Top Things to do in Puerto Jimenez
10 Things to do in Puerto Jimenez That You Shouldn't Miss
For eco-tourists who crave adventure there are few places better than Parque Nacional Corcovado, a biodiverse smorgasbord of tropical rainforest, coastline and wildlife. Puerto Jimenez is a great base for those who wish to explore the park via one of several local touring companies, but it’s also got its own thing going on, including an impressive wildlife sanctuary, some lovely restaurants and an excellent local crafts shop.
Restaurants in Puerto Jimenez
1. Surcos Tours
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5.0 based on 768 reviews
Hello dear friends, thanks for reading our reviews written by tourists and now our friends who have booked tours with us. Surcos Tours is a tour operator specialized in hiking Corcovado National Park and the Osa Peninsula. Our main goal is to make the stay of tourists in the park an unforgettable experience. Thanks for supporting local businesses. PURA VIDA Nito and Estela
2. Rancho Raices de Osa
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5.0 based on 106 reviews
We are a local family farm, we do home made traditional chocolat and we share all about our culture, traditions, fruit trees, cultivations, animal farm and more !!!
Reviewed By Eagar4Nature
This was a wonderful tour given by a beautiful Costa Rican family who share their chocolate farm experience directly with you. They let you and your kids participate as much as you want in the whole chocolate making experience. The guide Herman was very knowledgeable about native plants that he grows on his farm and their various uses and you get to sample many along the way. If you visit the Osa peninsula I highly recommend you visit this family and support their tour! Covid has hurt many families like this in Costa Rica who depend on ecotourism and I recommend you support a beautiful family like this over some ecotourism corporation.
3. Rancho Tropical
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5.0 based on 248 reviews
Rancho Tropical offers unique and memorable experiences in the nature exploring the tropical vegetation, the wildlife diversity and panoramic views. Activities are Horseback Riding, Hiking Excursions, Tree Climbing, Waterfall Rappelling and Night Walks.
4. Osa Wild
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5.0 based on 375 reviews
OSA WILD, located in Puerto Jimenez, is the first certified 100% Costa Rican tourism office focused specifically on promoting community rural tourism. Through OSA WILD, foreign tourists as well as nationals will be able to enjoy the closest experiences to daily Costa Rican life reality in one of the most beautiful and wild places in the country: the Osa Peninsula. We also have great options and packages for Corcovado National Park!
5. Jaguar Corcovado Tours
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5.0 based on 204 reviews
We have the best Tour Guides in town., and all of them have grew up in this wonderful paradise, where we will be more than happy to take you to the same places where we played as kids. Culture, kayaking, zip linning, horse back riding, night tours, whales and dolphings tours, walking, beach time, river crossings, rustic bridges, old gold mines and nature explorations will be the perfect excuse to spend some more days in the area after or before your visit the Corcovado National Park.
6. Finca Morpho
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Finca Morpho is a small tight knit regenerative educational experimental permaculture community on 4.2 hectares, close to the OSA peninsula's point of Cabo Matapalo, 14km south of Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica on the road to Matapalo, the only purple gate. We are morphing ourselves and others to be more sustainable, creative, free, happy, at peace, and open-minded to all ideas and ways of lives. We have few different tour packages from intro to permaculture tour, Nursery/Soil Science tour, Recycle Program tour, Nature/Recycle Art tour, and a Harvesting/Cooking tour. All of our tours are by appointment only. We also serve Organic Farm Lunches on the farm for an additional $10.
7. Golfo Dulce
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5.0 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By 860raphaell
We are a family of 5 from Montreal, children’s age: 13, 8 and 4. We just had the most amazing time at Golfo Dulce Retreat and we recommend it with all our heart. It’s the perfect family vacation. Luxury cabins in the middle of the jungle, a two-minute walk from a spectacular private beach. In the same day, we were woken up by monkeys, and in the afternoon, dolphins swam around us while longboard paddling. You will stay entertained all day, one day you will be kayaking in the mangroves and the other day you are snorkeling with amazing corals and fishes! This is a perfect place for kids and adults for relaxation and adventure. Our kids left completely amazed and … in love with the owners Chantelle and Simon as well as Katie, a biologist from Cambridge University, who taught our kids so many things about different species in the jungle. Let’s not forget about the food. We still can’t grasp how is it possible to feel like we’re eating in Italy, but in the middle of the jungle in Costa Rica! We often say that we will return for sure to a place we loved so much, but at the end, we never do. I hope this time we will.
8. Puerto Unido Futbol Club
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Free activity offered by town Monday through Saturday! Futbol is the heart of our town! And Puerto Unido is our futbol club, in the heart of our town! We may be the only experience in the world where tourists (age 6 - 18) are invited to play with the locals! Join us for fun small-side games Saturday afternoons and weekdays AM & PM. And see scarlet macaws overhead and the Pacific Ocean on the side!
9. Osa Wildlife Sanctuary
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4.5 based on 220 reviews
Also known as the Santuario Silvestre de Osa . Owned by Carol Crews. $25 admission/donation. All proceeds go into the sanctuary.
Reviewed By spiritbears - Wokingham, United Kingdom
My husband and I visitied the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary at the end of December 2020, as arranged through Playa Cativo (where we were staying). A boat was arranged for us to take us to the sanctuary as it is tucked away along the coast in the Osa Peninsula. The lovely Carol was waiting for us on a log with Sweetie, the spider monkey who loves to sit on your lap and have a scratch, a delightful little monkey! We were given a tour of the sanctuary and heard stories about where the animals and birds came from. This sanctuary clearly provides the best care possible for injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife, always with the intention to rehabilitate and release when possible. We learnt that the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary liaises with other similar organizations and promote conservation through education and community involvement and are doing a great job of this. With donations and visits to this sanctuary they can continue to help animals in need and sponsorship and membership of the sanctuary will also be possible soon. We really enjoyed chatting with Carol as she has a wealth of experience and gives her all to care for the animals/birds. We enjoyed seeing the animals close up and were able to hand feed them - the Scarlet Macaws were beautiful, toucans, 2 toed sloth and kinkajoo, to mention a few. If you are nearby in the area and have the chance to visit, please support this sanctuary as your contribution will help the animals and birds rehabilitation and eventual release back into the wild. To know that some can be helped and be released into their natural habitat is heart warming and for those that can't be released, they will be cared for in the sanctuary in the best way possible. Will definitely visit again next time we come on holiday to Costa Rica in the Golfo Dolce and will follow their good work on their own website osawildlife.
