There is a peninsula just off of Quepos that we have wanted to visit for some time. We ventured to Barrio Boca Vieja a few times where spotted the ferry that would take us across. However, we just never made it to Barrio El Cocal located on the other side of the peninsula.
The small grid area is downtown Quepos and across from Sueno Tranquillo is the peninsula and Barrio El Cocal.
Finally, we decided we were going to explore Barrio El Cocal and the peninsula, and took the ferry across for 300 colones (or $0.26 each).
It is not your average ferry. They have these open ended boats powered by a small outboard to take you across. Very uneventful and as an added bonus you really feel like a Tico.
Ferry across the river
We decided to have the ferry drop us off on the village side as opposed to the beach side. We wanted to explore the small town – one road.
As you enter the town on the one road, you pass a few homes, a decent market, and a huge park area just off the beach.
As we continued down the road this town continued to surprise us. We were pleasantly surprised at the beauty of this spot. On the left is the beach and on the right were small palm tree farms and banana plantations.
We passed the local church
And kept walking. We passed some locals who seemed to think we were lost. I take it they don’t get many gringos.
Cocal Beach:
We eventually decided to cut across to the beach so we could walk back toward the ferry dock. It was a beautiful day on the beach with the blue sky reflecting on the water.
Huge, beautiful trees and large ponds line the beach.
We turned around after we had walked nearly 7 miles. We were very tired and still had over 2 miles to go to get back to the apartment. After rounding the tip, we hopped on a ferry, and rewarded ourselves with a cold beverage and an early dinner.
New Adventure:
- Ferry across the ba
- Visited a new town, Barrio El Cocal
- Walked the entire peninsula
- Almost hit 24k steps.