Central America Beach Vacations

Central America Beach Travel Guide

• Central America Overview
• Central America Hotels
• Central America Attractions
• Central America Feature Articles
• Central America Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Central America

Beach Guide
• Sailing
• Scuba Diving
• Snorkeling
• Surfing
• Family Guide

Top Beach Destinations In Central America

• Ambergris Caye, BZ
  
• Bocas del Toro, PA
  
• Cocos Island, CR
  
• Corn Islands, NI
  
• Jacó, CR
  
• San Juan del Sur, NI
  
• Tortuguero, CR
  
• Drake Bay, CR
  
• Roatán, HN
  
• Utila, HN
  

Travel Guides In Central America

• El Petén, GT
  • Family Guide
• Antigua, GT
  • Family Guide
• Panama City, PA
  • Family Guide
• San José, CR
  • Family Guide
• Central and Southern Pacific Coast, CR
  • Family Guide
• Lake Atitlán, GT
  • Family Guide
• Stann Creek District, BZ
  • Family Guide
• Chichicastenango, GT
  • Family Guide
• Guanacaste, CR
  • Family Guide
• Cayo District, BZ
  • Family Guide

World Beach Regions

• Caribbean
• Central America

Beach Travel Destinations

• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

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Central America Beach Destinations

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama

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Feature Articles

• Top Ten Alternative Spring Break Destinations
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• Bodies in Motion
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  What do you do when your beach vacation has a bit too much, well, beach time? Get active—and make returning to that beach towel all the more rewarding.
• Pick Your Paradise
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  In the Bay Islands of Honduras, you can choose from three different kinds of tranquilo
• Tropical Escapes
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  Discovering there is never a dull moment in Costa Rica
• Beyond the Zone
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  Bocas del Toro

Trip Ideas

• Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
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  The Galapagos: South American Spectacle
• My Blue Heaven: Bareboat Sailing in Belize
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• Atlantic Ocean: Costa Rica
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  Top 10 Spots for Experiencing Sharks
• Surfing In Guatemala
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  Off the Gringo Trail
• Largest Underwater Landscape: Belize, Central America
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  Top 10 Reef Dives

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
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• A Sailing Primer
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  Sail through the planning of a windswept vacation
• Windsurfing: A Primer
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  How to Hit the Water and Ride the Wind, and What to Bring Along When You Go
• The Bareboat Way of Knowledge
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  Learning to become the captain of your own fate.
• The Pool Is Open
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  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Mango Creek Lodge
  Mango Creek Lodge
  from $1645, 8 days
  Mango Creek Lodge is situated on what can be described as 22 acres of Eco Friendly Jungle. Our full-time gardeners tend to dozens of varieties of
  
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  Anthony's Key Resort - Kid's Dolphin Summer Camp
  Bahia Tours
  from $850, 8 days
  In warm Caribbean waters, kids are involved in snorkeling, dolphin feeding, swimming, and marine experiments.
  
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  Belize Barrier Reef by Sail
  Belize Lodge & Excursions
  from $2396, 4 days
  The Moorings, Belize's premier luxury yacht charter company, and Belize Lodge & Excursions have teamed up to offer a 4 night barrier reef sailing
  
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  The Green Tour of Panama
  GreenSpot
  from $2990, 9 days
  Panama's Culture, Canal and Caribbean. Dive into clear blue waters. Traverse the famed Panama Canal and pristine rainforest. Experience the strong
  
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  Deluxe Camping on the Coast, Arenal Volcano and Nosara Beach Surfing
  Costa Rica Expeditions
  from $3470, 10 days
  Fly to the Osa Peninsula to stay at the Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp. Then to Arenal to walk the Hanging Bridges trails and soak in a natural hot
  

Gear

• O'Neill's Psychofreak boardshorts
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• Tropical Getaway
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  The key to packing light for a warm-weather trip: quality, not quantity.
• Surfing
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• Surfboards
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• Surfboards
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  MR 1979 Retro Single-Fin

Fitness

• The Move
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  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
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• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
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• Good Day, Sunshine
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  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
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Hotels

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Aguila de Osa Inn
Agujitas
Drake Bay, Costa Rica

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Al Natural Resort
Punta Vieja
Isla Bastimentos, Panama

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Arenas Beach Hotel
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Big Corn Island, Nicaragua

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