Casa Colibri is an easy walk to Samara Beach and a short drive to the town-center. Samara has everything you DO want and nothing you DON'T want. It is a small, friendly town with a surprising number of great restaurants, 4 excellent grocery stores, and TONS of activities including hiking, fishing, zip-lining, beach activities, surfing, kayaking, swimming, kayaking, snorkeling, etc. In the town-center there is plenty of shopping choices and amenities such as car rental, a dentist, doctor, 2 banks, and some boutique shopping. Also, it is only a 5 minute drive to Playa Carrillo, considered by many (including the Lonely Planet) to be a jewel of Costa Rica: one of the country's most beautiful and unspoiled beaches. We vacationed here with our toddlers (now in their teens) and loved the safety of Samara and the small, friendly town of Samara. Because of the shape of the beaches and the protective offshore reefs, there are no LARGE waves, making these 2 beaches some of the safest swimming beaches in the country. And both win awards for outstanding cleanliness standards. We love having 2 beaches: for body surfing and boogie boarding, we prefer the waves at Carrillo; for people-watching and surfing, Samara is unbeatable. The town of Samara is wonderful: very friendly, relaxed, and even though it is small, it has a surprising number of great restaurants! And there is a huge variety of activities available - it is truly the perfect fit for a family vacation. The locals (who call themselves Ticos) are very friendly, positive, and happy people.
Samara Reefs is a very special location, incredibly beautiful. We feel it surpasses all other developments of its type on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Come share our piece of paradise.