July 25th marks the anniversary of the annexation of Guanacaste by Costa Rica in 1824, and in addition to being a national holiday, it’s a celebration of peace and democracy. The people of Guanacaste held a referendum in 1824 and voted to leave Nicaragua and become part of Costa Rica, whom they believed they had [...]

The Tulemar crew has been hard at work opening a new hiking trail for our guests to enjoy. This is the third and newest segment of our North Beach Trail, and it reaches a previously unreachable peak. It offers an excellent mirador or lookout and is frequented by lots of wildlife, including monkeys and sloths. [...]

Last May’s winner of the Cup of Excellence, Costa Rica’s La Estrella farm in Santa María de Dota, this week achieved the remarkable auction price of $2,000 per quintal while the commodities trading price in New York was $243.50. Buyers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan paid the premium price for the 30 lots offered by [...]

Courtesy of Discovery Beach House owner Evelyn Gallardo and Joshua Horn, founder of  panotoursCR.com, we’re pleased to present a fantastic virtual tour of her ocean-front villa on our website. One of the few Manuel Antonio properties with direct access to the main beach, Discovery Beach House offers visitors a special place to relax and unwind. [...]

This week our friends at Casa Las Ventanas in the Makanda Resort snapped a fantastic sighting of a ocelot crossing a small footbridge on their property early yesterday morning. First thought to be a margay, we’ve since discovered that this cat is much too large to be a margay. The ocelot is mostly nocturnal and [...]

Did you know you can now chat with us on our website? We can help with questions about availability, rate quotes, reservations, tips and advice. The interface requires Flash be installed on your computer, so it doesn’t work with iPhones and iPads yet. We’re always on the look out for new ways to interact with [...]

The enviable life of the the Tulemar sloths. I wonder if they dream and if they do, what they might dream about. This one woke up for a moment, scratched his belly a bit, had a big yawn (nice shot, Mauricio!), and returned to his dreams.

A small ceremony was held yesterday at Tulemar Beach as we raised our prized Blue Flag (bandera azul), awarded by the National Blue Flag Commission. This is the third year in a row Tulemar Beach has received this coveted acknowledgement. Several Costa Rican authorities administer this important program which evaluates Costa Rica’s beaches under a [...]

The Travel Channel’s new series, “Sand Guys”, arrived in Quepos in late February to shoot their fourth episode for their program, set to launch in the U.S. in July of 2011. The production team of 14 people spent five days in Costa Rica. The “Sand Guys” are two guys who left the sand castle building [...]