For many years, Dominical was a quiet community of fishermen and farmers. Even today, the daily catch arrives on pangas at daybreak and an occasional cattle drive will hold up traffic on the Costanera (the coastal highway).
There are few hotels and lodges and no towns of any size. If you look closely, you see the occasional home nestled in the jungle covered mountainside. The village of Dominical, the largest town in the area, is unmistakably a laid-back surfing community exemplifying the southern coast’s “Pura Vida” attitude, complete with dirt roads, surf shacks, t-shirt shops, and beach vendors.
