Planning your next Costa Rica surf trip or vacation?
You’ll love the natural sights and sounds found within our newest Real Surf Trips location, Playa Avellana. If you’re the type who likes exploring roads rarely traveled, then this tropical paradise should be at the top of your list of places to visit.
Things You Can Do In Playa Avellana
For visiting tourists, Playa Avellana, commonly referred to by locals as ‘little Hawaii’ boasts of some of the best surf spots in Costa Rica.
What else can you do?
Relax on the soft sands under the warm sun rays. Read a good book or have an afternoon nap, feeling the tropical breeze swaying you in your hammock. You could go horseback riding along the shore or enjoy a picnic lunch under a Guanacaste tree. Lola’s, a beachside bar and restaurant, could favorably be a cool, shaded place to enjoy the sunset.
Nearby, you can also spend time enjoying a round of golf or go snorkeling, fishing and scuba diving.
Meet the Peace-Loving Residents and Learn the Local Culture
Costa Rica blends indigenous cultures with the local Spanish culture to form a peace-loving nation. You can immerse yourself into the Spanish culture, picking up on the basic language and enjoy traditional dances, meals, arts, and craft.
From Domestic to Wild Animals
Playa Avellana is home to a variety of animals. You’ll find large troops of howler monkeys, iguanas, beautiful birds and butterflies. Vivacious purple-and-orange crabs live in the mangroves. Depending on the season, you may be lucky to catch a glimpse of dolphins, humpback whales or even endangered turtles who come to shore to lay their eggs. And don’t be surprised if you’re walking down the road with a cowboy on his horse rounding up cows…a common sight here in Costa Rica!
Mouth-Watering Traditional Meals:
Local cuisines take their culinary cues from local herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits that grow easily in the area. Visit any home or restaurant, you’ll find hanging onions, bananas, colorful black pepper, parsley and braided garlic. Salsa Lizano adds a nice taste to the traditional Gallo Pinto (remember to take some home with you!).
Real Surf Trips in Costa Rica provides its guests with first class accommodations, one-of-a-kind service and over 20 years of local surf knowledge, guaranteed to give you the Costa Rica Surf Trip you’ve been dreaming of!