Playa Zancudo is a village in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica near the Golfo Dulce.

[3] Zancudo is located on a long and narrow peninsula, sometime only 100 yards wide, at the mouth of the Rio Colorado.

[3] On one side of the peninsula is Zancudo's beach, protected from the full force of Pacific waves, while the other is home to a mangrove swamp.

[2] The town of Playa Zancudo contains a school, several churches, a soccer field, some Tico restaurants and bars, three sportfishing areas, and a general store.

[2] While this was happening, excess bananas that washed down the Rio Coto river came upon Playa Zancudo's beaches.