The beaches
Palms and coves.
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A small, lively village on the southern Caribbean coast that stands apart from the rest of Costa Rica for its Afro-Caribbean culture, brought by Jamaican workers over a century ago: reggae and calypso, a local English creole and cooking flavoured with coconut and spice. The coast around the village runs in small coves and palm-shaded beaches, from dark-sand Playa Negra to the north, past colourful fishing boats moored in front of the village, to Cocles and Chiquita beaches to the south between forest and sea. Many visitors cycle the coast road south between beaches and little villages as far as Manzanillo. The area has cacao farms explaining chocolate making, wildlife rescue centres and small restaurants serving Caribbean rice and beans cooked in coconut milk. Waves are strong on some beaches, so swim where others do. Watch your belongings on the beach at night.
Palms and coves.
Along the coast.
Coconut rice.
The village and its beaches on the southern Caribbean coast
Its Afro-Caribbean culture of music and coconut cooking, and calm beaches between forest and sea near Cahuita and Manzanillo.