Tamarindo is a Costa Rican city located on the north coast of the Pacific, where the Nicoya peninsula forms a curve in the ocean. It is a peaceful place with sheltered beaches and gentle waves that bathe long stretches of sand. Hotels in Tamarindo offer sea views, large swimming pools, and thatched huts for relaxing in the shade. Playa Langosta is a peaceful place that is popular with surfers. Its waves close to the shore are ideal for beginners, who can take a couple of classes to learn. Experienced surfers can look for larger waves found at the river’s mouth. However, you do not need a surfboard to enjoy the waves. Swimming and body-surfing are also very popular. The calm sea is excellent for taking a boat trip. Sailing on a catamaran while watching the sunset is an unforgettable experience.

Travelers enjoy simple activities such as swimming, sunbathing, walking along the beach, or relaxing with a drink under a palm tree. Vendors offer fresh coconut water all along the coast. They open the coconut shell, insert a straw, and it is ready to drink. Another popular drink is Kombucha, an effervescent tea that has many health benefits. In Tamarindo hotels, there are other more vigorous activities such as beach volleyball, soccer, and canoeing. Other options include giant chess, table tennis, and outdoor massage. The hotel's delicious culinary specialties include lobster, prawns, Mexican tacos, and Spanish paella. Fresh fruit and vegetables are always on the menu. Those who wish to buy other products can visit the Tamarindo farmers market, where local farmers sell their own crops, and visitors can buy souvenirs, popular art, and jewelry.

Many visitors to Costa Rica would like to know more about its rich and diverse fauna. The best hotels in Tamarindo help their guests by organizing one-day trips to natural parks teeming with flora and fauna. Just to the north, Las Baulas National Marine Park is a paradise for leatherback turtles, the largest sea turtles in the world. Weighing up to 1,543 pounds, these turtles go ashore to lay their eggs in the sand. Anyone visiting the park during nesting season from October to March is guaranteed to see them. Other species arrive on the coast during the rest of the year. A raft trip along the river estuary in the Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge allows you to see ocelots, howler monkeys, and caimans living in the dense mangroves. To view underwater life, travelers can try Snuba diving, a new sport in which divers breathe through an air hose connected to the surface. This makes it easier than scuba diving, no certification is required, and you can see everything from eels and octopus to whales, in the calm sea of Tamarindo.