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The Nicoya Peninsula: Route Guide
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The Blue Zone where people forget to stop living: Nosara's yoga-and-surf perfectionism, Tamarindo's party breaks, and Montezuma's waterfall dropping practically onto the beach. At Ostional, olive ridley turtles land by the tens of thousands in synchronized arribadas. Roads are dusty, dinner is a casado, and pura vida turns out to be a measurable lifespan effect.
The Nicoya Peninsula is a 290 km one-way journey (self-drive). It works best as 4–6 days; the plan below is the 5-day version for February, built from 90 verified places, with real road-routed transit times, opening hours and daylight checked.
Plan your own version → 4-day plan · 5-day plan · 6-day plan · best time to go
The route
What you'll see
Choose your length
When to go
Best months: December, January, February, March, April
Dry-season surf mornings and dusty back roads — the peninsula's Blue Zone rhythm of boards, bowls and yoga decks runs at full hum.
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