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Town in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Dominical is a city in South Pacific Costa Rica. The number one attraction in Dominical is the beach. There's all the amenities to help you enjoy a safe and exhilarating time. Fishing and waterfalls tie for second in area attractions. Ziplines, caves, horseback riding, yoga, massage, socializing, and hiking are as well favorites here.
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Daily whale watching cruises from Dominical on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast on Pacific Quest. Large, safe boat with restrooms and snack bar.
Dominical Surf Camp
Sunset Surf is in Domilocos and offers a wide variety of Dominical surfing packages to suit everyone.
Rafting trips near Dominical featuring rapids class 2, 3, and 4. Guides have years of experience guiding the rivers near Dominical.
high adventure soaked with pure adrenaline, or peaceful hiking through pristine rainforests
Family-run business offering awe inspiring tours since 1996 of majestic vistas, cliff jumping, multiple waterfalls (one is 180 m, 600 feet), overnight stays inside a waterfall's cave, canyoning, beginner and advanced rappelling, all reasonably priced with excellent guides and food.
Really good burgers & fries toward the south end of town.
World music bar and natural tropical cuisine.
Almost Heaven
Bed and breakfast vacation villa on the Pacific Coast near Dominical, includes meals and fresh baked goods.
Ojochal
Perched on a cliff 100 m (300 ft) above the Pacific. Stunning location, Spanish colonial masterpiece. 10 bedrooms, AC, infinity pool, bar.
Cheapest hostel in town (all of the rooms are US$16, the price is for a room of 3 or 4 people), at the end of the unique road, 10 m from the beach. You see a big restaurant with very reasonable prices ($6, average for a dinner, is cheaper than getting products at the supermarket). The rooms are basic, with fan. There are shared bathrooms and showers, no hot water. The owner is very friendly and helpful.
Luxury oceanfront cabins with good views and a restaurant.
See the whales from your room, toucans, cusingas, howler monkeys, etc., from your room, from the restaurant, in the parking lot.
Touts its low prices.
Nestled in its own tropical jungle, this “tico chic” tree house is a real treat. It is two stories with a fully loaded kitchen, a gorgeous tiled bathroom with hot water, comfy living quarters and the upstairs bedrooms offer gorgeous views of the sunset over Rio Baru. Sleeps 4. The hosts offer their host of unique Tico talents like palm sheath weaving, surfing and kayaking.
Facilities include a kitchen, free Wi-Fi, free coffee for dorm guest, lockers, tour information & car rental, shuttle transportation from/to Dominical, surf board rentals & lessons, fully equipped gym, basketball court, and "The Refuge" restaurant.
Eight-room hostel, restaurant and bar
Rio Magnolia eco-lodge sits on a 110 ha (280 acre) mountain rainforest overlooking the Pacific halfway between Playa Dominical and San Isidro.
Villas Rio Mar
Comfortable rooms with hot water, fans and A/C in the Superior Rooms and Junior Suites. Big pool, spa, kids playground and in house activity center. Good restaurant with local and international food.
Airbnb listed, oceanfront, perched 90 m above town with viewing balconies, water yoga and sunset yoga platforms, garden. Not a typical hotel room. Avatar-like luxury camping amongst monkeys and toucans. The ocean waves provide the background music.
Pacific Edge Eco Retreat
Perched in the jungle above the Pacific Ocean south of Dominical in the area known as Escaleras de Dominical. 90 m above the coastal white water surf line, and the other side is a densely wooded primary rain forest wildlife sanctuary, alive with the cry of Howler Monkeys and Toucans, backgrounded with the sound of the crashing surf below.
Bamboutique
For daily yoga, dance, massage and the cutest clothes and adornments at the Bamboutique come to Bamboo YogaPlay in the center of Dominical on the main road.
Pro surfer and Costa Rica national team member Jose "Gato" Montoya has opened Gato Surf Camp. Packages are available for all levels and budgets. Besides surfing Gato Surf Camp offers other local adventures to neighboring waterfalls, paddle boarding, kayaking, yoga, and more. Pura Vida!
A family-owned and -run business from Hawaii, affiliated with Hotel Domi Locos where they work and run a surf camp and a surf school with certified instructors.
Usually people only need directions from the San José airport, SJO. There are three ways to get to Dominical, not counting the sea. The most common is from the east, via San Isidro (de General).
Read in the guideThe town is walkable, but most roads are not paved. There is a tourist office just down from the main road, and also a couple of supermarkets.
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