Quepos

Sister cities

• Fort Lauderdale

History

The area was home to the native Quepoa people of this specific Costa Rican region. In 1563, Spanish Catholic conquistadores, led by Juan Vázquez de Coronado, settled the area and founded the settlement of San Bernardino de Quepo. The local native Quepo people were then subsequently subjugated by Juan Vázquez and his conquistadores. In 1746, the Quepo people that remained were transferred to a reservation which already contained another native ethnic group. Quepos offers fishing for numerous varieties of fish, especially Pacific Sailfish. Peak fishing season is from November to April for billfish.

Geography

Quepos has an area of and an elevation of metres. The town is about 60 km. south (in a straight line) from Costa Rica's capital, San José, but is 157 km from that city by road if going through the localities of Atenas, Orotina and Tárcoles.

Most-observed species

• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  5,584
• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,056
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  4,500
• Passerini's Tanager

  Ramphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves
  4,391
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,341
• Tropical Kingbird

  Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  4,206
• Yellow-throated Toucan

  Ramphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823 · Aves
  3,595
• Blue-gray Tanager

  Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,201

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2026-08-01
  7 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
• M 5.2 — 2026-07-07
  18 km NW of Jacó, Costa Rica
• M 4.1 — 2026-07-03
  4 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, Costa Rica
• M 3.2 — 2026-05-16
  4 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
• M 3.2 — 2026-05-14
  10 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica
• M 4.4 — 2026-05-14
  4 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica