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Paso Canoas, the main frontier post between Costa Rica and Panama, is a friendly town that takes the unbeatable historical relations with Panama to the maximum with the Tico/Panamanian Confraternity Festival, which is attended by representatives of public institutions, educational centers, organizations and the people in general. But do not wait until September (when the [...]

Those who say that Puerto Jimenez has the air of a cowboy town, could not describe it better. It was born in the 60's of the last century and, for leaving nothing to the originality, its importance was due to “gold rush”. The Osa Peninsula jungle became the target of the mines of companies that [...]

Los Mogos is a Costa Rican community that is scarcely mentioned and appreciated and yet it is like a window showing the existence of a magical world through which people travel by land to any point of the Osa Peninsula. Los Mogos is a small town in the Sierpe district, Osa, with a school, a [...]

h2{ font-size: 24px; color: #dd3333;} Golfito Golfito, head of the canton of the same name, has peculiarities that make it different and surprising: It is a picturesque coastal community, several kilometers long and three hundred meters wide. It denotes a "civil town" and an "American zone" with comfortable wooden houses, high ceilings and ample ventilation [...]

Río Claro, the main community of the Guaycará district is located between the cities of Golfito and Ciudad Neily. It is a strategic point for those who visit the Deposito Libre Comercial de Golfito and the Paso Canoas border community; for those traveling to the Osa Peninsula, for those who want to know the Wilson [...]

From the Drake community, a village located in the northeastern part of the Osa Peninsula, it is possible to travel to Isla del Caño, an amazingly beautiful national park specially for beach lovers thanks to its coral reefs, marine life and the Sirena Station, main gateway to the Corcovado National Park. Drake can be reached [...]

Although this is not a town that stands out for its size or vertical architecture typical of modern cities, Palmar Norte in Osa, is a community destined to become a center of an intense socioeconomic activity because of its strategic location. Palmar Norte is where the coastal highway and the inter-American highway are located, theses [...]

The city of Puerto Cortés, head of the Osa canton, Puntarenas, has played a vital role in the development of southeastern Costa Rica. The port is a wharf for boats. This made possible the transit to the aborigines of the communities of Boruca and Térraba, who navigated by the Grande river of Térraba and the [...]

p{text-align:justify} If one is wondering about one of the tourist towns of better strategic location, it is necessary to mention Ojochal, a community puntarenense of the corner of Osa located at a point equidistant between Dominical and Palmar Norte, in the coastal road of Costa Rica. The unique location of Ojochal suggests the proximity of [...]

Playa Uvita, Costa Rica The soft swell of crystalline waters, the whale-shaped dolphin-shaped piston that comes from its encounter with Playa Hermosa and the protected environment of a national park, make of Uvita de Osa, one of the most wonderful tourist destinations in Costa Rica. As a complement, the attractive village of Uvita and the [...]