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Pavones

District in Golfito canton, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica

Overview

Pavones is in South Pacific Costa Rica.

By bus
There are buses that leaving from the border town of Paso Canoas that go to Pavones and Punta Banco daily.
By car
The road in to Pavones is a long and bumpy gravel road that can get quite muddy during wet season.

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UnderstandPavones and its sister town of Punta Banco are remote surf towns located on the southern most tip of Costa Rica's Pacific Coast.

Get inThere is a small airport with flights leaving from San José.

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