Off the grid
Places no road reaches: you get in by boat or by small plane. It costs more and takes longer, and that is exactly what keeps them the way they are.
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- remote Costa Rica
- boat access only
- off the grid
- disconnect
- no phone signal
Where to find it · 2 areas
Puntarenas
See everything Bahía Drake
A hamlet on the northern coast of the Osa Peninsula, reached by boat up the Sierpe river or by small plane. It's one of the entrances to Corcovado National Park, and outside the village there's no paved road and not much phone signal. You come for the forest and the sea, not for comfort.
3 days LimónTortuguero
A village with no road, wedged between the canals and the Caribbean sea: you arrive by boat or small plane. It's one of the main green turtle nesting sites in the Caribbean, and nesting is watched at night with a guide, roughly July to October. The rest of the year the canals are explored by boat or kayak.
2 days