Quepos Attractions

Quepos was named for the Quepoa Native tribe who inhabited the area before the arrival of the Spanish. Warfare, enslavement, and European diseases brought forth the eventual decline of this group, and by the late 19th C full-blooded Quepoas had disappeared. Highland farmers colonized the area and Quepos prospered as an exporting port for bananas. Occasionally, cruise ships may dock at Puerto Quepos.

In more recent years African oil-palms have become the major crop because disease has plagued the bananas. In order to spruce the economy Quepos has developed a year-round tourist infrastructure. Sportfishing is especially popular, and several companies offers excursions to nearby attractions.