Road Trip to Limon, Costa Rica and Costa Rica Rent a Car

Discover the famous east coast of Costa Rica with your Costa Rica rent a car. Limon is well known for being the place where almost all of Costa Rica's bananas are shipped when exported. With places like Cauhita, Puerto Limon, Tortugeros and Barra del Colorado is a completely different world from the west coast. You can fly here or take highway 32 from San José and enjoy the amazing scenery while driving in your Costa Rica rent a car. You can drive through Brauilo Carillo National Park and straight down to limón or go north and pass by the Volcano Barva, followed by Puerto Viejo and Sarapiqui. However you come, the trip will be an amazing journey with your Costa Rica rent a car.

A different world

Limon Costa Rica is the most sparsely populated, least economically developed and most culturally distinct of the seven provinces of our country. Many tourists and locals say that traveling to Limon Costa Rica is like entering another country. Limon Costa Rica was founded mainly by Afro Caribbean laborers that were brought over to the Atlantic coast to work on the railway system construction. Once the railway was finished many of these workers stayed on banana plantations in Limon Costa Rica. During the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth, the Afro-Caribbean settlers were joined by migrating Hispanics as well as a sizable Asian immigrant population. Limon Costa Rica boasts beautiful architecture that you will only find here with your Costa Rica rent a car. In Limon Costa Rica there are countless cultural activities, natural hiking grounds, charming hotels, fantastic bistros and tours available.

Enjoying the beaches

Four kilometers north of puerto Limon are two small beaches. When you visit Playa Bonita with your Costa Rica rent a car you will find fine yellow sand, palm trees and some hotels. Unfortunately, the water is not exactly ideal for tourists though. Playa Portete has a dock where local fishermen land with their catches. Even further north is Moín where the government built an industrial harbor for freight ships back in the 1980′s. Going south you'll find the most visited place, the beach Cauhita. Cauhita is a quite large village with many thousands of inhabitants and is a hot target for backpacking tourists. It can be hard to find a rental in Cauhita. White sandy beaches fringed with coconut palms, a relaxing atmosphere and a calm Caribbean way of life attract a lot of tourists.

Sights of Limon

While you're in the area with your Costa Rica rent a car in Limon you should definitely make a trip to Cahuita National Park. There are over 1000 hectares of land with more than 14 km of beaches, all with nice mixes of coconut palm trees, mongroves and dense forests. Snorkeling is also offered all over the coast for those who would like to try it out. Also plan a visit to Tortugeros and a trip on the canals. You'll most likely have to set aside 1 - 2 days for this trip as it is a long way to go. Make sure you bring clothes to change, insect repellant and clean drinking water and you'll have a much nicer time! Not only will you find an extreme jungle here, you may also be lucky enough to encounter a sea turtle or two. Parque Vargas in Puerto Limón with its tall attractive palms and other tropical trees, flowers and animals close to the waterfront is a pleasant way of enjoying the beauty of the tropics with your Costa Rica rent a car.