Offbeat Costa Rica
Locations
Quiet corners of Costa Rica, shared by people who have been there. Filter by province or browse everything.
Ostional
A wild grey-sand beach north of Nosara where thousands of olive ridley turtles come ashore together during the arribadas.
Offbeat score 3 of 5Finca Dos Ríos
A farm in Bajos del Toro with a run of turquoise pools, a cave behind a water curtain and two different-coloured waterfalls meeting side by side.
Offbeat score 4 of 5Las Gemelas
Twin blue waterfalls side by side at the end of a long, muddy guided hike through Bajos del Toro's pastures and forest.
Offbeat score 4 of 5
Bajos del Toro
A small farming valley between Poás and Sarchí with more waterfalls per kilometre than anywhere else in Costa Rica.
Offbeat score 2 of 5Catarata del Toro
A narrow, powerful fall plunging around 90 metres into the crater of an extinct volcano.
Offbeat score 2 of 5Blue Falls of Costa Rica
A chain of milky-blue cascades and pools next to Catarata del Toro, coloured by volcanic minerals.
Offbeat score 2 of 5Tesoro Escondido
A farm walk through blackberry fields to two blue waterfalls. Most visitors stop at the first and miss the bigger one upstream.
Offbeat score 4 of 5Cascadas Pozo Azul
A towering fall in Colonia del Toro with a steep jungle descent, crystal pools and more cascades downstream.
Offbeat score 4 of 5Poza La Presa
An easy family walk past a dairy farm to an old dam, a jump-in pool and a second cascade.
Offbeat score 3 of 5Catarata Las Gemelas
Two pairs of twin falls hidden in the little-explored hills of Puriscal, with a cave behind the water.
Offbeat score 4 of 5