Welcome to Mytanfeet Costa Rica Travel!
Thanks for checking out our Costa Rica Travel Blog and we’re happy you want to know more about us!
Who is Mytanfeet Costa Rica Travel?
Hello!
We are Yeison and Samantha, the couple behind Mytanfeet Costa Rica Travel. We are a married couple living in Costa Rica full time.
Yeison (pronounced like Jason) is Costa Rican, born and raised.
Samantha moved to Costa Rica in 2012 from the United States.
We have been traveling together in Costa Rica since 2010 and love sharing our stories, tips and experiences on Mytanfeet Costa Rica Travel.
It’s a lot of fun and we’re very lucky to have been doing this for many years!
About Mytanfeet Costa Rica Travel Blog
Mytanfeet is a travel blog and resource where you will find all sorts of information on traveling in Costa Rica.
We also share some stories of our life in Costa Rica.
Why we started Mytanfeet Costa Rica Travel Blog
When Samantha first moved to Costa Rica, she started this Costa Rica travel blog as a way to document her new life abroad but it grew into much more than just a journal.
Back in 2012, there weren’t many travel blogs about Costa Rica. There weren’t even Instagrammers. So the more we wrote blog posts, made videos and posted photos the more our blog grew.
We love Costa Rica and our goal is to help everyone fall in love with it, especially Yeison. He wants everyone to have a wonderful time in his country and discover pura vida!
Furthermore, we wanted to share our stories and tips from not just a foreigner, but also a local point of view. Together, we have traveled throughout the entire country and we are always re-visiting places to update our content with the latest information, as much as possible.
We think sets us a bit apart from other blogs and websites, especially nowadays when you find content from influencers who have only visited Costa Rica once for short periods of times.
Yeison has worked in the tourism industry for over 20 years and has traveled extensively in Costa Rica. He loves sharing his insider local knowledge so people can experience his country a little bit like a local.
We both know what to look for since we travel internationally quite a bit as well.
Ever since the blog started, we haven’t stopped blogging or traveling.
We love traveling, we love Costa Rica and we love blogging so we want to share that love with all our readers and inspire them to take a life-changing trip to Costa Rica one day.
What you can find on our Mytanfeet Costa Rica travel website
If you’re looking for a Costa Rica travel blog that’s chock full of information but not written like a dry guide book, this is the site for you.
You’ll find our personal stories and experiences traveling around Costa Rica. We produce our own videos, take our own photos and write our own observations and recommendations.
We’re constantly traveling around Costa Rica to update our content to bring you the latest information, as much as possible.
We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoy writing them!
- Costa Rica COVID-19: Information about coronavirus in Costa Rica.
- Costa Rica destinations map: We put together a map with all our guides and articles.
- Costa Rica restaurant map: We know finding a place to eat is one of the toughest things when traveling internationally. Use our map for our personal recommendations!
- Guides. Find our guides to popular destinations like Tamarindo, Monteverde, La Fortuna, Manuel Antonio and Jaco.
- Costa Rica travel tips. Everything from what to pack, traveling safely, traveling on a budget, renting a car and more.
- Adventure. You can read all about our favorite adventures in Costa Rica like white water rafting, canyoning, and ziplining.
- Itineraries. We plan a lot of trips for our families and friends and this is what Yeison did for many years when he used to work for a travel agency.
- Discounts. We have partnerships with companies in Costa Rica to give discounts for hotels, tours and transportation. Click here to get our Costa Rica travel discounts. We want to help you not just have a great time in Costa Rica, but save some money doing so!
Our main goal for the blog is to help visitors experience Costa Rica with confidence so that everyone has a fun, safe and worry free time in Costa Rica.
We write every single one of our posts with that in mind.
What sets up apart from other Costa Rica travel blogs
There are a lot of influencers and blogs about Costa Rica and some of them have good information, some don’t.
But something most don’t have is the local perspective since they are all mostly written by foreigners who visited Costa Rica only once, or some are here temporarily.
Nothing wrong with that of course!
BUT since Costa Rica is such a touristic country, it can be hard to find that local flavor with continuously updated information that doesn’t sound like regurgitated or copied information.
Since we live here and travel throughout Costa Rica all the time, we’re always updating our blog posts with the sole purpose of helping our readers in mind.
Additionally, we love seeking out the lesser known places and sharing that with those who enjoy off the beaten path adventures.
We are also always updating our blog posts and guides to bring you the most updated and relevant information possible.
You will find a lot of local tips and perspectives on our site that you won’t really find on other blogs.
We decided to focus heavily on bringing that Costa Rican flavor to our blog since we want to make sure every visitor leaves with amazing memories and experiences of Costa Rica.
We constantly update Mytanfeet to bring you the latest information as we personally visit the places ourselves and add more personal tips, more recommendations and more stories every single day.
All photos, videos and blog posts were created and produced by us.
This project is a dream come true for us and because Costa Rica is our home, Mytanfeet will be around for a long time.
Mytanfeet is a registered Costa Rican travel consulting company based in Guanacaste. Mytanfeet LLC is registered with the State of Florida as a Seller of Travel, Registration NO. ST44660.
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For advertisers or businesses, you can check our Work with us page to learn more.
We also rescued two dogs and you can read about our first dog, Patacon here!
We travel internationally a lot and started a second website dedicated to our travels outside Costa Rica. Check it out on Mytanfeet-travels!
Aline & Bruno says
Mytanfeet is absolutely fantastic! Ever since I first started using their car rental services about 4-5 years ago, I haven’t considered going anywhere else. Renting cars in Costa Rica used to be quite stressful and a dreaded experience, but Mytanfeet really knows how to make it smooth and enjoyable for its clients. My family and I truly appreciate the excellent service you provide.
Thank you very much! I also want to give a shoutout to Jefry and the Adobe team; they are extremely professional.
Keep up the amazing work!
Sammi says
Hi Aline and Bruno, thank you for your comment and feedback, we’re glad to assist you with your rental car needs! Thank you for being a repeat visitor to Costa Rica 🙂
Katrina L Nuciforo says
Mytanfeet is EXCELLENT IN SERVICE! They are so helpful and always there to help. The information you get is true and they are extremely valuable I used them for private boat tour with Macy I highly recommended them and him he’s very knowledgeable we had so much fun at ECO adventure park zip lining was fantastic the employees are amazing very friendly people I highly recommended using Mytanfeet for everything I can’t express my gratitude they are the best ❤️
Sammi says
Hi Katrina, thank you for your comment, we were glad to assist you and I’m glad you had a great time with Marcy on the snorkeling tour in Playas del Coco Thank you for reading Mytanfeet and using our services!
Debbie says
Hello! I truly enjoy your articles and value the information you share with everyone! I was wondering if you have any updated information on public transportation in CR? The article here is from April 2020 and I feel like there may have been significant changes since then. If not, just let me know and I’ll shut up! Thank you for everything! Pura Vida!
Sammi says
Hi Debbie, some has changed but not terribly, a couple of bus companies now allow you to purchase bus tickets online on their website, and some of the inner city buses in San Jose and Central Valley have tap to pay.
Paula says
Thank you so much for the detailed description of the boat ride to DrakeBay. I am a bit nervous to do it tomorrow and your detailed instructions are definitely helping me get ready for be brave and do it – gracias!!
yeison says
Glad to hear the post was helpful. Hope the boat ride went well and thank you for reading Mytanfeet
Alicia Jones says
Hi, Very excited to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary in beautiful Costa Rica. We plan a visit to La Paz Waterfall & Garden Park, and booked the Poas Volcano Lodge for two nights. Would you suggest a car or just transfers and an excursion taxi fee for the park? Thank you.
Sammi says
Hi Alicia, I would suggest renting a car since La Paz park doesn’t itself offer any transportation, so if you got a transfer to the lodge, then you’d need to ask the lodge to call you a taxi and arrange for them to wait for you. That can be an option but the easiest and most flexible way to get around is to have your own vehicle.
Charles Tomlin says
Hi, my family and I just completed our first 2-week Costa Rica trip and it was a huge success in a large part by the information and help provided by mytanfeet.com. I happened upon the website in March will planning the trip. It really “demystified” Costa Rica and helped us settle on a general itinerary. Once on our trip, we would refer to mytanfeet for “local” suggestions on activities and other information. Also, after reading more closely the negative reviews by others on our big name company rental agency, before arriving in CR, we switched to Adobe as mytanfeet suggests and they have been 100% fantastic. We were treated very well and the rates were very reasonable.
Now at the conclusion of our trip, I wanted to say thank you for making all this information available, down to earth simple and really really honest.
Sammi says
Hello Charles, thank you so much for your comment and feedback, we’re glad the website was helpful for your trip planning and that you had a fun, stress free time time in Costa Rica which is our main goal. We are also happy you had a positive experience with Adobe!
Linda says
Hello there.
I found your blog because I was looking for a Costa Rican rice recipe. I travel to Costa Rica about eight years ago and stayed in arenal and visited the town of La Fortuna. I love Costa Rica. Thank you so much for posting this Costa Rican rice recipe because I’ve made it several times and it’s absolutely delicious.
Ivana says
Hello, I am very glad that I found your blog. It is full of necassary information for us 🙂 I have a question. We plan to stay 5 days around El Arenal and make couple of tours. Do we need to rent a car? Yes, I know it is more comfortable, but 130 USD per day, if you want to drive 30 – 50km daily, is too expensive. How it is with taxi transport or Uber there? Thank you som much.
Sammi says
Hi Ivana, it really depends in this case if you want to drive or not because nearly all tours include roundtrip transportation and there are taxis everywhere. Some Ubers but not a ton. Having a car is way more comfortable and flexible but is not 100% necessary if you are in La Fortuna. But if you are staying in the neighborhood in the outskirts of Fortuna like Nuevo Arenal or El Castillo, you should get a car
Sam says
How do Taxis work? Do you flag them down on the street, New York City style, or are there taxi stands, like in some other countries? Do they have taxi meters, or do you negotiate a price as you get in, or are you just at the mercy of the taxi driver? Any other tips on taking taxis?
Sammi says
Hi, you can check our Costa Rica taxi tips