playa Bandera), is located on the Pacific Central Coast in Costa Rica. Perfectly nestled between the two tourists towns of Jaco and world famous Manuel Antonio National Park. This spot is only an hour and a half from the international airport in San Jose.

This beach has always been a well kept secret and most of the time it will be your private beach with no one else in sight.Only a couple kilometers away in the nearby city of Parrita, there are grocery stores, restaurants, banks, stores, medical and dental clinics as well.

Bandera Beach, a nice little neighborhood.

Carara National Park is to the west of us, and Manuel Antonio National Park, one of the most famous and beautiful parks in all of Costa Rica, is to the east. A bit further south of us is Marino Ballena National Park, which is named after the Humpback Whales that migrate here each year from December to April.

The wildlife at Bandera Beach is amazing. Watch the pelicans fly by, Parrots, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Iguanas and occasionally we will get visits from the Monkeys. Various species of sea turtles nest on the beach as well. Whales also migrate past out in the deep water at certain times of the year.

World class surfing right in front of the lot.

Bandera Beach offers a variety of adventures in addition to the wildlife. The most obvious is the beach and as this area is still undiscovered by many, most of the time you will have the whole beach to yourself with no one else in sight. Great waves for surfing and plenty of space for the family to play on. Other adventures include Canopy Tours, aka zip lines, where you flying through the treetops. Rainforest trams, Ultralight flights, Sport fishing, Golfing, Horseback riding,

You will catch yourself waking up early to walk on the beach, which you will most of the time have to yourself. Then you will have the day to enjoy all the activities but at 5:30pm (all year around), you will once again want to be on the beach and watch the sun set in the horizon.