Manuel Antonio
CENTRAL AMERICA · SIESTA · SLOTHS & SAND
The tiny park where rainforest walks end on perfect beaches — wildlife guaranteed.
The plan
Park at 7am with a guide
The guides' scopes find sloths, monkeys and vipers you'd walk past.
Playa Manuel Antonio
The park's crescent cove — swim where the trail ends.
Capuchin etiquette
They will case your bag. Zip everything, feed nothing.
Sunset at El Avión
Drinks inside a cold-war cargo plane above the Pacific.
Marino Ballena day trip
The whale-tail sandbar an hour south — August–October brings actual whales.
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