La Isla San Lucas

Costa Rica has a small island known as Alcatrz, a place that is insignificant and not very interesting. The fascinating fact regarding this island is that until 1991, Costa Rica had its own version of the North American Alcatraz Island. San Lucas was a penal colony right in the middle of the Gulf of Nicoya. This is the most famous prison in Costa Rica. In its 117 years of persistence many tales of violence were told and survived. The worst of society’s undesirable humans were banished to this isolated 2000 acres large island. The prisoners essentially ran the community and fished, farmed and did all necessary domestic chores.

Today the crumbling prison walls are covered with graffiti, often drawn in blood. All that remains of the strange community are the legends and tales of the terrible past of this island. If you wish to get an idea of how those outcasts of society lived it is possible to hire a boat in Puntarenas and visit San Lucas.

The "Prison Island" tour: duration 3 hours, space for 7 persons on the boat, snacks and refreshments included. Transportation service to Puntarenas.

Price: on request

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