Refugio Nacional Gandoca-Manzanillo

Amazing hike even in the pouring rain, didn’t make it to the end of the trail because it was quite muddy this time of year, but totally worth it.

Amazing hiking 🥾 or running 🏃🏻‍♂️ experience, we did the full run. You have two options: 1) a 6 miles round trip going to Bite Beach or, 2) a 16 miles round trip to Punta Mona. If you’re not up for the full 16 mile run 🏃🏻 you can hire a little boat for the ride back but plan it ahead. It’s definitely a great nature preserve with beaches & wetlands, protecting a vast coral reef & mangroves. We hit every single point of attraction, the Viewpoint, the Cave in the Water, the beaches and coral reefs.

Beautiful views and beaches. You can enjoy the sun and the ocean. Free (park and parking), volontary contribution. Go early as it gets crowed and hotter during the day. If you search the adress on GPS, be carefull to go to Manzanillo (see pictures). The trail was muddy and slippery, make sure to have good shoes on (went in October). Enjoy!

Amazing national park more spiders than animals. A bit of a hike if you want to go to the beach. Playa bite is beautiful and great for snorkelling lots of fish. If you do the night tour it’s really good saw snakes saw tarantula and frogs and toads

Amazing place, beaches are beautiful, water clean, views amazing, palm trees in the beach give so much shade to sit in the beach. The walking to the lookout is short passing this beautiful beaches.

Amazing views from the lookouts! Watching the spray of the ocean against the light of the sun was spectacular! Our guide, Jungle Man, took us through the jungle that was filled with wonderful wildlife to see the ocean. The beach was beautiful! You have to leave something in order to get in, but it's not wildly overpriced, and all funds go to supporting the park. Would highly recommend wearing bug spray, but everything was worth it!

We enjoyed our visit. It's beautiful. Visitors can make a donation at the entrance. It's worth it! There is a lookout with gorgeous views. Our beach picnic has a beautiful view. If you want to see the cave and beyond, make sure you wear proper shoes. The trail was very muddy and slippery. We could not go too far because we wore flip flops.

You’ll need to take the dirt road along the beach all the way to the end to get here. Went for a quick walk with our kids and it was wonderful and unspoiled. We saw howler monkeys in the trees close to the beach 🖤