Best Places to Visit in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica (and how much they cost!) | 2024 Travel Guide

[@KittiandJon]

🌎 Our favorite place to search and book local experiences is on Get Your Guide. Check out this great Manuel Antonio National Park tour: www.getyourguide.com/quepos-l32284/manuel-antonio-national-park-3-hour-guided-tour-t298100/?partner_id=TAUV9V3&cmp=youtube

[@hannahd9093]

Thank you for mentioning that MN National park is closed on Tuesday’s and the watch out for scammers 🙌🏻

[@KittiandJon]

Thanks for watching! 😊👍

[@missm449]

haha, I love how you went from "I'm sure we can manage" to "hire a car for the day" :D :D

[@KittiandJon]

🤣🤣 that hill killed us! 😅

[@RGRGJKK]

Pura vida Guys have fun

[@KittiandJon]

Thank you 😊 we had an amazing time in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 😊

[@karanbradley655]

Loved the beaches, the waterfall and the wildlife! Look forward to your next location?

[@KittiandJon]

Thanks for watching! 😊🙏

[@timdoherty1767]

You two are incredible. I’m grateful for honest you are-others might have edited out that long slog up the hill. Instead, you generously warn us all.

[@KittiandJon]

Thank you 🙏 appreciate the kind words 😊

[@chipcapoeira28]

The mountain clip from the fist minute looks fantastic! May I ask where it is?

[@KittiandJon]

If it’s the clip I think you’re talking about then we’re in Itza Popo National Park outside of Mexico City. The mountain is Iztaccíhuatl and it’s Mexico’s third highest peak (5,230m) 😊 our trip there is in our ‘Best Hiking Around Mexico City’ video 👍

[@tennis077]

Hi in what period of the year have you been traveling to costa rica? Is july a good time? I’ve heard mixed reviews (since it’s rainy seasons) thanks for your time!

[@KittiandJon]

We were in Costa Rica in February. I think July would be okay but expect heavy rains in the afternoons and maybe some things to be closed from flooding. Winter is definitely a better time to visit 👍

[@deltamoney2742]

Manuel Antonio or La Fortuna for Sloths, Hanging bridges and volcano hikes? I would like to do 5 days with nights back home at the resort or vibrant town.

[@KittiandJon]

If you want all of those then you want La Fortuna for sure. You can find hanging bridges and sloths at Manuel Antonio but no volcanoes and the sloths aren't as easy to spot there. So we'd probably recommend La Fortuna for you 😊

[@rebecasolisvalverde]

Hermosos lugar este tuve la dicha de ir con mis hermanas

[@KittiandJon]

Es un lugar precioso! Estamos felices de que hayas podido ir ☺

[@chrisjoplin3033]

Great Video! I didn't catch what time of year you visited. Can you tell me what month this was filmed?

[@KittiandJon]

Hi Chris! This was filmed in February :) thanks for watching! :)

[@eprohoda]

Greetings!Kitti~ unreal ,see ya!.📽

[@KittiandJon]

Thank you! 😊👍

[@romerobryan4648]

Thanks for sharing your journey with us all. I am heading to Costa Rica in 3 weeks time and you're right the tours are super expensive. AND that's even if they allow for solo travellers to sign up to it, as most want a couple booking. Your video has been very insightful. However, I was with you both, feeling INSPIRED to do the hiking and public transportation route, UNTIL you then advised to hire a car hahahahaha. Keep the videos coming. Thoroughly enjoyed that!

[@KittiandJon]

Haha 😂 yeah we can’t argue that having your own transportation would have been a lot easier! But it was still fun and definitely authentic to take public transportation everywhere…the challenge adds to the experience we always think 🤔 but yeah in hindsight if we were to go back and had the budget we’d probably go the hire car route. Enjoy your time in CR 🇨🇷

[@juliehawkes1050]

Hello fantastic content,was just wondering if there was any were inside the park to get a drink and snack.

[@KittiandJon]

Thank you! Yes there is a cafe/restaurant where you can grab food and drinks 😊 just beware of the monkeys trying to steal it!!

[@juliehawkes1050]

@@KittiandJon thank you

[@SeabassOchoa]

How long would you recommend staying in Manuel Antonio?

[@KittiandJon]

We’d say the bare minimum you’d need is about 2 days (1 for the national park and one to go to the waterfalls) but would definitely recommend staying longer if you enjoy beaches and being by the sea 😊 we spent 1 week there 👍

[@EricaGuerrero-ij1vq]

Hello! Would you recommend we get a guide in Manuel Antonio to spot animals?

[@KittiandJon]

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[@MySnowball14]

i love costa rica so much but i stayed in a hostel here that had a screen for a wall, which wouldn't have bothered me but it had a giant hole in it. so when i woke up the next mornin, i had like 60+ mosquito bites on my ankles. i traveled all over costa rica and imo the bugs in manuel antonio were the worst 😭

[@KittiandJon]

Sorry to hear about your bad bug experience in Manuel Antonio! We do remember the bugs being bad there! Other than that it is a gorgeous place 😍

[@WorldTravellerAB]

Great content. You have to go back to Costa Roca and do more cities please. :). How do you pay on local buses? Cash? Card?

[@KittiandJon]

Thanks! There is still plenty more for us to see there for sure 😊 2 years ago we paid cash for the buses but you may be able to pay card now too. Always best to have cash though 👍

[@virginiawitherspoon3682]

Are the sea lice bad in August?

[@KittiandJon]

Honestly we have no idea! Sorry!

[@brianandres6447]

I was in quepos and manuel Antonio Beach a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful beach but the vendors are everywhere and they are persistent in trying to sell you crap you don't need. Plus it was $20 to use a couple of beach lounge chairs with umbrella and about $10 to park your car.

[@KittiandJon]

The whole of Costa Rica is so beautiful...but yeah it definitely comes at a cost. It is a very expensive country!!

[@lannguyen-pu1db]

Did you see with naked eyes or through camera lens plus powerful zoom? Are the animals just a few steps away?

[@KittiandJon]

In Manuel Antonio National Park the animals are really only a few steps away...the monkeys come right up to you and the iguanas are everywhere around the beaches. The birds are the only ones you might need a good camera lens to photograph. :)

[@rodvarmo]

Why didn't you ask for ride to the passing cars?

[@KittiandJon]

We could have but we always prefer to take the bus if possible especially when we knew there were buses to take 😊

[@Spinosaurus-n2i]

The truth Manuel Antonio there are gringos but I love my country Costa Rica

[@KittiandJon]

Yes there are a loooot of tourists! But Costa Rica is beautiful and Manuel Antonio especially! 😊

[@waltonhometeamginawalton3380]

Is there a place you’d recommend to stay in Manuel Antonio?

[@KittiandJon]

We stayed in Quepos which is a little bit cheaper than Manuel Antonio and easy to get to by bus. Most of the main hotels are along the road between Quepos and Manuel Antonio. Wherever you stay you'll have easy access to the reserve and the beaches though 👍

[@rlafleur2011]

Great video. We are staying at Oceans Two Resort nearby Manuel Antonio next week

[@arledanygerardomontes130]

Nothing is free in his life everything cost money whatever you want to go you have to spend money. That’s what I do here if you go to Disneyland.

[@KittiandJon]

Very true! But most of the time the experience is definitely worth it 👍 that was definitely the case in Costa Rica 😊

[@stacymcdonoughhardeo8647]

[@KittiandJon]

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[@EricaGuerrero-ij1vq]

Hello! Would you recommend we get a guide in Manuel Antonio to spot animals?

[@KittiandJon]

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[@EricaGuerrero-ij1vq]

Hello! Would you recommend we get a guide in Manuel Antonio to spot animals?

[@KittiandJon]

Yes for sure! If you want to guarantee to spot animals then you will do that with a guide. But we’re pretty sure you will see animals without a guide too. We saw birds, monkeys and lots of iguanas without a guide 👍