Casa Mapache

Eight rooms in a small guesthouse set in La Garita Nueva, Casa Mapache sits a short distance from Tamarindo's main beach strip on Costa Rica's Guanacaste coast — one of the drier Pacific shorelines, with a marked dry season running December through April.

The 9.6 rating across 47 reviews points to a property where personal attention compensates for limited infrastructure. Tamarindo itself draws surfers to the long right-hand break at Pico Pequeño and wildlife watchers to the adjacent Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge, where leatherback turtles nest October through March.

Local food options concentrate along the beach road; the town's open-air layout means most amenities fall within a ten-minute walk of the address.