In this blog you will find all you need to know about this beautiful country; from travel tips to our culture.
Want to know where you can find the best "pinto" in town or which beaches you should cross off your bucket list first? .
In this blog you will find all you need to know about this beautiful country; from travel tips to our culture.
Want to know where you can find the best "pinto" in town or which beaches you should cross off your bucket list first? .
In this blog you will find all you need to know about this beautiful country; from travel tips to our culture. Want to know where you can find the best "pinto" in town or which beaches you should cross off your bucket list first? .
In this blog you will find all you need to know about this beautiful country; from travel tips to our culture.
Want to know where you can find the best "pinto" in town or which beaches you should cross off your bucket list first? .
Surfing is a sport enjoyed by many people in Costa Rica’s beaches, taking advantage of their good waves, safety, and tranquility to practice it.
In Costa Rica exist some beaches with appropriate characteristics to go surfing, among them we find: Tamarindo and Avellanas in Guanacaste. Tamarindo is a very crowded beach due to its tourist development. Avellanas Beach, has for example, world-class-waves because they are large and strong. This beach is also ideal for its relaxing environment to read a book or to ride a horse.
Another one is Guiones Beach. This one is very visited by all-level-surfers. At this beach exist a famous refuge called Ostional Wildlife Refuge where the arriving wild turtles can be seen. This place is outstanding for its clean waters and sands due to the fact that its residents and tourists take a lot of care of it.
Roca Bruja at Naranjo Beach is located inside Santa Rosa National Park. It is another great Surf’s destination due to the fact that it has fast and strong waves. There are no hotels in its surroundings, but there are interesting camping areas that allow to live the place’s nature. Its best period is from December to March because the climate is windier.
Salsa Brava is located at the Caribbean, in Puerto Viejo. It offers another exclusive landscape. Some people say that it is a paradise for its lush nature. At this place, it is common to find small stores where surfboards can be rented. Different Surf levels are taught in these places, generally by local people who know the dynamics of the site’s waves. The best period in this beach is from January to August.
Finally, another beach that is very visited for this activity is Pavones Beach, located in the Pacific Coast. This beach is covered by a lot of jungle in its surroundings. The surfers who visit it are more of intermediate level or of advanced level. From downtown San José City, one could last from 6 to 8 hours while one enjoys the landscapes of the route.
In any of these beaches, something that is very positive is that you would find local training schools to get started in Surf. Those schools would guide you within the beach’s characteristics or they would offer you important tips as part of the experience.
If you want more updated information about the next available Surf championships or courses during this period, you can also contact the “Federación de Surf de Costa Rica” (Costa Rican Surf Federation) http://www.fedesurfcr.com/
Photo by: Hazel Monge for Blog Life and Travel in Costa Rica.
*This costa rican brand has been trying to recognize the simplicity’s beauty.
We are completely sure that when you visit Costa Rica, you would like to buy a present for you, or to give it to your relatives, or to your friends. This is something of our national design created with the best pleasure. For this reason, today we bring you “Yurika” a costa rican national brand that has been developed with its novel and unique designs made of natural cork.
Its designer who is also an Architect as her profession, Kimberly Yurica, is telling us how this brand has been focused on creating pieces that represent another way to consume and produce. She has her exact words “Making a pause and think how the articles we daily consume are made.” Yurika’s main purpose is to offer a product with “style,” but with vegetable-origin-materials, and made with local and fair labour, Kimberly added.
Each Yurika’s piece tries to glorify what is essential and to omit what is excessive, creating a “key” choice of accessories and clothing. This finds constant inspiration in getting back to timeless ways.
In its main products there are accessories and natural cork handbags, and other garments like organic cotton T-shirts. They always look for key and natural materials. The labour of this brand is already in the costa rican market for 8 years. It is divided in two areas of the country: Tilarán and San José, offering a job mainly to housekeeper women where Kimberly is also fully participating with this group in the process.
Its designs can be totally loved by those people who are looking for a “conscious life” that appreciate the natural materials of high quality. Another important point of this brand is that it creates and designs useful articles, or articles of frequent use for our daily life, so, this would also produce a great investment.
Yurika products are available in its web page www.yurikacr.com and in their social networks like yurikacr.