Read more. Copacabana Desire Hotel is right on the beach in Jaco Beach , and about one block walk from the main road through Jaco Beach. Jaco Beach is not like the Caribbean beaches. Rather than soft white sand made primarily from ground up coral reef, Jaco Beach is more like the beaches on the Pacific side of the United States, with dark sand comprised primarily of ground up rock, and many small, wave smoothened pebbles.
Unlike some resort beaches, Jaco is not the best maintained beach so you will see an assortment of flotsam and jetsam carried in by the waves and left by previous visitors. Jaco is known for its surfing. The waves break right out front of the hotel, and when the waves are highest, early morning and late afternoon, you can watch surfers doing their thing. However these are not the crystal clear waters you see in some post cards.
Local streams bring silt down from the hills, particularly in rainy season, so the water can be a little murky. It cleans up during the dry season. One swimming pool is designated as clothing optional, but during resort takeovers or lifestyle weeks, the entire property becomes clothing optional. One swimming pool has a small swim-up bar, and both pools are surrounded by tropical foliage and assortment of visiting wildlife.
While there we saw a family of iguanas in the gardens, and a pair of large long-tailed parrots in the trees. Like its sister resort, there are numerous day beds around both pools. The accommodations are not five star, but like its sister resort probably in keeping with the prices being charged by the resort although the rooms at the sister resort were definitely a notch above the rooms here.
John the owner is working slowing to upgrade the resort, but it is a work in progress. We stayed in one of the ocean front suites. There is a grove of protective palm trees in front of the hotel, so ocean views are somewhat limited to what can be seen between the palms. Still, sitting on the balcony with a warm breeze blowing off the ocean, watching the swaying palms and listening to the waves crashing was great.
