Playa Cacao
Beach · Osa Peninsula
Golfito's local beach across the bay from town, with a few small restaurants and bars and views over the Golfo Dulce.
- Cost
- Free
- Time there
- 2 h
- Best time
- afternoon
- Kids
- 6 / 10
- View
- 6 / 10
- Crowds
- 3 / 10
- Swimming
- 6 / 10
- Effort
- 1 / 10
- Location
- 8.63158, -83.17709 — Google Maps
Tip
On weekends shuttle boats cross from the municipal pier in Golfito town; on weekdays go by road.
Be careful
The bay water can be murky after rain and there is boat traffic near the marina: swim away from the piers.
Getting there
By road around the bay or by weekend shuttle boat from the municipal pier.
Places nearby
- Restaurante La Playa (Golfito Marina Village)Food & CoffeeWaterfront restaurant at the marina in Golfito with ocean views, known for ceviche, fish tacos, burgers and well-made cocktails; open for breakfast and dinner.
- Cielo LodgeStays · from $290Intimate luxury eco-lodge of private canopy suites high above the Golfo Dulce, with farm-to-table dining and ocean views.
- Restaurante Buenos DíasFood & CoffeeRetro diner in Golfito's Pueblo Civil with air conditioning and a long opening day (6 am to 10 pm), known for fish and chips, burgers and typical Costa Rican plates.
- Restaurante Mar y LunaFood & CoffeeA relaxed seafood restaurant right on the water in the southern part of Golfito; the whole fried fish is the dish to order, and it's good enough that visitors come back for dinner the same day.
- Esquinas Rainforest LodgeStays · takes 1.5 h–3 h · from $70Rainforest lodge in the Golfito area with full-board stays and a pool and gardens set in the jungle.
- Aventuras CaféFood & CoffeeFamily café near the Puerto Jiménez airstrip, opened in 2021 by the owners of a long-running kayak outfit: healthy breakfasts, tuna burgers, chicken fajitas on corn tortillas, fresh coffee and a coconut-yuca cake.
Sources: OpenStreetMap node/3641518247 · https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Golfito · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3641518247