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!
Zoe says
Hello! Fellow UW Husky here! Woof Woof!! lol…
Very glad that I stumbled into your blog today. I love your love story!
I had visited Playa del Coco in 2015, joined a friend last minute – stayed in Pacifico for just 4 days. Didn’t have time to research then. I’m planning a return trip later this year, so planning better now. I will like to buy a vacation condo. I really loved Pacifico, but it’s way above my budget. Any recommendations of condos that are as nice/safe or a bit comparable to Pacifico that cost less? Thanks in advance!
Sammi says
Hi Zoe, hello fellow Husky! 🙂 Glad to see you here on the blog! The other popular condo complex in Playas del Coco is called Las Palmas. It’s not as fancy or luxury as Pacifico but a ton of foreigners live there or bought a vacation condo there as it’s a 2 minute walk to the beach, secure and each complex has its own pool, parking lot and laundry and easy to meet other foreigners since that’s where most of them are. We used to live there when we were in Coco. They aren’t super cheap for how big they are (most are around 70 meters squared) and can go around $90k. Some of them are a bit bigger and go more than $100k which is kinda ridiculous in my opinion but Coco is very expensive due to all the retirees. We have one friend who bought an empty kinda run down one for around $60k and he fixed it all up and bought new furniture so that is an option too.
Sally Chen says
What a wonderful resource you two provide – thank you! We’re well beyond our adventure days (for now at least) — with 2 small children and school calendars to mind, but the wanderlust never left us. We are taking our children to see Taiwan; your website has been so helpful. Best of luck to you and keep up the good work! — Sally
Sammi says
Hi Sally, glad the website is helpful and have an awesome time in Taiwan!! I was just there 😀
Michelle says
You two are so darn cute. I am traveling to Costa Rica in a month for the first time with my kids and mom. Staying in Playa Hermosa but plan to visit Playas del Coco a few times while there. Looking forward to using your blog as a resource!
Sammi says
Thanks for reading Michelle and glad you enjoy the blog!
Lala Oli says
Hello Samantha and Yeison,
It’s a joy reading your story and how you guys met and fell in love. Continue sharing your travels and stories. More power to you both!
xx,
Lala
yeison says
Thank you Lala!
Joanne says
Hello,
Adobe car rental does not have a 6pp rental available for March 23-31. picking up at Liberia airport.
Is there another car rental you’d recommend?
thanks so much! BTW- your blog is amazing. I am using all of your reccomendations to plan our trip.
Best,
Joanne
yeison says
Hello Joanne,
Thank you so much for the nice words, we have a great solution for you please check your email in 10 minutes 🙂
Sabrina says
I can’t believe I just found your site now – 8 days before leaving for Costa Rica. I have a LOT to read now in a short time, haha. It seems very helpful already and fun. Thanks for sharing your stories, tipps and infos! 🙂
Sammi says
Hi Sabrina! Nice to see you here and hope you find the blog useful. Have a great time in Costa RIca!
John Humleker says
A big Thank YOU! We just returned from our 2-week vacation in Costa Rica! And you both made it very special – starting with the rental car recommendation – the folks at Adobe were amazing, straight forward and no up sale! Highly recommend them. We also took your advice and re-ordered the sun screen, bug spray and towels all very useful. With your help we adventured beyond our home base in Playa Grande (lovely beaches – I counted at least 12 we visited in the area). We ventured out and stayed at Arenal Lodge Observatory for 2 days and saw the volcano the entire time! Their trailers are amazing and toured high bridges in the rain forest! Also went to Ricon deLa Veija per your experience and did the zipline/Tarzan swing/rock climb – you guided us through it all! THANK YOU – we will be back!
John & Cordelia
Sammi says
Hi John and Cordelia,
Aww we are so happy you guys had an amazing time! That’s exactly why we work so hard on the blog 🙂 You guys did some awesome stuff and we’re glad you had a lot of fun! Thank you so much for reading our blog and for the kind words, we really appreciate it! 🙂
Sammi says
HI Damien, thanks for reading our blog and glad you found it helpful. July is not too bad for rainy season, it isn’t the peak month yet but it is possible to run into rain especially in the Arenal/Monteverde area. You can definitely do that itinerary and since you’ll be staying 4-5 nights in each place, you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy the destination. The driving times are a bit long but a lot of people drive them in one day, Manuel Antonio to Monteverde is around 3-4 hours, MOnteverde to Arenal is around 3 hours and Arenal to the Pacific Coast (say Gulf of Papagayo) is 3.5 hours and then Guanacaste to San Jose is around 4. You could also fly out of Liberia since you’ll be way closer to there.
We have a partnership with a Costa Rican car rental company here and offer our readers great discounts and benefits you can check out here: Costa Rica car rental discount
Have fun on your honeymoon and congratulations on getting married! I’m sure you guys will love Costa Rica
Damien Marshall says
I stumbled upon your site and have found it to be very helpful! I’m planning our honeymoon for this coming summer…we are both well-traveled, but it will be our first time in Costa Rica. We’ll be there for a couple weeks in July, which I understand is the rainy season, but I guess things will be extra green, and hopefully we’ll still get some sunshine 🙂 We are open to suggestions, but right now we are thinking of staying the first couple days in San Jose, then renting a car for the remainder of our trip and driving down to Manuel Antonio for a couple days, followed by 4-5 nights around the Monteverde/Arenal area, and then 4-5 nights near the Pacific coast, before heading back to San Jose for our departure flight. We’ve been looking at rental properties on Tripadvisor. Does this look like a pretty good plan for first-time visitors? You two seem like you’re living the dream and we would be happy to chat over a drink or a meal if you happen to be in the same area as we are during our trip! We would love to learn about some hidden gems and just to meet some nice people during our stay. Thanks in advance for any advice you have!
Sammi says
Hi Anne, yes you can rent a car from the airport right when you land. The travel time from Liberia to Las Mareas according to Google Maps is about 1.5 hours and the GPS is good, the route to the Mareas isn’t too difficult and you can switch the language to English. You can check out the discount we have with Adobe here: Costa Rica car rental discount