The reserve:
The property comprises about 60 acres with only two houses, neither of which can be seen from the other. This area is entirely private. The road or driveway is an easy walk down (...and good exercise, up) to the coast road--cross it and you're on Playa Hermosa. The royal palm lined road passes through acres of park-like spaces (with scampering animals). Beyond the park you can walk into a very different world: tropical rain forest, virtually untouched, with only a few rough trails among huge primary and old secondary forest.
Playa Hermosa:
This beach truly is 'beautiful beach'--palm lined, backed by rainforest covered mountains. When huge flocks of pelicans glide down the beach, you'll feel like you are in Jurassic Park. Most locals will tell you that this is the best swimming beach-- from Dominical to the 'whale's tail'. While the beach at Dominical, a few miles north, is the prime beach for surfers--known world-wide, it can be rough. Believe it or not, Playa Hermosa is almost always virtually deserted--you might see a few souls in the distance. Even on Costa Rican holidays you'll not feel like you are in a mob. And the water....! South Pacific blue, always the perfect temperature, Californians, leave your wetsuits at home.
Learn more about this vacation rental at the owner's website: