Flamingo Beach Stad

Playa Flamingo is one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica. Situated on the country’s Gold Coast in between the beaches of Playa Portero and Playa Brasilito, Playa Flamingo or Flamingo Beach is the sole full-service marina between Acapulco, Mexico and Panama on the Pacific coast of Central America.
With its stunning white sand, unspoiled beaches and pristine clear blue waters, Playa Flamingo is the ideal spot to combine Spanish study with marine activities. This famous beach offers visitors some of the best deep sea fishing in the world. Marlin, tuna, swordfish and snapper can be found off the coast all year around, making this beach an extremely popular tourist destination.
Every July, this beautiful beach also plays host to a fantastic international sailfish tournament sponsored by the Costa Rican Amateur Fishermen’s Club. Scuba diving offers you the chance to experience the excitement of swimming with white-fin sharks and an array of other stunning tropical fish and marine life. Sailing, diving expeditions and tours can also be arranged to discover the nearby exotic island of Plata.
The best time to visit Flamingo Beach is from December to April, when the beaches are bathed in sunshine and the average annual temperature hovers around 28°C (82°F). In order for our students to have an authentic cultural experience and to motivate them to learn and practice Spanish, we place students in homestays in the rural towns located around Flamingo Beach. These include the beach
towns of Potrero and Brasilito and the inland towns of Huacas and Lajas. The towns are small and rustic, where homes are humble and basic, but the families are very friendly. Potrero, the principal town utilized for homestays, is about a 45 minute walk along the beach to our school. During the high season we must branch out to Brasilito, a 15 minute ride from Flamingo, and the latter mentioned towns of Huacas and Lajas which are 20 minutes inland. Morning and afternoon transportation is provided twice daily.