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Platanillo Destination Guide

Discover Platanillo in Costa Rica

Platanillo in the region of Puntarenas is a place located in Costa Rica - some 102 mi or ( 164 km ) South-East of San José , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Platanillo

Local time in Platanillo is now 05:09 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Masaya, Managua, León, Vueltas, and Villa Briceno. When in this area, you might want to check out Masaya . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Platanillo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Vicious Dog Attack In Jaco Beach

0:39 min by Tomas Colon
Views: 121023 Rating: 1.80

Watch as this latina is only able to control this vicious dog by commanding it in English! ..

Finca Project Promotional Video 2007

9:18 min by txeliot
Views: 2106 Rating: 5.00

Finca Project is a US-based, non-profit organization dedicated to restoring Costa Rica's rainforest in a way that people and nature can live in a sustainable balance. www.fincaproject.org ..


How Coffee Is Produced

0:59 min by TraumaER
Views: 1734 Rating: 1.00

This is how world famous Costa Rica coffee is produced from the source of coffee plantations in Costa Rica. This same coffee you see going down in the water is the same coffee that Starbucks and other ..

Costa Rican Wildlife

1:44 min by txeliot
Views: 1705 Rating: 5.00

Finca Project interns take a walk on the wild side, exploring Costa Rica's biodiversity and searching for endangered hardwood trees. To find out more about becoming a Finca Project intern, check out w ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Sabalito

Sabalito is a small town of fewer than a hundred houses in the county of Tilarán, province of Guanacaste of Costa Rica. The local population is mostly employed in the local ranches and farms or in other manual labor. The town has two small stores. Due to its vicinity to Lake Arenal, only 2 miles away, and the high average wind speeds in the winter months, Sabalito attracts an influx of windsurfers that time of the year.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 8.82 -82.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Populated places in Costa Rica

Field Station La Gamba

Field Station La Gamba, in the “Rainforest of the Austrians” in Costa Rica, is an Austrian research, teaching and continuing-education institution, whose mission is to contribute to research on tropical rainforests, to generate interest in conservation and in rainforest research, and to give interested persons an opportunity to deepen their appreciation of nature within the rainforest.

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Located at 8.70 -83.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Environment of Costa Rica, Organisations based in Austria, Science and technology in Austria

Golfito (canton)

Golfito is the name of the seventh canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,753.96 km², and has a population of 36,392. Its capital city is also called Golfito. The canton encompasses the southernmost Pacific coast of Costa Rica, north from Cerro Punta Gorda (Fat Point Hill) at the Panama border. It includes land on both sides of the Golfo Dulce (Sweet Gulf) and the entire southern portion of the Osa Peninsula.

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Located at 8.64 -83.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica