Lapa Rios Lodge
Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Location
Osa Peninsula
At the tip of the Osa Peninsula in a 1,000-acre private rainforest reserve buffering Corcovado, where the Pacific meets the Golfo Dulce.
Transfer
An Osa transfer
Via the Puerto Jiménez airstrip (around a 50-minute flight from San José), then a 45-minute drive.
Villas
17 bungalows
17 open-air thatched bungalows plus villas and suites on a hillside above the beach, with outdoor showers, hammocks and sea or jungle views, from around 85 square metres.
Best For
Who it suits
Nature-loving couples and adventurous families with children aged six and over.
Board Basis
Full board
All meals, non-alcoholic drinks, up to eight activities and shared transfers.
About the Resort
An iconic Osa rainforest eco-lodge
Lapa Rios has anchored the Osa Peninsula since 1993 — a National Geographic Unique Lodge set in a 1,000-acre private rainforest reserve buffering Corcovado, at the point where the Pacific meets the Golfo Dulce. Seventeen open-air thatched bungalows climb the hillside above the beach, with outdoor showers, hammocks and scarlet macaws overhead. Stays are full-board with guided rainforest activities, an eco salt-water pool looks to the Pacific, and a deep conservation mission runs through everything.
Accommodation
Bungalows & villas
17 open-air bungalows plus villas, above the beach.
Entry
Deluxe Bungalow, Ocean View
Sleeps two to three. Around 85 square metres open-air, with ocean, jungle or sunrise views, air-conditioning, a private terrace, indoor and outdoor showers and a hammock.
Ocean view85 sqm
Suite
Matapalo Suite
Sleeps two to three. A larger, more contemporary suite near the main lodge, with a separate bathroom and air-conditioning.
Near the lodgeContemporary
Signature
Lapa or Premier Villa
Sleeps two to four. With a wraparound terrace, floor-to-ceiling windows and rainforest or ocean views.
Wraparound terraceRainforest view
Food & Drink
Dining
Open-air, with a canopy viewpoint.
Signature
The dining lodge
Al-fresco meals under a canopy-rooftop viewpoint.
Full-board
Full-board dining
All meals and non-alcoholic drinks.
Bar
The bar
Sunset drinks over the Pacific.
Wellbeing
Spa & yoga
A spa and yoga area, with an eco salt-water pool overlooking the Pacific.
Spa & yoga
Above the rainforest.
Eco salt-water pool
With Pacific views.
Guided rainforest
Birding and wildlife.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The most biologically intense place on earth.
Guided rainforest tours
Through the 1,000-acre reserve.
Birding
Scarlet macaws overhead.
Zip-line canopy
Over the jungle.
The beach
Below the lodge.
Conservation story
A working reserve.
Getting There
Location & Transfers
By air
Via Puerto Jiménez
A 50-minute flight from San José, then a 45-minute drive.
On the Osa
Rainforest reserve
Pacific meets Golfo Dulce.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Lapa Rios Lodge. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Full board with guided activities.
Made for nature
- Couples and families aged 6 and over.
Setting
- Open-air bungalows in a reserve.
Getting there
- Via the Puerto Jiménez airstrip.
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