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.
Join Our Mytanfeet Family!
Feel free to connect with us via our social media channels. You can join our Facebook and Instagram. You can also sign up to the Mytanfeet mailing list to get our monthly and weekly newsletters.
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!
Carolyn says
Our experience her in Costa Rica the past couple of weeks has been enhanced tremendously by the suggestions and recommendations on the MyTan Feet site and blogs. Samantha
and Yeison have been very helpful and respond very quickly to questions and concerns. Samantha and Yeison have sent reminders and backup confirmations with each reservation or tour booking. We have nothing but the highest regard for the My Tan Feet team.
Anna Marie Quintanilla says
Just returned from a wonderful trip to CR. Liberia-LaFortuna-Tamarindo-PlayadeCocos-Liberia. Flew in early on Thur-flew out the following Sat. Thank you so much for all your great info and insight on just about everything! Including our snorkel tour with Marcy from Coco beach–we got to see Humpback whales: a mom and a baby playing around for about 20 minutes! We felt more confident and were able to enjoy ourselves knowing more before we left so we didn’t have to worry and wonder about stuff during the trip. Hope you are enjoying living in such an amazing location. Pura Vida!!
Dave B says
Hi there Sammi, we just returned from our 5th trip to Costa Rica with every intention of retiring there in about 18 – 20 months. During our stay in Playa Flamingo a couple of weeks ago, I saw your vehicle parked at the Flamingo marina. I even told my friend that I recognized it as I have been following your blog for some time. We made some great friends in Potrero and are now putting in place the plan to move with their help and the info I read here.
Thanks for all the great information
Pura Vida
Dave from Pittsburgh
Sammi says
Hello Dave, thank you for the kind words on the blog and we’re glad you had a nice time in Costa Rica. Flamingo is a very nice area 🙂 Enjoy Costa Rica!
Sumant says
We just came back home from our wonderful Costa Rica trip. Thanks to the useful information (and video blogs) from this site, we could drive and enjoy touring a major part of the country (SJO-La Fortuna-Tamarindo-Monte Verde-Manuel Antonio-San Jose-SJO) without any problem. We won’t know whether one would get any better deal from another rental company, but we were very happy with the brand new Hyundai 5 seater 4×4 SUV that we rented from Adobe (@319 per week including mandatory liability insurance) through this site. Pay special attention to the notes on the road conditions. Part of the road was rough (particularly the road to and from Monte Verde) and windy. You do need a 4×4. (I must say that the road from Arenal to Tamarindo is getting better. )
Sammi says
Hi Sumant! Thank you for the feedback and we’re very glad you enjoyed touring Costa Rica and had a good experience with Adobe! The road up to Monteverde is quite an adventure for sure. Thank you for reading Mytanfeet!
Terri Teague says
Thank you for all your travel advice! We just returned from a week in CR. We had a blast. We rented a car from Adobe. Great price, no issues and they delivered to/from our hotel. As you stated using Waze was a great app. Suggestions for what to pack and expect were very helpful. Hugs to you both from Texas!
Sammi says
Hi Teri, we are very glad to hear that you had a great time in Costa Rica and the blog was helpful! Thank you for your feedback and for reading our blog 🙂
Zbigniew Pietrzyk says
Hi guys,
I plan to retire in Costa Rica next year. As you probably can imagine, I have a lot of questions about the whole process. What might be the best way to ask them?
Perhaps, you should know that I am also planning a reconnaissance trip in February next year.
Sammi says
Hi Zbigniew, we don’t do any consulting for retiring in Costa Rica. There is a Facebook page called “Retire for Less in Costa Rica” I recommend to contact them!
Dan Cutaia says
Hey MyTanFeet! We just got home from our trip to Costa Rica. Amazing. And MyTanFeet was invaluable. Great advice!! We used their recommendations for car and tour. Adobe car rental and they were great. We took a tour with Jacamar … and they were great! If you’re heading to Costa Rica, be sure to read this blog!!
Thanks MyTanFeet!!
Sammi says
Thank you for the nice words Dan, we’re so glad to hear you had a great time in Costa Rica and you had a good experience with Adobe and Jacamar. We’re glad the blog was helpful and thanks for reading! 🙂
Bob Stead says
Hi Yelson & Samantha
Just a wee note of thanks from Scotland. We used your blog extensively to help with our research, before coming to Costa Rica. We’ve just returned having visited San Jose, Là Fortuna, Santa Elena and Manuel Antonio. Your advice was invaluable. Thanks so much we had a fabulous time together with our friends from New Zealand. We all loved Costa Rica.
Bob & Joan
Sammi says
Hi Bob! Thank you so much for your note, we love hearing feedback from our readers and we’re very happy to hear the blog was helpful! Glad you had a great time here 🙂 Cheers!!
Ashley says
Hi Sami, Ny boyfriend and I are moving to Costa Rica for six months in a few weeks. Your blog has been so helpful! Just wanted to say thanks and keep up the amazing resources. I love that you can write from the perspective of a local and a tourist!
Sammi says
Hi Ashley, thanks for the kind words and glad the blog was helpful! Hope you have a nice time in CR
Molly M says
We have been travelling to Costa Rica from Canada for years and have always referred to your blog. You are both so incredible and have such a wealth of knowledge and experience in the country. Thanks again for all of your hard work compiling information for us travellers! Pura Vida!
Sammi says
Hi Molly! Thank you for the kind words and I’m glad the blog is helpful! Pura vida 🙂