Jacó is a coastal city, in the county of Garabito in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

's Puntarenas

Puntarenas

Puntarenas is the capital and largest city in the province Puntarenas, Costa Rica, at the Pacific coast. The eponymous and oddly shaped province has its largest section in the South, far from the capital.Some 100,000 live in the city and close towns...

 province. Located in the Central Pacific Region, on the pacific coast

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

 of Costa Rica. Jacó is approximately one hour by car from San José

San José, Costa Rica

San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

 and Costa Rica's primary International Airport (SJO). Manuel Antonio National Park

Manuel Antonio National Park

Manuel Antonio National Park, in Spanish the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, is a small National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and from the national capital of San José...

 is located just one hour South of Jaco. Jaco has a population of apx. 10,000 residents. Diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever are nonexistent, or extremely rare and no shots or vaccinations are necessary when traveling to Costa Rica.

Climate

As Jacó lies on the seashore, climate is humid. Temperature is 85-90 degrees F during the day and 75-80 degrees at night. This temperature is virtually the same year round. The "rainy season" last the rest of the year.

Tourist Locations in the vicinity

Jacó lies between several mountains, and is neighbored by the beaches of Herradura Bay

Playa Herradura, Costa Rica

Playa Herradura is a coastal town on the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica, located about north of Jacó. Playa Herradura or Herradura Beach is home to the Los Suenos Resort and Marina and is globally known as the Fishing Capital of Costa Rica playing home to Costa Rica's only full service five star...

 to the North, and Playa Hermosa to the South. At about 15 miles north of Jacó, lies the Carara National Park

Carara National Park

Carara National Park is a National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.Carara National Park was established on April 27, 1978 as a biological reserve, but its growing popularity after 1990 forced the government to upgrade its category to...

, recognized for its exuberant wildlife and dense rain forest. Carara is home to one of the largest remaining populations of wild Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

The Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to up to...

in the country.