Playa Samara

"Playa Samara, One of the safest and prettiest beaches in Costa Rica"

A picturesque white sand beach with rolling gentle waves and breathtaking views."

Samara Beach has a superb coral reef and wooded island in the bay ~ Isla Chora.  It's the #1 choice for families and travelers in Costa Rica looking to swim, wind surf, and especially a safe place to enjoy their kids while looking for that perfect lifestyle. Samara is not only a charming beach resort community with a wide variety hotels, restaurants, bars and discos. Unlike other Pacific Ocean resorts, it is also a thriving fishing and farming community with a marvelous selection of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Enjoy fishing, shopping, dining, nightlife, massage, bird watching, monkeys, palm trees, nurseries as well as reforestation projects and many other authentic and vital S?mara activities. There are unusual plant and animal species, ancient Indian sites, underwater caves, art galleries, and coastal and mountain nature trails.

In Samara or nearby Carrillo you can spend you hours relaxing on the beach, jumping in the waves or enjoy various water sports rentals, Go horseback riding along the beach and scenic nature trails, enjoy boat tours, underwater coral reef and caves, Sport Fishing either from specialized deep sea motor launches, Snorkeling at the coral reef in the midst of fantastically colorful tropical fish, Rent a Bike or a Scooter, Yoga classes, Kayak are available at the beach for your enjoyment, Ultra Light Tour, an unforgettable experience! You can also let us train you to be a UL pilot yourself.

Learn Spanish in S?mara. Intercultural Samara Language School offers intensive Spanish courses at their brand new campus overlooking the ocean. Students learn in interactive small groups with university credential ed professors. Cultural activities such as Latin dance, tours and family home stays provide total immersion in the Costa Rican culture.

Learn a career! CRSMT prepares American and International Students for U.S. National Board Certification. Costa Rica TEFL offers a balanced program which focuses on key areas for being a successful English teacher: teaching methodologies, teaching techniques, learning styles, classroom management, classroom adaptation, culture in the classroom.

Wireless Internet Access is now available in many Hotels and vacation rentals. Or kick back on the beach and sit down in one of the Bars or Restaurants offering Wi-Fi for free !

Canopy Tours in nearby Santo Domingo above provide a network of aerial trails and tree platforms. Its only a few minutes from Samara. Bird Watching adventures with over 100 tropical species have become on of the most popular things to do in Costa Rica and Playa Samara ranks amongst the top due to it's wide variety of species.

Discover Other Beaches close to S?mara.  Playa Carrillo with rows of coconut palms, Playa Barrigona, a hidden white sand beach laced with white shells, Playa Camaronal and Playa Guiones for surfers, Playa Buenavista, a long deserted beach or looking for the falls and natural swimming pool in Punta Indio.

Amazing numbers define Costa Rica's ecology: somewhere between 500,000 and a million total species of flora and fauna; hundreds of thousands, perhaps even a million species of insects; 2,000 species of orchids; 208 species of mammals; 850 species of birds; endless thousands of species of moths and butterflies. In a space that occupies less than three ten-thousands of the earth's surface are 5 percent of all of the plant and animal species on the planet.

Some developed for tourism while others are remote and rarely visited. Costa Rica's charm is embodied in its forests, its unpredictable volcanoes, its endless shores and its underwater marvels. If you haven't walked at least one of its jungle trails, you can't claim to have visited Costa Rica, for therein lies the essence of the country, its inner meaning, its vibrant sensation of life woven between its enchanting shorelines to cover its craggy mountain chains. You can't reach out and hold it but there's something there, so that, once you've felt it, you'll never really leave Costa Rica behind, no matter where your body goes.

Costa Rica has something for everyone. From hiking in rain forests and mountains, relaxing on beaches, to snorkeling through tropical reefs and surfing some of the best waves in Central America, Costa Rica is a natural wonderland. With both a Pacific and Caribbean coast, there are plenty of beaches in Costa Rica.

The tiny picturesque town of Samara is located 35 km south of Nicoya and 245 km west of the capital San Jose. Lying on the southern Pacific coast of the Nicoya Peninsula in Guanacaste province, Samara is known for its beautiful tropical beach, which is one of the safest and most attractive beaches in Costa Rica. Here you can find some of the best water sports activities in the entire country, as well as horseback riding, deep sea fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, para gliding, waterfall visits and canopy tours.

Samara and its surrounding environs offer tourists an ideal place to relax and have a good time. Here, a variety of exotic plants and animals can be found along the 5 km beach strip of Samara beach, along with a stunning coral reef that lies just offshore. A short boat trip away is the gorgeous and remote Isla Chora. In town, you will find everything from a supermarket to a number of gift stores, bars and nightclubs as well. An excellent place to use as a stopover for the nearby national parks and reserves, Samara is perfect for a quiet holiday or a night out on the town.