A whole new world is yours to discover
Imagine waking to the sound of tropical birds ahead and howler monkeys in the distance. Step out on deck and you will be greeted by the sight of lush green rainforests, fringed by white-sand beaches, all just a quick tender ride away.
Look up, and you’ll see colourful parrots circling ahead. Glance into the ocean and you might spot a white tip shark – or even a humpback whale.
This is how every day starts on a yacht charter in Costa Rica, where the simple pleasures of Pura Vida, the pure life, are the only ones that matter.
And thanks to a new law to facilitate easier access to and within Costa Rica’s waters by foreign large yacht operations, more charterers than ever before can fulfill their dream of exploring the 800 miles of coastline and unique biodiversity of this spectacular country.
Just a snapshot of the experiences you can enjoy in Costa Rica
- Adventurous experiences: nature walks in vast parks or wild rainforests
- Hiking to natural reserves, cloud forests and canopies
- Flying from volcanoes to hot springs
- Rare submersible diving and scuba diving
- Wildlife observation including birdwatching, watching climbing monkeys and witnessing hundreds of turtles hatching, rays and frogs jumping, dolphins and whales at play
- Tagging sharks with conservationists
- More laid-back activities: picturesque golf courses, beach horse-riding, watersports, surfing off long white-sand beaches and swimming in pristine waters
Still need convincing?
Who better to speak to the magic of his home country than Jeff Duchesneau of Marina Pez Vela and the Costa Rica Marina Association, with whom Fraser campaigned passionately to bring the new law into being?
“Why Costa Rica? It’s an amazing wildlife place, the surfing is amazing, the sportfishing is amazing and the people here are wonderful, friendly, and welcoming,” he says. “We have super pods of 1,000 spinner dolphins traveling together and that is an incredible thing to see by spotter plane or to swim with on a Seabob. Sportfishermen have to check out the Seamounts off the Pacific Coast, where you can get 40 shots a day on blue marlin, something you can’t do in a lot of places in the world.”
