Golfito: A bustling natural town
Mon, Mar 1, 2010Golfito is a port town that lies in the Puntarenas Province on the southern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, which is close to the border of Panama. The town is located on a narrow strip of land that could be found between the eponymous bay and a hill. The town offers some of the major attractions worth visiting along with great experiences of shopping, and other sightseeing areas. When Golfito is a town in Costa Rica, you can assume how much it has to offer to the tourists.
Costa Rica is one of the major tourist destinations in the world. The town of Golfito is best known for its surfing activity. Many surfers from far areas visit Golfito to enjoy and try this activity. The town of Golfito is known as the gateway to the newest attraction Eco-Lodges in Costa Rica. Eco-Lodges are all about the small hotel or lodge that merges into its environment by providing visitors a chance to see the natural areas of it. It tries to make smallest amount of impact to the environment. Golfito has been opened as a Duty Free Zone by the Costa Rican Government just to bring the city back into the life.
Earlier, the town of Golfito was bustling as a banana port. It mainly serves as a departure point for tourists who pass from the beach resorts towards the north or south direction. The town of Golfito also attracts sport fishers who dock their vessels and enjoy beer drinking and tale telling. Tourists not only enjoy the settings of the town, but also enjoy the backdrop forest of Golfito as well. The picturesque backdrop is a captivating place worth exploring. If you are planning to visit the Golfito town, then do not miss to visit the Refugio Nacional de Fauna Sivestre Golfito that offers wonderful picturesque backdrop. More over it invites tourists to experience its many harboring species of flora and fauna.
For accommodation, you have wonderful Eco Lodges waiting for you to come and stay. Golfito’s forests, oceans, and environment are at one side and its nature tourism or Eco Lodges are on other side. This will give you a great opportunity to stay, rest, and enjoy. The best way to explore the nature and surroundings of Golfito is to take a beautiful 30 minutes boat ride. This will give you immense pleasure and breathtaking nature. To boost the economy of Golfito, the government of Costa Rica has built a duty free facility in the northern part of Golfito.
So, you can enjoy the duty free shopping in a wide variety. The shopping center draws Ticos from all over the country who rushes here to enjoy and experience the 24-hour tax-free shopping sprees. Head to the Pavones and across the gulf at Cabo Matapalo where you will get many surfers enjoying the waves. You can reach to the Pavones through Golfito Domestic Airport or else you can even drive down to Golfito and continue towards south. This will take at least one to one and a half hours.
Golfito is an ideal destination that offers activities, sightseeing opportunities and other attractions to the tourists. So be a part of Golfito and make a memorable time of your life.
