Tag: Costa Rica

New ferry schedule Paquera – Puntarenas

High season is upon us and we are happy that the ferries are back from their annual maintenance and running as normal. See the new schedule below – valid from Nov 28th 2022.
This also affects the bus schedule here on the peninsula as the bus is coordinated with the ferry.

You can buy the ferry tickets online: www.quickpaycr.com

They only sell about one third of the tickets online, so if you cannot buy online you can just go to the ferry port and pay in the ticket office. In this case it is good to be there an hour before on regular day. I peak season or weekend days, you might want to be there earlier still.

 

Stray cats control

We have 6 cats here at Bahia Rica now. They are all rescues. Lately we have noticed many more stray cats here – and they reproduce very fast.
We constantly find new kittens which we try to find good homes for.

However lately the stray cats are so many and reproducing faster than we can find new homes.

Luckily we found an organization that work with trapping, spaying/neutering and releasing stray cats:
We teamed up with the Chamber of Tourism (Cámara Paquereña de Turismo, Capatur) and invited the Catrix team to Paquera to help us catch the stray cats and castrate them.

It was a great success as we castrated 23 cats in just one day. A big thank you to everyone that donated money or bought lottery tickets to raise the funds to make it possible.

The big surprise for us and the Catrix team was the amount of stray cats In some of the neighborhoods here.
20 of the cats we caught were all from just one street. And we saw at least 30 more cats in just that street.
The over population of cats is out of control.
Catrix immediately scheduled a new castration event in January.

Aquatic Rescue and Safety Course

Aquatic Rescue and Safety Course SUP
Water activities like Stand Up Paddle boarding are great fun.

The year round warm temperature and calm gulf water makes it even more enjoyable here.

Still accidents can happen in any activity – SUP included – so safety is important.

Thank you to our excellent course instructor Gustavo Corrales from the
International Surfing Association and ILS (International Life Saving Federation).
And to OPacifico Hotel and SUPHERR for organizing!

New ferry and bus schedules

It is low season and the ferry company is taking one of the ferries out for the annual maintenance so they will be running on a reduced schedule until the work is done.
This also affects the bus schedule here on the peninsula as the bus is coordinated with the ferry.

You can buy the ferry tickets online: www.quickpaycr.com

They only sell about one third of the tickets online, so if you cannot buy online you can just go to the ferry port and pay in the ticket office. In this case it is good to be there an hour before on regular day. I peak season or weekend days, you might want to be there earlier still.

 

Bioluminescent kayak tour blog

Matt and Jenn, is a couple who left Boston to pursue a dream of traveling, living, and starting a family in Costa Rica. They visited us and wrote a great article about their experience on our bioluminescent kayak tour. They even managed to take some pictures with their cell phone – rad how they did it in their article.

https://www.twoweeksincostarica.com/bioluminescent-kayak-tour/

 

Bioluminescent kayak tour with Bahia Rica

 

Isla Tortuga, SUP and bioluminescence

Rachelle is a photographer from South Africa traveling around the world and sharing her experiences in some super nice videos.
Check out her YouTube channel: Tales of Odyssey

She and her friend came to Bahia Rica and we took them out on some of our adventures.

Put on full screen sit back and enjoy this video!!!!

 

 

QR code rule suspended

A Costa Rican court has temporarily suspended the country’s implementation of a QR code-based Covid-19 vaccine passport, according to multiple media reports.

Proof of vaccination would be demonstrated via a QR Code distributed through the Health Ministry. Foreign visitors would also be subject to the vaccine requirement, which led to pushback from the tourism sector.

However, the implementation of that vaccination requirement now remains in flux due to the Costa Rican court, which issued the suspension following a challenge from members of the tourism sector.

Read the whole article from Tico Times here.

Covid entry requirements

New measures for traveling and living Costa Rica!
Please read them carefully.
You can also check out the official site from the Tourism Board of Costa Rica:
https://www.visitcostarica.com/en/costa-rica/planning-your-trip/entry-requirements
Transition period: Dec. 1st 2021 – Jan 7th 2022:

Establishments can accept clients without vaccination, but can then only operate at 50% capacity.

 

Starting 8 January 2022:

hotels, restaurants, bars, casinos, shops, museums, art and dance academies, gymnasiums, resorts, and adventure tourism may admit only persons who are verifiably fully-vaccinated (Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca y Janssen). This must be verified by means of a QR code or the printed vaccination certificate. This requirement applies to all patrons 12 years of age and older.

Essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies will not require proof of vaccination.

Exceptions to the presentation of the QR code of the vaccination certificate to enter commercial establishments are as follows:

– Children under 12 years of age.

– Tourists who have a medical condition, duly accredited, that makes it impossible to apply any vaccine approved by the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica

We are making a difference!

In just 1 year we have removed 2 tons of garbage from the ocean here in the Paquera bay with the help from volunteers!

A big thank you to everyone that have spent some hours in the beautiful Paquera bay kayaking around collecting trash.

We invite everyone to help us BE PART OF THE SOLUTION – NOT THE POLUTTION!

Bahia Rica Adventures works to reduce the amount of garbage floating in our coastal waters. The idea is simple – get a free kayak trip in return for collecting and separating the trash and sharing this on social media. We also share our knowledge, and help people of all ages get out on our beautiful oceans and take action.

BAHIA RICA KAYAK OCEAN CLEAN UP

We reached another milestone: Since May 2020 we have collected over
2 TON (2000KG!!!!!) of trash from the ocean!

Ocean waste is a global threat – Let’s face it together!

Premium PRIVATE Isla Tortuga tour

Isla Tortuga

Treat yourself to the Premium PRIVATE Isla Tortuga Tour. We will pamper you from the moment you enter the boat. The tour is 100% private and includes everything you could wish for while enjoying yourself on a tropical island paradise.

Price ~ valid from 16. March 2021
$650 (for the boat) from 1 to 4 persons
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We have several boats so we can take bigger groups as well.

Read the full description of our Premium PRIVATE Isla Tortuga tour here.

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