Puerto Jimenez
People who visit the small town of Port Jim as the tourists call it won t be surfing in the calm waters of Golfo Dulce but there are nearby beaches where you can catch some pretty fantastic waves Sport fishing...
Puerto Jim nez is a small town of some 2 000 people located on the eastern edge of the Osa Peninsula and across Golfo Dulce from Golfito and Piedras Blancas National Park On the Osa Peninsula itself is Corcovado National Park and the Golfo Dulce Forest Preserve This small town is referred to as Port Jim by its expatriate inhabitants It is rather a unique town too A mangrove estuary Quebrada Cacao bisects the town Anyone looking for condos for sale in Puerto Jim nez Costa Rica will enjoy the lovely views from this town Like all Costa Rican towns situated next to the Pacific Ocean you have a choice of gazing at the ocean in front of you or the jungle behind you
The guidebooks describe Port Jim as having a frontier feel This is because it started life as a logging town and then segued into gold mining Now it is still a gold mine but from a tourist s perspective Swimming and sailing are popular in Golfo Dulce and there s excellent surfing at Playa Payones and Playa Sombrero to name only two spots Puerto Jim nez condos are easy to find because the town was set up with a gridded street plan The entrance to Corcovado National Park is not too far away and there are boat tours into the interior and canopy zipline rides as well