Child on the Beach Playing with Monkeys

Number thirty-five in our series, and it's a family favorite: one of our youngest guests out on the sand while a troop of white-faced capuchin monkeys moves through the trees overhead. This is Playa Mantas — the secluded white-sand cove about 25 minutes north of Jacó — after a Snorkel Jaco morning. No stock footage, no staging: just a real, wild Costa Rica moment that caps off the best snorkel tour Jaco beach has.

A kid, the beach, and the monkeys

Watch the clip pan from a happy young guest on the sand up to the white-faced capuchin monkeys moving through the palms at the back of the beach — a real, unscripted moment from a Snorkel Jaco morning at Playa Mantas. The reef and the cove bring the snorkeling; the jungle behind the beach brings the monkeys, and the kids love every second of it.

A day with Snorkel Jaco, in photos

This is the kind of thing that makes families say the morning was the best day of their trip: a quiet white-sand cove, a rocky reef just offshore full of fish, clear water the kids can wade right into — and, once you're back on the sand, wild monkeys in the trees overhead. It's all part of the easy rhythm of Jaco beach snorkeling.

Want a day like this?

Every one of these faces is a guest who booked a spot, showed up, and had a great morning in the water. We run three tours a day — 8am, 10am and noon — for $69 per person, with mask, snorkel, fins, an in-water guide and photos included. Come make some memories of your own on one of Jaco beach's best snorkeling tours.

More reading: see what guests say, our first and most recent testimonial sets, or head back to Snorkel Jaco to plan your day. This is #35 in our customer testimonials series — more real guests coming soon.