The Beaches of Costa Rica

Canada may have the world's longest shore line and some truly stunning beaches, (I'm sure we all have a laundry list of favourites) but Costa Rica's bread and butter is made off of a variety of sandy stretches in various colours...oh, and zip lines. (We have yet to bother with gimmicks such as wires strung over the canopy of the jungle, but there's still time.)

Regular Sand

White Sand

Black Sand

This is definitely the place to come for beach bums, surfers, snorkelers and SCUBA-ers. There are empty beaches, hard to reach beaches, popular beaches, beaches with time shares (consider yourself warned), beaches lined with restaurants, crab filled beaches, rocky beaches...well, you get the drift.

Palm shaded beach

Boating beach

Pacific Northwest styled beach

You could plan a whole month's holiday just visiting beaches every day, I'm pretty sure. That doesn't make the sound of the waves any less soothing, or the long stretches of pulverized rock and shell any less stunning. So bring your SCUBA gear, your snorkel or your surf board. (You can rent gear, too, if you want.) Be prepared to sweat, watch for rip tides and enjoy the sun and sand.