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(Journey Costa Rica) – Turtles nesting on wild beaches, sunsets over the Pacific, fresh coconuts post-surf. A community of people who found their place in Nosara. 

Decades ago, this little palm-fringed beach town decided to conserve its land. Much of the coastline sits within a pristine wildlife refuge, protected from development, where monkeys, coatis, and sloths have space to roam. The result is a place that looks, and feels, unlike anywhere else on the Pacific coast: no high-rises crowding the shoreline, no paved roads cutting through to the sand. Instead, jungle trees spill down to untouched, swimmable beaches. Nosara isn’t like other coastal towns in Guanacaste.  

Javier, Journey Costa Rica’s Managing Director, chatted to Stefanie Tannenbaum about her story, how it began in a world on pause and how she channeled her experience into her own expression of hospitality at Sendero Nosara. 

Read the full article at Journey Costa Rica here.