Playa Ponies
Tours & Adventure · Nicoya Peninsula · Tours & activities
Small Nosara stable running guided rides through the jungle trails by the Nosara River and out to Playa Pelada and Guiones. Well-trained, calm horses, helmets in kid sizes and guides who share local knowledge.
- Ratings
- 4.8 on Google (37)
Prices (as published)
| Guided 2-hour jungle and beach tour (min. 2 riders) | $110 per person (discount if paid in cash) |
| Guided 1.5-hour beach tour (min. 2 riders) | $80 per person |
| Guided half-day ride (4 h in the saddle) | on request |
Contact & directions
- Website: https://www.playaponies.org/
- Phone: +506 8318 6292
- Location: 9.967152, -85.667655 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Reserva Biológica Nosara (river mouth and tide flats)Nature spot · hidden gemWhere the Nosara River meets the Pacific: rocky tide flats and tide pools, a sandbar river mouth and plenty of pelicans, terns and shorebirds.
- Playa PeladaBeach · FreeNosara's smaller, calmer beach, with rocky points, low-tide pools, shady trees and a blowhole that fires spray around the turn of the tide.
- Pelada–Guiones Trail & Lookout (Nosara NCA trails)Trail · FreeNosara's beaches are tied together by about 9 km of forest trails that the Nosara Civic Association protects on some 250 hectares through Guiones, Pelada and Boca Nosara.
- Playa Nosara (Boca Nosara)Beach · FreeA long, peaceful stretch north of Playa Pelada, inside the Ostional refuge, where fishermen still haul their boats up the sand and the Nosara River reaches the sea.
- Playa GuionesBeach · FreeNosara's long surf beach: forgiving, consistent waves on a sandy bottom and a green, forested shoreline with no buildings on the sand.
- Ostional Turtle BeachNature spot · about $10One of the world's most important nesting beaches for olive ridley turtles: during an 'arribada', thousands come ashore over a few nights to lay their eggs.
Sources: https://www.playaponies.org/