{"id":5884,"date":"2012-06-24T13:48:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T13:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.costaricainfolink.com\/en\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:21:58","slug":"junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Junquillal Bay Beach Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic\/#main\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?fit=1920%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,422\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Junquillal Bay Beach Costa Rica Panoramic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?fit=1024%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=1200%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Junquillal Bay Beach Costa Rica Panoramic\" width=\"1200\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=300%2C66&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=768%2C169&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=1024%2C225&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=560%2C123&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=260%2C57&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-panoramic.jpg?resize=160%2C35&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> between Cuajiniquil and Manzanillo beaches in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.<br \/>\n<b>Junquillal beach entrance GPS Coordinates:<\/b> 10.965292,-85.684175 (10\u00b057&#8217;55.05&#8243;N, 85\u00b041&#8217;03.03&#8243;W)<br \/>\n<b>Junquillal beach GPS Coordinates:<\/b> 10.968915,-85.687695 (10\u00b058&#8217;08.09&#8243;N, 85\u00b041&#8217;15.70&#8243;W)<br \/>\n<strong>District:<\/strong> Santa Elena, <strong>canton:<\/strong> La Cruz, <strong>province:<\/strong> Guanacaste.<br \/>\n<strong>Zone postal code:<\/strong> 51004<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/waze.to\/lr\/hd1gn6hu4h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.costaricainfolink.com\/restaurantes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/waze.jpg?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ubicaci\u00f3n WAZE de Playa Bah\u00eda Junquillal, Santa Elena, La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.cr\/maps\/place\/Refugio+de+Vida+Silvestre+Junquillal\/@10.9643805,-85.9621621,10z\/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sPlaya+Junquillal,+La+Cruz!3m4!1s0x8f75a1f3e79fd02b:0x32af8478562c4b84!8m2!3d10.9643805!4d-85.6820107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.costaricainfolink.com\/restaurantes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mapas-de-google.jpg?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ubicaci\u00f3n Mapas de Google de Playa Bah\u00eda Junquillal, Santa Elena, La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Junquillal Bay Beach is a beautiful white sand beach with crystal blue waters, surrounded by almost intact lush vegetation typical of the tropical dry forest and with a small decline, located in the Gulf of Santa Elena, in the northwestern part of the Guanacaste province, ideal for those looking to have a vacation full of peace and privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Junquillal Bay Beach is part of the Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge, so it has the Blue Flag recognition, an award given to beaches in Costa Rica that comply with high standards in health and safety conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The gentle waves along with the transparency of its waters and the extent of it&#8217;s sandy shore, make Junquillal Bay Beach ideal for long, soothing walks along its coast and is also for a little fishing, diving, snorkeling or just relax in its cool waters, as they are influenced by an ocean current. For those seeking to live a more natural experience, Junquillal Bay Beach also has camping facilities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7YoAmj1sU8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting to Junquillal Bay Beach in Guanacaste:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>From San Jos\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Drive north to Puntarenas and then follow the Pan-American highway towards Liberia. Once in Liberia, continue along the same highway for about 50km (31 miles), turn left towards Junquillal, and continue for 9 km (5.5 miles) until you get to Junquillal Bay Beach. This route requires a total of 5 to 6 hours from San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><em>From Daniel Oduber International Airport (LIR)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Drive northeast towards Liberia. Once in Liberia, continue along the same highway for about 50km (31 miles), turn left towards Junquillal, and continue for 9 km (5.5 miles) until you get to Junquillal Bay Beach.<\/p>\n<h2>By bus<\/h2>\n<p>There are no buses that comes to Junquillal Bay Beach, however you can take a bus from the route San Jos\u00e9 &#8211; Liberia, which takes about 5 hours (Pulmitan, <a href=\"tel:+5062222-1650\">+506 2222-1650<\/a>) and then take another bus from the route Liberia &#8211; Cuajiniquil (at Gonz\u00e1lez Garc\u00eda bus terminal) which takes about 1 hour. From Cuajiniquil you can rent a car and drive or take a taxi to Junquillal Bay beach, which takes about 15 minutes. We recommend buying the ticket the day before to save your space.<\/p>\n<h2>By plane:<\/h2>\n<p>You can also take a flight from the Juan Santamaria Airport to the Daniel Oduber airport at Liberia, either with Sansa or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costaricainfolink.com\/aerobell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerobell Airlines<\/a> every day. From here you can rent a car and drive or take a taxi to Junquillal Bay beach, which takes about 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address map:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costaricainfolink.com\/en\/junquillal-bay-beach-directions-map\">Click here to view directions from Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), Alajuela, Costa Rica TO Junquillal Bay Beach in La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica at Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/costaricainfolink.com\\\/en\\\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:61463972}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1200px; height: 533px;\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-original-height=\"533\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 801px; height: 533px;\" data-original-width=\"801\" data-original-height=\"533\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2\/#main\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"797\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"529\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"17840\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1276\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Junquillal Bay Beach Costa Rica\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?w=797&#038;h=529&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?resize=560%2C372&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/junquillal-bay-beach-costa-rica-2.jpg?resize=160%2C106&amp;ssl=1 160w\" width=\"797\" height=\"529\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"797\" data-original-height=\"529\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Junquillal Bay Beach Costa Rica\" alt=\"Junquillal Bay Beach Costa Rica\" style=\"width: 797px; 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Junquillal beach entrance GPS Coordinates: 10.965292,-85.684175 (10\u00b057&#8217;55.05&#8243;N, 85\u00b041&#8217;03.03&#8243;W) Junquillal beach GPS Coordinates: 10.968915,-85.687695 (10\u00b058&#8217;08.09&#8243;N, 85\u00b041&#8217;15.70&#8243;W) District: Santa Elena, canton: La Cruz, province: Guanacaste. 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