Refugio Nacional Gandoca-Manzanillo

Great and wild park that you can visit. Nice trail till Punta Mona that you can go easily without a guide.(recommend to get a guide for spotting more wildlife and learn things for the jungle) Ones at punta Mona(Monkey point) you can follow the trail for 100 meters inland where you will find some buildings and very friendly people that you can get a coconut for 50c :) great after the hike! Easy and alternative way to get back by boat 5$ just wave to one of the boats in front and enjoy the sea on the way back!

Beautiful beaches and nature walk. It was a little too muddy to go all the way through. Cheap entry fee snd parking. Please don’t stay alone out by the beach outside the park always have a Buddy system.

Welcome to the real jungle! I mean you don't have to go inside the jungle like I did as I have been into adrenaline stuff my whole life. Enjoy this huge national refuge and park, the long exotic beach on the border between Costa Rica and Panama on the Caribbean coast. I've traveled Costa Rica for about 1.5 years in 2011 so I decided to leave my review now. Since then I've been visiting other countries around the world. Enjoy Manzanillo Gandoca Refuge as I did.

An absolutely gorgeous space. I recommend leaving your shoes behind and enjoying the lovely paths barefoot. Staff do a phenomenal job of caring for this beautiful sanctuary.

Went with friends, wow so beautiful, monkeys 🐒 sloths 🦥 birds 🐦, walked trail to observation area and looked out at ocean, beautiful, you could spend hours here in God's paradise.

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.

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.