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It's not the gold-leaf or the volcanic-coal of Puerto Viejo's beaches that separate it from the rest of the country, it's the ivory sands of its many playa blancas that attract visitors from the world over to sunbathe, surf and snorkel along the Caribbean coastline. What forms these white beaches? Centuries of seashells, coral fragments and quartz pummeled into white silky sands circumventing Costa Rica's fertile forests and beachside villages like those found in Puerto Viejo.

Looking out from Manzanillo point onto Playa Blanca inside the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on Oct.17, 2013.
Jessica Russo, a dive master at Reef Runner Divers, unloads scuba tanks after diving in Puerto Viejo on Oct. 15, 2013.
Manzanillo Beach on Oct.17, 2013.
An old barge rusts in the salt water off the coast of Playa Negra on Oct. 7, 2013.
A capuchin monkey sits in a tree inside Cahuita National Park on Oct. 12, 2013.
A common black hawk perches in a tree among the coastal forest in the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on Oct.17, 2013.
A two centuries old tree inside the primary rainforest of the Kekoldi Reservation on Oct. 6, 2013.
Ripe cacao fruit grows among an abandoned farm inside the Kekoldi Reservation on Oct. 6, 2013.
Artisanal chocolate made from local cacao served during a chocolate tasting on the Caribeans chocolate tour in Playa Cocles on Oct. 8, 2013.
Jewelry made using local materials on the Kekoldi Reservation on Oct. 6, 2013.
A chestnut mandible toucan looks curiously into the camera on a tour at the Jaguar Rescue Center on Oct. 9, 2013.
A pit viper coiled on a branch inside a terrarium at the Jaguar Rescue Center on Oct. 9, 2013.
A young two toed sloth crawls along a branch at the Jaguar Rescue Center on Oct. 9, 2013.
A baby kinkajou wakes up from a nap at the Jaguar Rescue Center on Oct. 9, 2013.
A visitor walks across the monkey bridge on the full day jungle adventure tour on Oct. 5, 2013.
The mixed seafood plate at Mopri in Puerto Viejo on Oct. 14, 2013.
Artisanal black cherry and chocolate orange gelato from Deelite in Puerto Viejo on Oct. 16, 2013.
The trunk of a dead palm tree lurches out over the shore inside Cahuita National Park on Oct. 13, 2013.
Playa Blanca inside the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on Oct. 17, 2013.

Last updated: Oct 22, 2023

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