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One of the most beautiful beaches on the Pacific coast of Guanacaste in Costa Rica is Flamingo beach. While Tamarindo is one of the most developed tourist beaches on the coastline of Guanacaste, Flamingo Beach is still considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica although it has beautiful and luxurious hotels. Flamingo is located in the so-called Gold Coast of Costa Rica in Punta Salinas, northwest of Bay Brasilito and only 75 km southwest of Liberia, one of the main cities in Guanacaste. Flamingo can be located between the beaches Potrero and Brasilito and is part of the sea floor between Acapulco and Panama on the Pacific coast.

Flamingo Beach in Costa Rica is a beautiful white sand beach, virtually untouched with pristine clear blue water, making it the ideal spot for an unforgettable vacation. In addition to this, Flamingo offers to the tourists one of the best deep sea fishing in the world with the opportunity to find out from the coast and throughout the year needle fish, tuna, swordfish and others, all of which makes this a beach very popular tourist destination. Because of their fishing every year this place is a host of a fantastic international tournament of sailfish fishing sponsored by the Amateur Fishermen’s Club of Costa Rica.

Besides offering great fishing grounds Flamingo Beach in Costa Rica also offers the chance to practice other water sports, and also for its proximity to the amazing natural reserves of Santa Rosa and Palo Verde, the tourist can visit areas with high biological richness where you can see a great variety of species of flora and fauna. For golf enthusiasts, is also a golf course of 18 holes, designed by the renowned Robert Trent Jones Jr, one of the best in Costa Rica.

Among the water sports that are practiced at Flamingo throughout the year can be done scuba diving, providing tourists the excitement of swimming alongside sharks of different species as well as an impressive array of beautiful tropical fish and a large other types of marine life. It is also possible to find tours and expeditions to the nearby island of Plata for fishing and diving.

Flamingo Beach has the hotels, condos and private homes more expensive to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is also the ideal spot for a holiday if you want to take advantage of the best fishing in the world or if you simply prefer to make a cruise during the evening to enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets. The best time to come to Flamingo is from December to April, when the beaches are bathed in sunshine and the average temperature is around the 27.7 degrees Centigrade.

The coastal waters of the Central Pacific coast in Costa Rica are among the most plentiful for sport fishing in the world. Literally thousands of Roosterfish populate the area and are found throughout the year. Usually there is so much action with this fish that often, clients prefer to target other species after hours of hard battle against these fish that is an incredible fighter. In this area there are registered records in the capture of the Snook and the Pacific Backfin, both from the waters of the Central Pacific.

Fishing in Costa Rica on semi-submerged rocks and reefs can produce several Jacks and up to five different types of Snapper including: Colorado, Mullet, Pacific Dog, Spotted Rose and Yellow. When the waters are a little warmer (December through May) and species like baitfish (Herring, Mullet, etc.) can be found in tight and big schools the action can be fast and furious because the species of predators are patrolling the perimeters. Usually, the baitfish reaches its mature size during the summer months from November to May and then only sporadically is been seen during the rest of the year. The inshore fishing of predator species includes the Barracuda (Pacific and Mexican), Pacific Bonito, Stripped Corvina, Jack Crevalle (Common and Pacific), Dolphinfish, Milkfish, Mackerel (Sierra and Chub), Needlefish, Black Skipjack, Trevally (Bigeye and Bluefin ), Trippletail, Tuna (Yellowfin, Bigeye and Skipjack) and Wahoo. There is a very wide variety of fish available to anglers in Costa Rica

The inshore fishing tours in Costa Rica are conducted in boats from 27 feet with a customized center console sport Fishers with T-tops. The small, lightweight and maneuverable “pangas” are necessary when the action is closer to the coast or at the mouths of rivers. The half-day trips cost $ 350 in panga while the full-day trips cost $ 500. For most professional fishing trips, the cost per half-day is $ 450 and the one-day trip is $ 600 or more depending on the size of the boat.