In Costa Rica all beaches are public property and you can walk to them from any direction. This one is no different. Playa Bonita also has public parking and you can walk to it. There's almost always a rip tip at this beach so be warned. Watch for the yellow and red flags. If you get caught in one DON'T PANIC, let it take you out, conserve your strength and then swim back. There are large sharp rock just beneath the water so watch out for those. If you want some beautiful beach pictures this is the place. Just come during late afternoons and you'll have the sun in you face and the beach to your back.

Great people and place to visit and eat. Be VERY careful of the water the current is very very strong. Scary how fast the water takes you away. Wade in the water enjoy the food but not a place for full scale swimming keep your kids close to you.

Nice beach, restaurant and bar. But no so great weather today, so I'll definitely have to come back on a sunny day 😎

The Playa Bonita is much smaller than you would expect from the pictures. I'm not sure if it's because we were there during the off-season, but the beach was definitely a lot smaller than it looks in pictures.

If you are a crew member from a cruise ship it's worth getting a taxi direct from the ship to here, chill and eat nice food and have cheap beers!

We already love Costa Rica having vacationed here 3 times on the Pacific side. Lovely beach with reasonable priced food and drinks.

It was very humid. (98% I was told) March 19.2024: I was disappointed since I was hoping to see more animals (toucans..monkeys…birds) in the Rainforest. I saw only 2 birds and animals in the Exhibition. The reason was: supposedly it was hot and humid > they were hiding. There are lots of spiders and ants all around. Watch out!!! Long sleeve recommended and hats! The Exhibition is nice: frogs, snakes and blue butterflies 🦋 The flowers are very beautiful!!!! We took the Aerial Tramway, walked 356 steps (round trip) and saw the nice waterfall. There is a little Gift Shop up there and a restaurant. (Small bites, sandwiches..) It was nice to see how green everything was!!!

Awesome! The staff was friendly and extremely knowledgeable. We saw a white faced monkey, lots of frogs, snakes, butterflies, and plants. They have a very cool waterfall. My family loved the zip line. Overall a very good visit.

Very interesting & informative. You get to view a lot of the wildlife. It should be noted that much of the bus ride is over extremely rough dirt roads. In addition, if you are not in good shape, you will find going up & down the stairs to see the waterfalls to be very strenuous. You can skip this part of the tour if you desire.

Experienced, friendly guides leading the tours through a mix of outdoor trails and indoor exhibits. Nature lovers dream!

Very beautiful experience. Our guide was knowledgeable and efficient. Tram had amazing views with a small hike to the waterfall (do not think it's like Niagara, pretty small). Bring lunch and lots of water. Take your time to look up, we saw lots of birds and a sloth!!

Place to be. Wonderful area with a lot of Things to see ;) Honestly one of our best Trips we had on our cruise.

This was an undisturbed natural ecosystem. There were waterfalls, all types of animals, sloths 🦥, reptiles, insects, monkeys and more. There is a tram that offers views from up top high above the forest. This was certainly a learning experience with a lovely guide nicknamed Goody. I will certainly return again.

Was very cool experience. Only complaint is the tour guides don't ever stop talking. Your walking through a rainforest, birds and animals are making noise all around, and the tour guide just keeps talking and talking. Never stops to let you just soak in the sights and sounds. And they aren't talking about the rainforest, but just making small talk. Wasn't just ours, heard many other guides doing the same.

Who would visit Costa Rica and skip the rain forest? Don't be that person! The Over-canopy tram was light on fauna but great on tropical flora. Frog peepers paradise in the displays.

One of the best tours in Limon, with trails, an aerial tram, waterfalls, butterfly garden, frogs & snakes garden and even a zip line. A lot of research is done in their property. You can visit the place on the way in or out when visiting Cahuita/Pto Viejo/Manzanillo or even when going to Bocas del Toro in Panama. It can get very busy during cruise ship days, bumby/rocky road after Liverpool but completely doable in a 4x4 car.

While the drive out to this 70 plus acre national reserve is exciting, this nonprofit is preserving some of Costa Rica's wonderful flora, fauna, and species. This a wonderful educational experience, don't pass it up. So much to see enjoy.

This is an amazing place if you love yo be in touch with nature. I spent a weekend and the experience was incredible, I was able to watch the great Jacamar (bird really hard to see here in CR) the food was amazing and the coffee a 10/10. They have a so many trials and the local guides are in another level. If you would like to disconnect from the world this is a place you can go

Amazing jungle jungle jungle. The whole 9 yards. Snake, frogs, spiders, monkey and fruit trees grow everywhere. The people are pleasant and everyone minds their own business. Ps lost of rain.

Look up into the trees 🌴 while you're in this park, you might be able to spot a sloth 🦥 or two. They're really common in this park. Besides the wildlife there are other great photo opportunities here. Walk along the seawall and you'll see a nearby island and watch out for pan handlers, they're easy enough to ignore.

Decent park very dark at night.

Very nice. Well maintained. People were friendly. Struck up a few conversations with strangers and made some friends.

This destination is a stunning and lively spot, offering ample shade to protect you from the Costa Rican sun. The area is surrounded by incredible wildlife, including fascinating creatures that inhabit the tree tops, making it a fantastic place to explore and experience nature up close.

Beautiful park

Small city park outside the cruise terminal. Saw a sloth and an owl. Cool painted house on the shore.

They trying in a certain way to get things better but what I can say is the last time that I came to this place it was almost 15 years ago and the only new thing that I saw it was the lettering on this old identification that it's close to the sea and that they painted the palm trees from the park and that he was a little bit cleaner but Limon Town Hall they should start putting more money in the local infrastructure instead of putting in it I guess and their personal pockets???!...

Several parts of the park are closed for renovations (Feb 2023). There are a lot of local vendors around the area, selling food, drinks, and souvenirs. Walked over to see the water, a lot of old buildings/foundations and a rocky shoreline. Walking back a local showed us a family of sloths (we would have missed them unless we was shown) which we tipped him for the tips.

Great birding park if you only have a short time. We were on a cruise ship and picked up several species including a lifer (Black-and-white Owl). Be sure to walk to the adjacent beach for shore birds.

I love walking around watching the local people enjoying this majestic park with tall palm trees and statues. A must visit

Immediately proximate to the cruise dock, a once glorious park now a faded testament to past prosperity in Limon. Still, it offers shade and plenty of benches and even a sloth or two in the trees.

Beautiful serene environment close to seaside

Quiet public park across the street from the cruise terminal. Local people will point out sloths in the trees and offer to take your picture - a small gratuity is expected. Spend a few minutes here and then walk to nearby stores.

Beautiful church located near the cruise port

As of 2/26/23 Sun Mass times are 7am, 8:30 am bilingual, 10:30am, 4pm, 6pm. 5 min taxi from cruise port, $5pp or $10min for single. Walkable too.

Visited the'Sacred Heart of Jesus' parish, also serves as the Cathedral of Limon. It's simplicity was beautiful. The stained - glass windows were striking.

Emblematic place in Limón, beautiful!

BEAUTIFUL open-air Catholic church in downtown Limon Costa Rica.

Having to go on a day that they were having a funeral mass and I believe it was at least a young child maybe two young children it was a double funeral the mass was in Spanish which is the native language it was around 11 or noon I'm gone here for Mass off of the carnival fun ship.

In port today and planning to attend Mass. Found the church closed all weekend- No weekend mass ! and the church doesn’t reopen until Tuesday!??!!

We drove for 6 hours since we heard the food in limon was better and cheaper! The place was awesome and I’ it’s really soothing and very relaxing!.. Amazing view to eat and Josie our server was very attentive and really nice. However, I order the sopa de mariscos and it was watery and only few seafood, no shrimp, no lobster, and it wasn’t hot! So I thought maybe they’ll make up for the main course that I order ( stir fry seafood). Very, very disappointed… I didn’t really touch it!… It looks gross!….. The only thing that’s kinda taste good is their rice and beans, and the fish soup that my husband order! X

Great food, service and view as you can see

Just ate the most wonderful seafood soup. Highly recommend

The views from this place are phenomenal! Food was good and the wait staff was very friendly translating and giving recommendations. I would definitely go back!

Best tuna steak in the world, truly, tears to my eyes. You can eat here if you’re not a guest of the hotel. We ate overlooking the sea; all open air outdoors. Waiters were friendly & understood my poor Spanish. Place was so clean! Best restaurant experience in all of Limon!

It improved a lot since few years ago. Now you can talk about getting very good service in there and the food is better and very quickly served! Congratulations and keep it up!

Excellent food and service.

Great service and good food decent prices.

We went for dinner, I had the tenderloin with shrimp and potatoes. It was delicious. The service was fine. Would like to return before sunset, to get the full benefit of the location.

Terrible place, from the start we got frowny faces and no table service, no problem with that, just had to get up to the cashier and order beers, frowny face again with a warning, don't come here to drink 🍻. Oddest thing ever.

By far the best meal we had on our vacation. Sara the owner welcomed us as if it was her own home. The view is spectacular and the food was A++++. She was so lovely and her son introduced us to a baby iguana. We just loved our time there and would have stayed all day if we could. The food was fresh - caught that morning. The fruit was sweet and ripe. It was just a PERFECT experience and if you find yourself in Puerto Limon - Red Snapper should be on your MUST GO list!!!! Thank you Sara for a lovely day with you. We will be back! xoxox

Wonderful food and views

I had the red snapper with fries and vegetables and it was so delicious and the sauce on it was so tasty ! And the seafood ceviche was so tasty and the is good. Mucho gracias!!!

Great food and service. Breath taking views, looking down on the city!

The service was fantastic and the food was amazing. The restaurant has a wonderful atmosphere and great views of the city. I had the red snapper and I really enjoyed it. If you are looking for a good meal, try this place.

Very friendly ladies serving food and drinks at the bar counter. Ample seating and tables and bar high tops in the shade. Services for the beach like umbrellas and chairs available near. Coconut guy, music and vendors stroll around the restaurant and beach. Bathrooms and shade and parking. A tour guide with car was available for transport back to center and the cruise port.

Stop here on a Carnival Cruise and it is a very nice place we had a couple of dishes here that were just wonderful. Very delicious food. On the beach for swimming. There was a strong surf the day we were there so it would be hard to swim in that. Large waves coming in. Made for a great scenic view if not getting in the water. Get a taxi driver and have him take you out there and have lunch and spend the afternoon.

Good food but priced similar to food back home. Price on menu includes 10% “tip” and another charge called ITA which I assume is a tax, so price does come out to what is on menu. My advice is to always pay with a credit card so you get the better exchange rate.

Service was horrible especially with all the severs they had working there. Avoid at all cost! Go next door to Quimbamba for a better vibe and service

Awesome beach. Staff was fairly accomodating. Food was nice. Drinks were cold.

We took a quick trip to see Limon and after driving around town, we were struggling with where to find a good and safe place to eat. We saw this along the shore and stopped in. Views are great, but staff practically ignored us when we came in. We seated ourselves and struggled a bit with giving the waiter our orders. Food came after quite a while and we were disappointed. We’ve been eating great food in CR and this just wasn’t the same. It all seemed greasy and overcooked. When trying to go, we had to ask the waiter multiple times for our check. 30 minutes later we paid and left.

Nice place by the beach. I didn't like the drinks.

Wonderful beachfront atmosphere . Friendly staff. Delicious classic Costa Rican lunch 😋($11). Highly recommend stopping here!

Nice place by the water. We had fish ceviche. It was late in the afternoon. It was good. Nice relaxing view. It was our first stop on the Caribbean side. It left me with a very good impresion. We waited little longer to get served. But it was Ok. Nice tasty coffee.

Very good local food and very nice service. Been here a few times, always very nice. Will be back.

Nice, friendly, clean place. Veggie / vegan (delicious) options.

Just a great restaurant, the food was very flavourful and lots of it. If you're in Limon Costa Rico Go.

Lightning fast, friendly service. Our server spoke English and was very helpful. The restaurant was very busy which is a good sign. I had the chicken with rice and beans and my wife had the ribs with rice and beans. The sauces were amazing. The restaurant was very clean and the prices are very fair.

We had Chicken fried rice and Lomito a la Parrilla , Steak with fries and veggies. Both entrees came quick and prepared perfectly.

First time trying carribean food and it was good! The restaurant is also nice and clean and the service was good.

Really delicious carribean Food for a really good price! Try the ox tail in coconut sauce with rice and beans, its amazing!

I had to ask a waitress to place an order because no one would come to my table, there was a confusion about a dish I ordered, I was informed it was not available, then it turned out it was so my order was changed. After 50min of waiting (though there were only a couple of people inside) the food came almost cold and the meat was so undercooked I could not eat a half of it. Finally, I had troubles paying as the waitress did not remember what I ordered.

Typical Caribbean food. The staff are kind.

Great place to stop for a good meal. Their lemonade was awesome- one of the best lemonades I've had. My wife had the passion fruit chicken is fantastic; I wish had gotten it. I had the steak with 4 cheeses which was very good- very tender steak. The kids had cheeseburgers with fries- the fries also very good. The place was very clean and we'll kept with good parking which is a plus. Very good service and waiters understood English

Great place and great food. We arrived by chance to use the toilet and grab a bite to eat while driving from Arenal to Puerto Viajo without any expectations and were pleasantly surprised. The food was delicious and waitress very nice and service quick. Highly recommended!