The former banana port of GOLFITO , 33km north of the Panamanian border, straggles for 2500m along the water of the same name ( golfito means "little gulf"). The town's setting is spectacular, backed up against steep, thickly forested hills to the east, and with the glorious Golfo Dulce – one of the deepest gulfs of its size in the world – to the west. The low shadow of the Osa Peninsula shimmers in the distance, and everywhere the vegetation has the soft muted look of the undisturbed tropics. Golfito's history is inextricably intertwined with the giant transnational United Brands … more »
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Golfito is located on the Golfo Dulce in the southern half of the Pacific... more »
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Golfito 1 has 35 flights departing per week for short haul destinations... more »
- Golfito from Trip Wolf
This article is about a Costa Rica town. For the ship see TSS Golfito... more »