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Discover Mal Pais – a Surfer and Nature Lover Paradise

You have arrived here because you want to discover Mal Pais as a place to live. If you’re looking for a property so you can live on one of our Mal Pais, we invite you to search properties on our #1 MLS by refining your search options below.

Grab your surfboard and suntan oil because you have just arrived in Mal Pais. The small town of Mal Pais is also written as Malpais. This northern part of the Nicoya Peninsula has some of the nicest beaches in Costa Rica.
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Discover Mal Pais - a Surfer and Nature Lover Paradise
famous rock band in Costa Rica took the name Malpais from the most faraway beach of the Nicoya Peninsula, where the road ends. Malpais is also famous for being one of the best surfers’ beaches in the country.
Mal Pais and the neighboring town of Santa Teresa have become famous for their celebrity residents, such as Mel Gibson, Gisele Bundchen, and Tom Brady.

Mal Pais Location

Santa Teresa and Mal Pais are two tiny beaches adjacent to one another. Behind those beaches, you’ll find a 3-mile road of shops, restaurants, surf supplies, hotels, and cabins for rent.

Nature in Malpais

You will discover Mal Pais offers flora and fauna as rich as anywhere in Costa Rica. Are you interested in joining the Howlers in their canopy? Then you should look at the Mal Pais Canopy Tour; you will love it. The Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve adjoins the southern point of Mal Pais and offers the area a lush abundance of wildlife. Wildlife, surfing, hiking, and sightseeing are popular daily activities.

Find properties in this area

New 3 BR Mal Pais Luxury Ocean View Home

  • $2,200,000
  • Beds: 4
  • Baths: 5
  • Construction size (m2): 325.16
  • Lot size (m2): 6589.25

Exclusive 222-Acre Development Property in Mal Pais with Hotel

  • $20,000,000
  • Beds: 8
  • Baths: 6
  • Construction size (m2): 600 m2
  • Lot size (m2): 898,403.32 m2

Properties for sale

Beautiful New Atenas 3 BR Forest View Home with Pool

  • $395,000
  • Beds: 3
  • Baths: 2
  • Construction size (m2): 180
  • Lot size (m2): 1819 m2
  • Residential Homes

Exclusive Santa Teresa 3 BR Villa with Ocean Views

  • $1,850,000
  • Beds: 3
  • Baths: 3
  • Construction size (m2): 275
  • Lot size (m2): 1038
  • Residential Homes

Ipis de Guadalupe 5 BR House

  • $195,000
  • Beds: 5
  • Baths: 2
  • Construction size (m2): 262
  • Lot size (m2): 205
  • Residential Homes

Atenas Investment property or Affordable Modern 2 BR Home

  • $248,000
  • Beds: 2
  • Baths: 2
  • Construction size (m2): 130
  • Lot size (m2): 201
  • Residential Homes

Samara Home with studio apartment and commercial space

  • $612,000
  • Beds: 5
  • Baths: 4
  • Construction size (m2): 190
  • Lot size (m2): 257
  • Commercial properties, Residential Homes

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