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Discover Tambor Beach – on the edge of the Curu Wildlife Reserve

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How can you get to Tambor?

Tambor is a much-favored destination due to the small landing strip right next to the Los Delfines Golf & Country Club. Sansa Airlines provides two 25-minute flights to San Jose daily. You can also come by car and use the Tambor ferry to get across the Gulf of Nicoya. Then, your trip from San Jose will take more or less 3 ½ hours + plus the time the ferry needs to get across.

You will discover Tambor has lodging to accommodate every traveler’s budget, from the luxurious lifestyle to the backpacker and surfer. For those who like sailing, look to Tambor as a safe place to anchor your boat. Playa Tambor has a small pier with a restaurant, a bar, and a fueling station.

Tambor leisure

The Tambor beach area of Nicoya Peninsula offers numerous activities and diversions. This includes the Barcelo Playa Tambor Hotel casino and two golf courses.

You can also enjoy world-class sport fishing charters in the Pacific Ocean and scuba diving. There is mountain biking, horseback riding, and many others for adventure on land. You’ll also discover Tambor has several churches and a health clinic, and 40 km away is a major hospital in Puntarenas, important amenities when you’re retiring.

Tambor Beach and Curu Wildlife Reserve

Playa Tambor is set in the valley of a large and peaceful bay, Bahia Ballena, which means Whale Bay. This extraordinarily beautiful horseshoe-shaped bay was the visiting ground for whales traveling from the North during winter. The beaches have soft sand and shallow waters, perfect for swimming and enjoying the Pacific Ocean waves. Forested hills surround the bay, part of a national Costa Rican biological corridor, the Curu Wildlife Reserve. This Wildlife reserve offers five ecological habitats to explore.

Due to increasing marine traffic, whales aren’t seen very often in Bahia Ballena. But the bay’s amazing, gradually descending floor invites even the timidest swimmers to enjoy calm and safe waters.