Is San Juan del Sur safe?

For most visitors, yes. San Juan del Sur is a small beach town that lives on travellers, and the trouble people run into is mostly the ordinary kind: a bag lifted from the sand, a phone on show on a dark street, a ride home with a stranger at two in the morning. Knowing where those risks are is most of the protection.

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Delivery from C$184 in town and C$276 to the outer beaches. Every fee is agreed before we set off.

A Blink car ready for a night pickup in San Juan del Sur

Where the everyday risks are

Unattended bags on the beach. Take only what the afternoon needs down to the sand, and keep it in sight while you swim.
Walking home late on unlit roads. The centre is lively at night; the roads up to the hills and out to the beaches are dark and have no footpath.
Empty beaches after dark. Stay for the sunset, then leave the quiet stretches of sand once the light has gone.
Phones and cash on show. Carry what the night needs and leave the rest locked away where you are staying.

Getting around at night

Arrange the ride home before you go out, especially if you are staying in the hills or at one of the beaches.
Use a driver whose number you saved and whose price you agreed in writing, rather than whoever happens to pull up.
Taxis have no meter. Agree the fare before the door closes, and it will not move afterwards.
For Maderas, Marsella or Remanso after dark, take a car. The road is rough, unlit and a long walk.

The sea, the water and cash

Surf beaches can have strong currents. Swim where other people are swimming and ask about conditions before you go in.
Most visitors drink bottled or filtered water rather than tap water, and it is cheap and easy to get delivered.
Use cash machines in daylight, and carry small notes: most drivers and small shops cannot change a large one late at night.

How Blink helps

Every Blink driver is chosen personally by the owner, a foreigner here too, for how they drive and how they treat visitors.
Drivers and WhatsApp in English or Spanish, with price, pickup and drop-off agreed in writing before you travel.
Food, groceries, water and ice delivered late into the night, so a craving at midnight does not mean a walk on a dark road.
Luggage is handed to reception against your name, never left at a gate.

Tell us what you need

Message us in English or Spanish. We answer by hand, so you get a real person and a real price rather than an automated reply.

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