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WELCOME TO THE OSA PENINSULA

COSTA RICA FLAG Full Service Real Estate Socially Responsible, Conservation, and Sustainable Investments  OSA PENINSULA GOOGLE EARTH The Osa Peninsula is a very special place! If you are looking for adventure living, off the beaten track, in one of the most beautiful and wildest areas of Costa Rica, this may be a good place to start. AdventurOsa Properties offers total real estate services for the Osa Peninsula and Southern Zone of Costa Rica. We have a large selection of properties, including raw land, primary forest conservation areas, beachfront and beach area lots, commercial opportunities, and much more. Let us know what your vision is and what you are looking for so we can help you find the best place for you. We also specialize in properties all over Costa Rica suitable for private or commercial retreats and healing resorts. Our services include sales, rentals, property management, eco-development, and consultation. Trust us to help you find the property that you are looking for and to assure you that your purchase is secure. THE BEST WAY TO SAVE THE RAINFOREST IS TO OWN IT!  Overlooking Playa Madrigal Corcovado National Park takes up nearly 1/3 of the territory of the Osa Peninsula. The remaining land is considered biological corridor for the wildlife and plant life that is protected by the park. Some of these lands are protected within the Golfo Dulce Reserve. Those of us who live in this area are very concerned with the continued protection of these species, and urge those who are interested in investing in this area to consider investments in properties with the purpose of preserving and protecting, with conscious development or none at all. Areas with concentrations of primary forests, mangroves, and beachfront are areas which deserve our respect and efforts to protect them for future generations. There are various legal methods with which we can do this, including private reserves, wildlife refuges, and environmental easements. Your efforts are needed to help preserve the rainforest and natural resources of the Osa Peninsula. Purchasing land and maintaining it in it's most natural state is one way you can help. Large tracts of rainforest lands are available at prices starting around $2500 an acre, and sometimes less. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES The Osa Peninsula is still a frontier. There are many business opportunities yet to be explored and introduced to the community. There are some businesses that are Turn-Key situations, but in most cases, the commercial properties for sale are only a foundation. Most businesses are in need of new energy and upgrading to make them successful. BEACHFRONT PROPERTIES Regulations for Beachfront Property  Pura Vida When buying beachfront properties, one must be aware of the regulations regarding Costa Rica’s coastline. By law, the first 50 meters above the mean high tide line are inalienable public zone, defined by what is known as the 50-meter line. No one can restrict access or have a totally private beach. There are some exceptions, but they include port areas, old land grants, and some titles issued prior to 1977. On 80% to 85% of the coast, the next 150 meters are government-owned leases and also known as the maritime-terrestrial zone (zmt or just maritime zone). Restrictions on maritime zone land for foreigners are that one must establish five years residency to own more than 49% of the rights to a lease. Two loopholes include holding the lease with a corporation that is wholly owned by a foreigner, or by having a Costa Rican hold 50% of the lease in name only.  matapaloptbeachfrontsouth A zoning plan (plan reglador) must exist for the area where the land is, and a concession issued for the parcel itself in order to develop it. If one does not exist the developer must make one, then have it approved by ICT (the Tourist Board), INVU (the Urbanization Institute), and local municipality. Such a regulation plan will call for "zoning of land" and includes certain percentages of public use areas, public access road, residential, commercial, and agricultural uses, as well as green zone or protected wildlife areas for each kilometer of beachfront. The other 15% to 20% of the coast is land that holds pre-existing titles up to the 50 meters line. That is to say that no maritime zone exists and the landowner may develop without inconvenience of filing a regulation plan. Tourist development must, of course, be approved by ICT, but almost anything else would require only building permits, as long as it is outside of the 50 meter public zone. It should be noted that very few plan regladores have been processed and approved in the Osa Peninsula, though many areas are now beginning the process. Much of the beachfront property in the Osa Peninsula does not hold concessions, but only permiso de uso, or permission to use, but not to develop permanent structures until a concession is approved. Building permits for permanent constructions will not be issued for beachfront property that does not have a concession. For this reason, a property that is only beachfront, and does not have either title or titled area adjacent, is not a recommended purchase unless one is prepared to enter the property into a plan reglador, which requires a minimum of 1000 meters of beachfront or to file such property in a protected wildlife refugio, which pre-empts the need for a zoning plan, but carries with it it's own restrictions for development.  UPPER GOLFO DULCE  TAMALES  riotranquilobanner2 copy
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