Quepos is located on the Pacific Coast in the Province of Puntarenas, approximately 150 kilometers from the capital of Costa Rica San José. Quepos is easily accessible by road, both in car or by cheap and reliable public transportation. If you prefer to travel by air, you can fly in from San José to the Quepos - La Managua airport, which offers frequent flights to other destinations all over Costa Rica. Around Quepos are many banana plantations that provided the town with it’s main income. Bananas were shipped from Quepos’ docks to be distributed over the country. But due to developments on the global market the profits made buy growing and selling bananas diminished, so Quepos shifted to the more profitable tourist industry. The docks of Quepos now hosts a sport fishing fleet which attracts fishing enthusiasts from all over the world. After the decline of the banana trade that affected all Costa Rica, not all agricultural activities disappeared from Quepos. Banana trees were replaced by African palms producing the better marketable palm oil. Quepos itself is a relatively small town that has grown due to the booming tourist industry, but kept its tranquil atmosphere. Although during February each year the Festival del Mar attracts many people to enjoy all kinds of cultural and sportive activities such as concerts, performances from Costa Rican dance groups. Quepos than literary turns into one big street carnival. Quepos has a wide variety of bars, restaurants, hotels, galleries and little shops, all of them close to beach. The combination of the friendly, expressive people of Quepos and the visiting surfers, backpackers and nature lovers produces a tantalizing chemistry. So contagious that many return to live in this region of Costa Rica. One of the most beautiful national parks of Costa Rica, Manuel Antonio is close by, so many tourists pick Quepos with good reasons as a base camp.