golfito bay area real estate

An area rich with unique properties including marina development, beach homes, fishing hide-a-ways, surf lodges, Pacific Ocean & Golfo Dulce Bay vistas, jungle retreats, private docks and more!  Check out retirement and investment in our corner of Costa Rica including Golfito, Pavones, Zancudo, and the Osa Peninsula.
****Prices in British Pounds (GBP) are for comparison only and can change daily.

Asking $499,000 USD (254,889 GBP)
We will present all serious offers and terms.

This outstanding titled property features a lovely winding private driveway to the hilltop, overlooking the Golfito Bay and beyond. 1.8 hectares of well tended grounds with the characteristics of this one make it, without a doubt, one of the crown jewel home sites in all Golfito. Privacy, View and Mature Estate-like Grounds are the perfect canvas to lay down a dream project. The lay of the land can offer a savvy developer 3 potential areas for building should one want to create a segregation of luxury home sites. An upscale tourism project could conform nicely upon this area as well. Other area projects on adjacent properties currently underway include several luxury home sites. This corner of Golfito is promising to be one of exclusivity and upscale distinction. Access by public road, power, water and cable are all in place. Anyone serious about "preferred properties" and wishing to take advantage of all the amenities Golfito is coveted for will want to see this one.

Sale includes the seller's home of 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths featuring a salon and swimming pool that take full advantage of the expansive view. This graceful little home was built by ex-patriots in the early '90s of block and cement construction is in good condition- allowing a buyer or his assigns to take immediate occupancy.

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Top Picks For Golfito Sport Fishing Retreats

Zancudo Beach Front 2 Bedroom Home

Located on the "point end" of Zancudo beach, close to the public dock and community services, this single level 2 bedroom home is on a doublewide beach front lot with approx. 1100 square feet of living space.  Completely fenced for privacy and landscaped with a large lawn and botanicals street side, natural foliage and palms beachside.   Very well built by a popular contractor, the house has quality details such as Sarchi carved doors, wood shutters, walk in shower with entry from home or garden and a covered hardwood veranda. It's immaculately maintained and offered fully furnished - Furniture, linens, dishes, kitchen appliances, washer and dryer, new ceiling fans in every room -"Turn Key". Bring your fishing poles, beach umbrella and chairs and move in!
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Seller is offering his sportfishing boat, docked at the Zancudo Sportfishing Lodge, for sale as well.  Inquire if you have interest!
 

Asking $200,000 USD (102,160 GBP)

NEW ON THE MARKET !

Asking $195,000 USD (99,606 GBP)

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A Private Waterfront Home on
Golfito's Cacao Beach Front

Surrounded by the rainforest reserve along the coast of Golfito Bay.... This Playa Cacao property offers triple wide frontage of more than 350 feet at the shore. It's picturesque location offers a mooring in front in the calm bay making anchoring of your sport fisher out front a snap. A small private pier leads to your door and a boat ramp to your large skiff storage & tackle garage. Primary access is by boat only (5 minutes from Golfito). If you don't feel like running your own skiff, taxi boats run around the clock. This place was built by a Canadian ex-pat with a carefree fisherman's lifestyle in mind.  Two master bedroom suites are set off a gourmet sized kitchen.  A covered veranda with tile and ceiling fans overlooks the bay front with a gracious  living-dining area for entertaining tropical style. It makes a wonderful retirement or second home and most recently has been offered as a vacation rental with success. Designed to lock up tight with extra security features, this is one of the few homes where you can turn the key and go without the need for a caretaker on the premises. This one really could be your dream home!

This home includes a large second lot, adjacent and manicured (not pictured) plus a long adjacent peninsula of land, offering a unique set back on each side from the neighboring properties-  "One of the most private homes on the beach- A "must consider" is what we tell every buyer looking at waterfront.

Playa Cacao Beach welcomes incoming yachts as they navigate the entry of Golfito bay past the homes  strung along the coast. As part of the Golfito Forest Reserve, it's under the protection of MINAE. But it's not 'the boonies' with it's own community organization, sidewalks and street lamps, a school, restaurant, 2 cantinas, a launch ramp,   city water, electricity and Direct TV.... No roughing it here!

Asking Price: $225,000 USD (114,930 GBP)
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BEACH HOUSE with BONUS LOT

Cottage Style Beach House on Playa Cacao is accessible by both public road and waterfront entry.  2 bedroom, 1 bath with screen porch, boat ramp and gardening areas galore.... Recently re-furbished and CHARMING!  Electricity, Water, Direct  TV, Cellular services. Total Area in possession 8,023 square meters. Located with-in a forest reserve, development restrictions and limitations will apply.

Asking $175,000 USD (89,390 GBP)

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 Asking: $350,000 USD (178,780 GBP)

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A NEW listing on the Golfito Waterfront

Nearby to the “marina district”, this seller offers a southerly facing home, looking out over the bay front, towards the Banana Bay and new Fish Hook Marinas. It’s situated just off main street in a small enclave of homes built after the departure of the Banana Company. The parcel is positioned “in the back row” along the coast. With convenience to the town center, this little neighborhood was not designed with cars and vehicle storage in mind, but rather has footpaths throughout, taking residents from the public road to the entries of their homes. The front door about 10 meters down the paths from either of 2 directions. It has almost 14 meters of frontage on the bay, giving a buyer access by boat as well. The current owner pulls his launch right up to his seawall, tying off and stepping up to his own waterfront porch. The home is ‘humble’ and you’ll probably want to refurbish in time – but the current layout offers 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, kitchen, and patio. The construction has been partially upgraded recently and has steel and cement with a new corrugated zinc roof with a balance of the project suspended as the owners have decided to enter the market and allow the buyer to make the finish decisions himself. 175 square meters of land outside of the coastal maritime zone restrictions! Bargains on the waterfront don’t get any better than this these days.  Listed at $125,000 USD  (63,850 GBP)

Ex-Pat's are ♥♥Loving this
Quiet Countryside Neighborhood...
And here is your chance to get in below market value. Comparable sales in the area indicate that  this should be listed higher. Perhaps this is the 'fixer upper' that many of you tell me you are looking for?!  It's got 4 small bedrooms, 2 baths, a service porch and newly tiled living-dining room and kitchen. The front parking patio is tiled and enclosed with security bars. A refurbishing was begun and suspended before the listing came in. A buyer would need to finish the job - but should be able to pull this off and still net a good under-market investment. The lot is 570 s.m. with plenty of area for both a large addition and patio in back plus a detached workshop or boat storage to the side. There are mature fruit trees and a bonus garden along the street in front of the home that is yours to enjoy as a part of the neighborhoods new community green zone project. The "neighbors" behind this home are of the 4 legged "moo-ing" variety, with acres and acres of lovely pastureland your backdrop is expansive green backed up to a mountain ridge of rainforest wilderness.

Motivated Seller MUST SELL QUICKLY
$65,000.00  "Market Value"

Asking $54,000 USD firm  (27,583 GBP)
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Hillside House 5 Minutes From Golfito

Ready to Move In!  A cozy place with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath only 5 minutes to Golfito Bay front marinas and town, this rural area home sits on 1 acre. You'll have lots of room for gardening and many friends have commented that the garden trail leading to a westerly facing plateau is actually a great place for a future little guest cabin. Head up the path behind the home about 30 meters and there is a lookout over the bay where the sunsets can be enjoyed and a great 'yoga spot' was placed by a former owner. Take a look at the view you'll enjoy from up there!

“Seller has already found and purchased her next home and relocated to the San Vito hills. Now quite motivated, we are authorized to present all serious offers and terms”.

Asking: $69,500 USD (35,501 GBP)
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Double Wide 1 Acre Lot

Out the back road from Golfito to Esperanza a hidden gem is tucked away.... This property has an old house on the high side that currently houses the caretaker - but I see it as a "temporary structure" marking the place where a new contemporary home will go. There is plenty of room for 2 houses. Laid out well I can envision an additional cottage for a caretaker or guest. Verandas off the home could be oriented to one of two tranquillo views: The forested creek-side and wilderness below to the east or off to the vast pastures and countryside surrounds with the mountain ride in the background. If you want to construct, this is a site that should not be overlooked. Water and electricity already in at the street.

Asking $49,000 USD (25,029 GBP)
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The caretaker reports his next project will be to make a trail to the knoll where there’s a view out to the Golfo Dulce.

A special listing at $500,000 USD (255,400 GBP)

Agua Buena de San Vito
 is getting a great deal of attention this past couple of seasons from those 'in the know' who buy their retreat and retirement real estate one step ahead of the trends.  It's being compared Panama's popular Boquete and Volcan retirement communities (now crazily overpriced?!) before their 'hype'.  It's a cooler climate than you get down in the lowlands and a gardeners dream for what you can grow there. The parcels are generous with their origins in an agricultural community that still thrives with coffee growers through dairy farmers. This 4 bedroom home of wood and cement sits on 1/2 acre plus and belongs to my friends caretaker.  He couldn't be prouder of the care and love he and his wife have put in to tending the place. Electricity, Water, Direct TV., street lamps and phones.
Asking: $33,000 USD (16,856 GBP)
 

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A trail into the woods at one border.

  Lovely Rainforest Lot For Construction

This parcel may be perfect for your private retirement home! A naturally wooded site in the countryside, this area is prime territory to explore if you are looking for a natural setting to place your home or project. Only 7 minutes from Golfito waterfront, it's got springs of water, electricity on the road in front and it's in the apex of an area "gaining momentum" with new neighboring 'up scale' construction plus a recently launched sales campaign for what promises to be Golfito's most exclusive housing development including a golf course, parks and recreational areas.... This hidden jewel is priced to sell quickly at a fraction of what others are asking. Clear possession. 

Asking $55,000 USD (28,094 GBP)
Motivated Sellers will listen to offers.

About 5 Hectares of POTENTIAL!
Follow this road past the pastures and teak farm...but don't go beyond the old "monkey reserve" and you'll arrived to the parcel. Check it out- and call us to learn more!

More than 200 Acres with waterfalls minutes away from New Golfito Marina Project.

At $7,000/hectare this listing will be of prime interest to both DEVELOPERS and those looking for estate or 'family legacy' properties. About 40 hectares flat areas - plus about 40 hectares more of primary and secondary forest with a year round waterway, 2 cascades and a GREAT swimming hole!!! Easy trails to nature areas. 450 meters at the Main Road into Golfito and only  15 minutes from the new marina projects and Golfito town center....  Zoning will allow for the street frontage to be used in a commercial way. This is a location more than 'suitable' for a residential project with recreational amenities. There is a LOT of potential here!!!  
Listed at $600,000 USD firm  (306,480 GBP)

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Large Countryside parcel amongst rolling hills, pastures...minutes from Golfito Marina District. Great Property for rural sub-division.
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Banana Company Vintage Duplex

This titled 2 story classic has been refurbished throughout, updating the construction and finish work on the first floor, placing it firmly on our "ready to move in" list. Titled and convenient to town. We think this is a good one for an ex-pat budget retirement choice.
Asking $48,000 USD (24,518 GBP)

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On The Road to Golfito

Old homestead lot with water and power comfortably setback from street traffic.  Great home site or business location minutes from Golfito city center.

Asking: $23,000 USD (11,748 GBP)

Golfito Waterfront Properties

A Bay With-in a Bay, you will find no finer yacht anchorage in the tropics than Golfito.  Homes of boat enthusiasts and marina development plans are catching on like wildfire on the shores of this area.   Calm waters with good anchor holding and pier sites plus the convenience of a bustling port town make this waterfront zone very desirable - Both commercially and for private homes. The pacific, gulf and river waterways are a sport fishermen's dream. The jungles behind are full of birds, animals, tropical fruits, trails and an abundance of pre-Columbian history as this bay was home to one of Costa Rica's Indigenous fishing communities.

Golfito enjoys the unique and rare ability to offer some of the only titled properties along the coast of Costa Rica.  But outside of the town center, most properties are along the Maritime Zone or located in a National Park or Wildlife Refuge Area.  Strict regulations and building prohibitions apply.  Zoning Plans may be pending and applicable building restrictions should be confirmed.  Available documentation on properties are reviewed by Tierra Mar prior to listing for understanding of the property status to date, but buyers are advised to complete a property review with the assistance of a qualified attorney before investing to assure full understanding.
 

        Just around the corner from Golfito... A gem of a "fixer upper" awaits. The 2 little homes are looking out to the Osa Peninsula and beyond to the Pacific.  Enjoying a westerly direction, they are positioned to take in fully the incredible Golfo Dulce sunsets!  It could be the private cove you've dreamed of. A traditional palm roof rancho home is 1400 square ft. with 2 bedrooms.  A cement and 'Panacor' caretaker house with 1 bedroom was added in 2003. Both constructions have fallen into some disrepair, but would be EASY to buff back into shape. This unique location offers unbeatable privacy and beauty with a soft sand beachfront and crashing surf- primary jungle with wildlife abound.  Fishing and river exploration plus many other eco-activities are just beyond your doorstep. A PERFECT "Honeymoon Retreat" comes to mind every time I visit this cove designed for the voluntary castaway!   Solar or Generator will need to be installed to meet power requirements.  Water currently supplied by a well and rain-catch.  Accessible only by boat.  Caretaker on the property.
  $130,000.    Accepting All Serious Offers
REDUCED to $100,000 USD (51,080 GBP)

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***Additionally, 50% ownership of the titled 36 acre jungle area behind is being offered.  Beautiful rainforest on the mountainside- it's a spectacular backdrop to the beach.

 Properties along the Costa Rican coastlines are subject to Maritime Zone Regulations, National Park and Forest Reserve Laws.  Restrictions Apply. 

Private Bay View Lot:  Almost 3 acres nestled against the hillside with the Golfito Rainforest Reserve surrounding it, this lot is actually adjacent to one of our primary neighborhoods offering both natural surroundings and municipal conveniences.  Improvements already realized include a graded building site and private drive to it and a retaining wall.  Asking: $70,000 USD (35,756 GBP)

New Luxury Homes at 
"The Gateway to Golfito"

The First 2 Homes of this stand-out luxury project are approaching the finish line…and now is the time when choices in finish details may be made. The Classic design of these beautiful homes will lend itself well to almost any taste or finish from warm rustic artisan touches to slick elegant modern style. Each home has 2 bedrooms with master sized bathrooms, verandas and picture windows to view the forest and tropical surrounds. Spacious living room with high ceilings, guest powder room, wet bar and beautifully appointed details…  Modern all electric kitchens and laundry with built-in teak cabinetry. Top quality appliances included. Aprox. 2,000 square feet on 2 levels. 

A NEW Gated Development
$365,000 USD “Turn Key” unit price.
(186,442 GBP)

The finished project will include 5 to 7 more luxury residences with elegant common areas including a pool, BBQ Rancho, tropical landscaping and gated entry. Convenient to local marinas and Golfito town center, this project may be the lifestyle you are seeking.

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Re-Development Potential

"A Port Town with Classic Character", much of the property Golfito can offer will be "Diamonds in the Rough" - From the old 1940's Banana Company neighborhood homes to the ram-shackle waterfront,  - " fixer upper's" and tear downs give those with a mind for redevelopment an established infrastructure and quaint locations for new construction. Like dominos falling, one can see the movement around town as older neighborhoods undergo facelifts and long overdue remodels are giving new life and personality to old homes....Resulting in great retirement and retreat possibilities for $20,000 to $200,000. plus your ideas and TLC! Tour with us and we can show you a number of renovated homes -gems, formally "fixer uppers" now enjoying a second life in the hands of an ex-pat retiree who took the time and minimal investment to turn the property around. Sometimes a little imagination can take your dollar a long way... Along with a competent local carpenter!
 

RETAIL STRIP & hotel
Large commercial building.  7 commercial-retail spaces below and an Old 19 Room "Walk-Up" Hotel above.  All commercial spaces are occupied at present time, but hotel is only partially operational offering economical rooms to a few "locals" on a month to month basis and renting an occasional room to a budget traveler.  Situated on Main Street in front of Golfito's busiest grocery store, the location is convenient to all services and the taxi-bus routes. The front end of the hotel looks over main street and the backside looks over a couple "custom luxury homes" to the bay. Lot size: 625.3530 square meters plus Lot in Back 317.50 square meters. This hotel is about 40 years old and in need of a remodel- rebuild.  Investors will appreciate this location for it's future potential.... Not only as a hotel, but it would be a suitable location for convenience apartments, professional offices, more retail space or a centrally located restaurant-bar. The small adjacent lot in back offers room for more construction or a private parking area.   
Asking Price: $460,000 USD  (234,968 GBP)
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Commercial Building with Frontage on 2 Main Streets
This 2 story commercial complex is the site of a Popular Typical Restaurant overlooking the Central Park with 5 income producing independent commercial units on a PRIME location- Main Street, Golfito. Newer concrete construction will support an additional story over the restaurant which would offer a lovely bay view. This type of central location is limited, and something like this will rarely come on the market. For income producing possibilities and central location, few are going to compare to this one. Lot Size: 118.3 sq. meters
Price:$280,000 USD  (143,024 GBP) 
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