Horizon Pacific Management and Rentals offers concierge service as well as arrange and reserve Costa Rica vacation deals for golfing or fishing trips, surfing and surf lessons, canopy tours, boat rides, kayaking tours, tours on horseback or ATVs and scuba diving. If there is some other activity that you want to experience while on your vacation, let us know-we’ll help you find what you’re looking for! Furthermore, activities may vary depending on the season. If you have a specific activity you are interested in, contact us to find out what times of the year are best for your area of interest.
• Airport Transfers
• Rental Cars
• Commuter Flights
• Overnight Stay in San Jose
• Surfing – Boogie Boarding
• Sport Fishing
• Scuba Diving – Snorkeling
• Turtle Laying Tours
• Sunset Sailing Cruise
• Personal Guides
• Canopy Tours
• Golf
• Kayaking
• ATV Tours/Rentals
• Active Volcanoes
• Rain Forest
• Wildlife Refuge
• Restaurant Reservations
• Shops Information
• Baby Sitting
We are located in the Coastal Community of Tamarindo of the Guanacaste Province, on the northwest coast of Costa Rica, with all the beauty of the Pacific Ocean for your delight.
From calm waters with great swimming to the finest sand beaches with magnificent panoramas, Tamarindo shores are now receiving international recognition. Generous palm trees rise up from the beaches providing shade.
The village of Tamarindo has grown over the past few years into a small modern center with an expanding range of services and amenities such as medical, police department, telephone, fax, direct TV, cable, and internet access.
The waters of Tamarindo offer some of the best deep-sea fishing in the world for sailfish, marlin, swordfish, tuna, snapper, and dozens of other species.
Tamarindo is the largest community on the Gold Coast with dozens of restaurants, hotels, shops, rental car agencies, and tour companies, and even has its own airstrip.
Medical and health services in Costa Rica are generally rated as excellent. Both government and private companies offer reasonably priced, comprehensive medical and hospital insurance programs. Every pharmacy by law must have a doctor on staff to examine patients at no cost.
Inland, in the highlands of the continental divide, Arenal Volcano during eruption puts on a spectacular fireworks display, especially at night, and is only one of several active volcanoes in Guanacaste.
Tamarindo’s climate has two seasons, dry and rainy. The dry season, from November through April, is dry, hot, and sunny. The humidity is very low and comfortable.
The rainy season begins in late April or early May and continues through October. A typical day is sunny or partly cloudy until late afternoon or evening, when showers build inland and move offshore, often producing spectacular sunsets. Everything is green and lush during this time of year. Although there are no hurricanes here, a hurricane or tropical depression in the Atlantic or Caribbean often means rain for Tamarindo. Temperatures in Tamarindo range between 80 and 100 degrees F.
Tamarindo boasts an amazing selection of fine international and typical Costa Rican restaurants. Tamarindo has a French bakery, as well as restaurants catering to health-conscious and vegetarian patrons. You will never tire of sampling the wonderful variations of uniquely prepared specialties featuring the abundant supply of fresh local seafood, fruits and vegetables.
Tamarindo also has numerous malls, grocery stores, fresh produce and fruit juice stands, an ice factory, a variety of souvenir and clothing shops, an art gallery, medical clinic, pharmacies, hardware stores, service banks with ATM machines, real estate offices, laundromats and internet cafes.
Tamarindo Bay has become a mecca for surfers and blue water sport fishermen. Our sport fishing fleet of talented and conservation oriented captains are the pioneers of the Pacific coast. Their record catches of marlin, sailfish, giant tuna and other species have become legendary. Whether you want deep bluewater fishing, or reef or shoreline fishing, our fleet can accommodate you. Surf casting and handlining in front of your hotel for snook and jack are also popular. Any way you do it you can be sure to have your fresh catch cooked up for you at one of the friendly beachfront restaurants.
Warm water surfing is enjoyed year ’round and families find this area offers opportunities for surfers of all skill levels to enjoy the great waves that bless this part of the coast. Tamarindo was the first stop on an epic worldwide surf journey in the popular movie Endless Summer II.
Visitors also have access to SCUBA diving, snorkeling trips, beach cruises, water skiing, jet skiing, catamarans, ocean and river kayaking, wind surfing, sailing cruises and horseback riding. Bicycles, beach gear, surfboards, boogie boards and equipment of all types are available for rental from specialty stores.
Two 18-hole championship golf courses are nearby, one was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, and the other, Royal Country Club was designed by Ron Garl who is the president of the Golf Architects Association and was voted golf course designer of the year for 1997. Hacienda Pinilla is the latest golf course in our area, offering spectacular views of the ocean.
Transportation /Airlines:
Horizon Pacific Management and Rentals will ensure your vacation is trouble-free from the time you arrive in Costa Rica to the time you reluctantly have to leave.
There´s great fun to be had in your destination area and with our expertise we will help you plan the trip of a lifetime. Using only proven licensed operators, we will make sure that your travels and activities are the best of the area. Besides, remember that during high and peak season your chosen activities and methods of transportation may have limited availability; booking ahead will ensure you are not disappointed.
The demographics of your Costa Rican destination will of course determine the availability of an activity.
Tamarindo Beach/Flamingo Beach is a beach town that is located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is vastly popular because of a variety of recreational activities as White-Water Rafting tour Tamarindo Guanacaste. Whitewater rafting Tour Guanacaste is one of the activities that is popular around Flamingo-Tamarindo Beach. The white-water rafting tour Tamarindo Guanacaste are sure to leave you wanting more. The scenic views and the thrill of rafting are but just a few things that the tour offers. Flamingo-Tamarindo Beach has an advantage when it comes to white water rafting sector owing to its popularity. It is well known for its nature, beaches with golden sand, the warm water, and the tropical climate. Guanacaste also has the Tenorio River. A beautiful river that rises at Tenorio Volcano at mountain range, it’s pure and white-water rafting Guanacaste makes it the best river on the area for rafting. You can combine almost 20 kilometers of rapids with magnificent landscapes surrounded by tropical forest.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, insect repellent, towel, a change of clothes, swimsuit, strap sandals.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, snacks, natural beverages, lunch, and equipment.
It is a Real adventure tour! All the family can enjoy of one day with Fun and Adventure, in this tour you must do a Canopy tour, but are more things than just zip lines, imagine yourself doing rappelling, Rock Climbing, Tarzan Swings, Via Ferrata, and Hanging Bridges, all set in the majestic canyon made by the erosion of the Blanco River during millions of years.
Then you must do hiking, horseback riding to waterfalls, floating the Negro River in your own inner tube and Volcanic Mud Baths are just a few of the many activities you can experience.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and shoes, insect repellent, camera, binoculars, swimsuit, towel, a change of clothes, sun block lotion.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, equipment, horses, snacks, lunch, water, and ticket to the park
In this tour you can fell the Adventure through the tropical dry forest starts and the feel the wind in your skin while you cross the forest observing the flora and fauna and enjoy of the adventure that this tour offer. And “Anhinga” and may also possibly hear the Howler monkeys!
Recommendation: Comfortable clothes and shoes, insect repellent, camera, sun block lotion.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, entrance fee to the park, snacks, water, and natural beverages.
Hiking through the Rincon de la Vieja National Park is a great experience for the entire family. As you hike boiling hot mud springs, sulfur springs, steam vents, and fumaroles are abundant at Las Pilas inside the park, there you can find wildlife and exotic flora.
Recommendations: Comfortable shoes and clothes, insect repellent, camera, binoculars, sun block lotion, hat.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, entrance fee to the park, snacks, water, and natural beverages.
These beautiful sea turtles lay from 80 to 100 eggs each, weighing over 100 pounds and reaching over 2.5 feet long. The Lora turtle may become extinct within the next 20 years if their rate of decline is not stopped.
Although chances to see these turtles are possible at any time the main season is between May – Feb with the peak in December but seeing hundreds of turtles at night is quite common. Photographs are not permitted after dark so we have afternoon departures so you may view the turtles at sunset as well as nighttime.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and shoes, camera (Photographs are not permitted after dark), binoculars.
Includes: Transportation, Bilingual guide, entrance to the park, water and natural beverages, fruits.
Note: The Turtle nesting season goes from December to May.
Is a full day tour that includes the Canopy Tour, hot springs, Natural Spa, thrilling Waterslide, and Horseback Riding? This fun filled day has something for everyone and is sure to please the adrenaline seeker as well as the nature lover.
Glide through the air on the canopy in the shadows of the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano then take a ride on horseback through the trails as you take in the sights of the beauty of Costa Rica. Afterwards soothe your muscles with the therapeutic hot Volcanic Mud Bath and swimming pool. Naturalist Guide and typical lunch are included. And do not forget the waterslide that is funny.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sandals, a change of clothes, towel, sun block lotion, camera, binoculars.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water and natural beverages, lunch, and fruits.
*Good physical condition.
We departure early in the morning, heading to Río Celeste, located at Volcán Tenorio National Park where you will take a walk of 7 km (approximately 4 hours) through the rain forest. Then, you will make a stop at the place called “Los Teñideros”. In this place, you will find two crystal-clear water spring colored celeste (turquoise). Due to the coloration of the water, it was named Rio Celeste.
Going back, you will walk through a path in which you will find “Ollas”, these are fumaroles fill up with mud.
During the walk, you will see the fumes as well as hot springs. You will continue walking until you get to a stunning waterfall (turquoise).
The trip ends with a delicious lunch!
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sandals, a change of clothes, towel, and sun block lotion.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water and natural beverages, lunch, and fruits.
But the workshop we are known for is: Our Master class in chocolate making, and tasting, is at 9 a.m.
We do one of these per day by appointment, we are limited to 10 guests.
Your chocolate making experience starts at the beginning by roasting cacao beans, and then grinding and making 3 rustic chocolate bars to take home with you!
You go home with the skills to make chocolate from cacao for the rest of your life!
At one point during the workshop, we take 45 minutes to teach you how to taste chocolate professionally.
You will have at least 4 different chocolate beverages, 15 to 20 different chocolates, make 3 bars per person, and tour our production facilities.
We now include a walk in our garden to see some cacao trees.
The cost for our chocolate workshop/experience including the beverages, chocolates, and your chocolate bars is $75/guest.
And we are only set up for cash (colones or dollars).
The natural hydrologic system of Palo Verde creates the right conditions to produce in the zone the most important concentration of birds in the country and Central America. This is a birdwatcher’s paradise as well as a perfect spot to see lots of crocodiles, some monkeys, reptiles, as you cruise the Tempisque River by boat.
After lunch you will pass by the famous artisan village of Guaitil and learn about the Chorotega Indians and can watch the artists as they make the pottery that heritage from their Pre-Columbian ancestors.
Recommendations: Comfortable walking shoes and clothes, sandals, sun block lotion, camera, binoculars, and hat.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water, natural beverages, lunch, and fruits.
A relaxed ride with cowboys taking you into creeks & wild untouched jungle up to the mountains where you will enjoy gorgeous views of the ocean & surrounding ranch lands of Playa Conchal.
We provide calm horses that are trained to be friendly and accommodating throughout the two-hour trip. The well-kept horses indulge the beginning rider desiring a laid-back stroll through old growth forest or the experienced rider who wants to gallop.
During your ride to Playa Conchal, different types of animals may be seen including monkeys and tropical birds. In Playa Conchal you may snorkel in the clear waters of the bay, or just relax and enjoy the beach and grab a few drinks! After 30-45 minutes at Playa Conchal, you will head back through the back trails of Guanacaste.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sun block lotion, a change of clothes, towel, camera, binoculars.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water, equipment, lunch.
Enjoy the bounty of colors and wildlife that Costa Rica has to offer on the Tamarindo Kayak Estuary Tour through the famous mangrove forest. You will be delighted with the sights and sounds of this natural oasis with the chance to see birds, fish, crocodiles, iguanas, and even monkeys! After picking up from your hotel in Tamarindo or Langosta, kayaks will be ready and waiting for you at the river mouth where you will be provided instructions for a safe take off.
You will paddle along the river in your single or double kayak through the Tamarindo estuary, through the narrow canals searching for wildlife with your guide. You will see many different bird species and watch for colorful fish jumping through the water. Up above in the mangrove trees you will have the chance to see monkeys and iguanas.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sun block lotion, camera, hat, strap sandals.
Includes: The Kayak estuary tour is 2 hours and includes Safety Gear, Bottled Water, and Bilingual Guide.
Las Catalinas Snorkeling Tour – a world famous location that snorkelers and divers flock to, especially during the season for Giant Manta Rays. We´ll take you on an underwater adventure looking for sharks, octopus, and a huge variety of marine fish we have living in our waters. In the right season you can even sometimes hear humpbacks singing!
After pick-up you will be taken to the dive & snorkel shop in Playa Flamingo for paperwork and equipment fitting. You will then board the spacious dive boat and take a 40-minute ride over the to the Islands. Here you will be able to to snorkel at a couple of different sites at the Catalina Islands. Each water session is around 40 minutes. Groups enter the water after finding the most suitable place to get in and follow the rock formations along looking for sharks, rays, angelfish, butterfly fish, varied species of pufferfish and schools of jacks and grunts.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sun block lotion, camera, hat, strap sandals, ability to swim.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water, fruits and natural beverages, lunch.
Join us for the beautiful safari boat tour in Las Baulas National Park to explore the flora and fauna of the mangroves in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. We will take you on a two-hour tour through the mangroves of the National Park to explore the local flora and fauna. You will have the chance to see monkeys, crocodiles, birds, iguanas and more. Enjoy the amazing landscape and nature on a relaxing trip with our local bilingual tour guide. The estuary boat will be ready and waiting in the mouth of the river where you will be provided instructions for a safe take off. You will glide along the river on this safari tour through the narrow canals. You will see many different bird species and watch for colorful fish jumping through the water. Up above in the mangrove trees you will have the chance to see monkeys and iguanas.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sun block lotion, camera, hat, strap sandals, ability to swim.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water, fruits and natural beverages, lunch.
Pick Up time: 7:20 am (mornings) 12:30 md (afternoon)
Duration: 5 hours
Tour departs at 2:00 pm and comes back after Sunset around 6 pm with transportation included.
Includes: Transportation, snacks, open bar, chicken or pasta salad, fruit, chips, pico de gallo, wraps and guacamole.
There is an opportunity to sea dolphins, sea turtles, flying fish or even a breaching whale. The catamaran will stop in a tranquil bay where you can snorkel or run down the deserted white sand beach. You will have the opportunity to see a beautiful sunset at the end of the tour.
Recommendations: Comfortable clothes and walking shoes, sun block lotion, camera, hat, strap sandals, ability to swim bathing suit.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, water, fruits and natural beverages, snacks.
Pick Up time: 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM
Duration: 1.5 hours
This Zipline tour will allow you to see the forest like you have never seen it before. Much like our local monkeys, zip from tree to tree exploring the local flora and fauna from a completely exhilarating point of view!
The best Zipline course! You will be driven to the top of the mountain to the take off point with the best 360 views surrounding areas. Our professional friendly bilingual tour guides are 100% focused on your safety & experience. Before taking off, you will be given a safety lesson to practice on before flying, so you feel relaxed & confident on the zipline course. You will zip on our longest cable of 1100 feet long from one hilltop to another, with a total of 11 platforms and 10 different lines zig zagging through the hills, with the most beautiful views of the Guanacaste Forest. There´s the option to do a sunset and night zip-line too
Recommendations: Comfortable Clothes, Close-toed shoes, sunscreen, insect repellent.
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, and water.
Certified Diving
Pick Up time: 6:50 AM
Non-Certified Diving
Pick Up time: 6:20 AM
Duration: 5 hours
Certified Divers
We provide 2 tank dive trips daily Monday-Saturday. You will be picked up and taken to the dive shop base in Playa Flamingo where you will be fitted and put on your scuba diving suit before boarding the diving boat. You will then be taken to Catalina Islands, a volcanic rock formation approx. 40 min boat ride from the shore of Flamingo Beach.
Our rocky underwater terrain is home to a huge variety of marine life, some seasonal. We can see white tip reef sharks, giant manta rays, stingrays, eagle rays, jewel and green morays, nudibranchs, angel and butterfly fish and schools of damsels, jacks, grunts, and spadefish.
Our dive times are based on 40min max. Bottom time and a maximum depth of about18m/60ft. The temperature in the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica ranges between 16-30ºC/60-86ºF depending on the time of year. Visibility can change daily.
While not a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the amazing underwater world. See how easy it is to move around underwater with your gear and find out what it is like to breathe underwater. Learn key skills that you will use during every scuba dive. Have fun swimming around and exploring.
You will be picked up and taken to a nearby pool in Playa Flamingo. Here you will put on all the dive equipment under the direct supervision of a PADI professional and learn breathing underwater, communication signals, and what to do in different situations such as when you are ready to go up to the surface.
After practicing a few basic skills in shallow water to prepare for your adventure you´ll make 2 open water dives. We´ll take you on an underwater tour looking for sharks, rays, octopus, and a huge variety of marine fish we have living in our waters, in the right season you can even sometimes hear humpbacks singing.
Recommendations: Bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, Dive License for Certified Diving Tour
Includes: Transportation, bilingual guide, snacks, and water.
Pick Up time: 6:00 AM
Duration: 4 – 9 hours
Tamarindo Beach is a popular and easily accessible destination on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. This location is the closest launch to the deep water and rich fishing grounds beyond the Continental Shelf. A chance to catch: Sailfish, Blue, Black and Striped Marlin, Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado (Dolphinfish), Wahoo, Roosterfish, Snapper, Grouper. Full days are 8 hours and can be fished inshore and/or offshore. A must to go after the marlin and sailfish. We run anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, then we start trolling. If catching dinner is important, there is plenty of time for that. We return at 3:30 PM – 4:00PM. We fish submerged rock formations for grouper, snapper, amberjack. There is also lots of surface action with jacks, mackerels, dorado, maybe wahoo and tuna: keeping everyone busy and catching fish for dinner. There is opportunity to combine a quick pass offshore with time to catch your dinner.
Recommendations: Sunglasses. sunscreen, hat, towel.
Pick Up time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 5 – 6 hours
Explore the foothills surrounding the Miravalles Volcano and see the Las Hornillas lava formations on a full-day combo tour from Tamarindo that encompasses the best of this scenic landscape. Ride a horse or tractor over a series of four hidden waterfalls and cross a trio of suspension bridges in the heart of the rainforest. Hike to a remote mountainside waterfall, plunge into an active crater, and finish your day with a mineral-rich volcanic mud bath and steaming hot springs.
Costa Rica is a world known destination for vacation, investment and retirement. Tamarindo and Langosta, a couple of beach communities on the northwest Guanacaste Coast are flourishing because of those interests. There are numerous Real Estate opportunities in Tamarindo and Langosta to choose from if you are attracted to owning a piece of this “Pura Vida” way of life.
As you will come to find out, Costa Rica’s beauty goes beyond the pristine beaches, magnificent mountains and great weather year around… its major beauty lies in the people. Costa Ricans are worldwide recognized for being authentically friendly and helpful people. Costa Rica is a wonderful, peaceful and stable country where many people from around the world are deciding to go to experience life at its best. Therefore Costa Rica is one of the great destinations in the Americas… and for that reason, real estate in Costa Rica is active!
Finding the right Costa Rica Real Estate Company in Tamarindo or Langosta to help you find the property that fits your particular situation is extremely important. Horizon Pacific Management and Rentals primary business is Management and Rentals. Nevertheless because we depend on Realtors in Tamarindo and Langosta for much of our new business, we know the Tamarindo Costa Rica Real Estate market.
We do not sell Real Estate but have great business relationships with the best Real Estate Companies and agents in the area. We can help you find the right Real Estate Agent who can help you find the right property so that you can own a piece of the “Pura Vida” way of life.
