
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!

Renie Kehres says
I started reading your blog before our December trip to Costa Rica to celebrate my 70th birthday and it was the most helpful resource I found! So much wonderful, relevant and up to date information! We especially enjoyed our tour of the Bogarin Trail in La Fortuna which we wouldn’t have found if not for your blog. And, a shout out to Jacamar tours which you recommended. Our naturalist, Bernardo, was amazing and we saw more sloths and incredible birds than anywhere else on our trip in a beautiful, natural setting. Many Thanks!
Sammi says
Hi Renie, thanks for your feedback, we’re glad you had a good time!
Karen Field, UK says
Thank you so much for your blog. My husband and I have just visited CR for the first time and we loved it! And your blog was my bible – I used it for everything! And I booked car rental with Adobe – the best car rental experience I’ve ever had 🙂 We can’t wait to visit again and I can thank you enough for all the information you share. Thank you 🙂
Brian says
By far the best, most accurate, and useful guide on visiting Costa Rica! Your information about rafting the Rio Pacuare was spot on. The recommendations for best beaches around Tamarindo to daytrip to were also fantastic – especially Playa Mina. During my trip I even saw a couple of Mytanfeet SUVs just outside of Tamarindo!
Michelle says
We just completed an 11 day vacation to CR and visited San Jose, Parrita, Monteverde, Tamarindo and LaFortuna. I am so glad we had this website and were able to use all of their valuable information! It was more than helpful! All of the tips you provided about visiting attractions (parks, waterfalls, etc) made things so much smoother! We loved our trip – it was an exhausting one but well worth it to see so many parts of the country~ thank you Mytanfeet!
LARRY L GUREWITZ says
We are landing in San Jose and traveling to Arenal, Manual Antonio and taking tours from the hotels there. Which Ebooks would be applicable to those places.
Sammi says
You will want to get the eBook for La Fortuna, we don’t have one for San Jose or Manuel Antonio yet
Arenal is the name of the volcano that is next to the town of La Fortuna so technically you are going to La Fortuna (the actual name of the area)
Kevin says
I have to say, mytanfeet was invaluable to our 8 day trip to CR, which ended just a couple days ago.
We rented our car through you (Adobe) and all went smoothly, and for a much better price than we were able to find on our own. And I love how responsive your team is to emailed questions. It was like having friends who live in CR and are happy to share their inside info w/ you! My wife (Wei) booked the trip, and found you and used you a lot more than I, but I would recommend you w/out hesitation to any of my friends who travel to CR. I hope we can find a “partner” like you whenever we travel elsewhere abroad. Pura vida, my new friends!
Laird says
We are so fortunate to be able to call Costa Rica our home! We have been here in Grecia a year and have one more year before we return home to the USA! We absolutely love our life here!!
Johanna says
Hi, I just wanted to say thank your all your wonderful tips. I consulted your site both before and during our time in Costa Rica and it was really useful. Bravo!
Sammi says
We’re glad to hear that Johanna, we hope you had a nice time here 🙂
Maria Pinilla says
Hola, congrats on your blog! super useful. Do you guys know if there is public transportation from La Fortuna to Jaco? how long it takes and how much? if so do you know if I can take a bus late afternoon . thanks
Sammi says
Hi Maria, you can do La Fortuna – San Jose – Jaco but you must leave in the morning. Or check the Costa Rica by bus Facebook page to see if other people have tips.
Brie says
THANK YOU so very much for your blogs. All of your information and helpful tips really have been amazing in helping me to plan my trip.