About Puerto-Jimenez
Puerto Jiménez is the gateway to the Osa Peninsula and the Corcovado National Park, facing the Golfo Dulce in southern Costa Rica.
Puerto Jimenez was formerly known as Mina de Oro, which created a population growth in a short time. This particular feature, as well as banana cultivation, turned Puerto Jimenez into a small but important town, with easy access by land, sea and air. Puerto Jimenez is now one of the most developed towns on the Osa Peninsula, and recently (2010) has been given fully paved access road from Chacarita to the village, which has made both travel time and quality of the trip is much better than before.
Today much of the commercial prosperity of the people is because of turism, which is why many businesses have been developed to offer to local and foreign tourists.
Puerto Jimenez is located in front of the sea and you can see the sea ever since you arrive.
The climate is humid, and temperatures are around 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 ° F)in summer; in winter it rains a lot, but in summer is very dry and without doubt one of the biggest summer attractions are its many rivers with clean waters, where anyone can cool off, take a dip in a pool and even enjoy fishing in the River.
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