Accommodation in Tambor

                                 Tango Mar Resort and Spa

                          Tambor, Nicoya Penisula, Costa Rica

A tropical paradise, and at a very, very resonable price.  Nestled in the Costa Rican jungle abutting the sea lies Tango Mar just west of Tambor on the Nicoya Peninsula.  It takes a ferry ride from Punteranas across the Golfo de Nicoya if your coming in from San Jose, and its about a two to four hour drive to get there, depending on how much of the country is on the road at that time.  A fair amount of people and commerce, not a lot of roads.  So traffic can be excruciatingly slow, so it's a good idea to figure in extra drive time if your renting a car.  Renting tip:  Get a small SUV.  A lot of the roads aren't paved, other than the main ones, and it's not exactly what you'd refer to as a "flat" countryside.  Semi trucks also drive on these not flat dirt roads.  It can lend it self to exciting driving.  Trust me, 4 wheel drive is a good idea anywhere in Costa Rica.  Especially if its raining. 

Tango Mar is a small resort with suites on the cliff over looking the sea through the jungle flora, a 3 story building on the beach with about 18 units as I recall, and some individual thatched roofed suites that are situated right on the beach.  There is a resturant on the beach, and one by the pool, with hammocks and palm trees galore.  Tennis courts, a golf course, a large ecological reserve with some great hiking trails and their own private waterfall, horseback riding on the reserve or the beach.  Great beach, but way too many rocks to attempt any serious surfing.  Throw in a couple of bars and it turned out to be one terrific place. 

One thing I should mention is that the place has a fair amount of howler monkeys roaming the premises, and as with all of Costa Rica, a lions share of Igaunas.  By the way, if you have issues with Igaunas, you'll have issues with Costa Rica.  The howler monkeys had a path they would follow through the jungle trees, which seemed to be every evening, which lead right over our pool.  It was way cool.  Lots of birds and butterflys too. 

The hotel is about 8 miles of dirt road from Montezuma, a mecca for the backpacker and surfer population from around the world.  It's a town that has to be experienced.  Kinda like out of an old Clint Eastwood spagetti western.  It has bars on the beach, surf shops, resturants, some hotels that lend themselves to new age type conferences, dirt roads (of course), and Iguanas.   

The good surfing is another 16 miles from Montezuma on a dirt road to Malpais.  Good waves, no rocks.  The whole of the Nicoya Penisula is really quite a nice place to hang, but to this point, Tango Mar is my favorite.