Lapa Rios Lodge
Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Location
Osa Peninsula
At the tip of the Osa Peninsula in a thousand-acre private rainforest reserve buffering Corcovado, where the Pacific meets the Golfo Dulce — remote southern rainforest, reached by air and road.
Transfer
An Osa transfer
Via the Puerto Jimenez airstrip, around a fifty-minute flight from San Jose, then a forty-five-minute drive to the lodge — the journey itself part of reaching the Osa.
Villas
17 bungalows
Seventeen open-air thatched bungalows plus Lapa and Premier Villas and Matapalo Suites on a hillside above the beach, with outdoor showers, hammocks and sea or jungle views, from around eighty-five square metres — deluxe bungalows now air-conditioned, much of the lodge eco by design.
Best For
Who it suits
Nature-loving couples and adventurous families with children aged six and over — an iconic Osa rainforest eco-lodge and National Geographic Unique Lodge, full-board with guided activities and scarlet macaws from your outdoor shower, deep in a thousand-acre reserve.
Board Basis
Full board
Full-board — all meals, non-alcoholic drinks, up to eight guided activities and shared Puerto Jimenez transfers, with a bed-and-breakfast option also available — al-fresco meals under a canopy-rooftop viewpoint.
Overview
An iconic Osa rainforest eco-lodge
Lapa Rios has anchored the Osa Peninsula since 1993 — a National Geographic Unique Lodge set in a thousand-acre private rainforest reserve buffering Corcovado National Park, 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, screened walls open to the forest and sea or jungle views, from around eighty-five square metres, alongside newer Lapa and Premier Villas and Matapalo Suites; the deluxe bungalows are now air-conditioned, though much of the lodge stays eco by design, light on screens and walls. Stays are full-board, folding in all meals, non-alcoholic drinks, up to eight guided activities and shared Puerto Jimenez transfers, with an eco salt-water pool looking to the Pacific and a spa and yoga area above the canopy. Guided rainforest tours, birding for scarlet macaws, a zip-line canopy and the beach fill the days, and a deep conservation mission runs through everything in what National Geographic has called the most biologically intense place on earth. Reached via the Puerto Jimenez airstrip and a drive, it is a remote stay for nature-loving couples and adventurous families with children aged six and over.
Accommodation
Bungalows & villas
Seventeen open-air thatched bungalows climb the hillside above the beach, with outdoor showers, hammocks, screened walls open to the forest and sea or jungle views, from around eighty-five square metres. Newer Lapa and Premier Villas and Matapalo Suites add wraparound terraces and floor-to-ceiling windows, the deluxe bungalows now air-conditioned while much of the lodge stays eco by design.
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
The open-air dining lodge serves al-fresco meals beneath a canopy-rooftop viewpoint, with full-board folding in all meals and non-alcoholic drinks and a bar for sunset drinks over the Pacific. It is a working rainforest kitchen, the menus drawn from the reserve and the coast below.
Signature
The dining lodge
The dining lodge, al-fresco meals under a canopy-rooftop viewpoint.
Full-board
Full-board dining
Full-board dining, all meals and non-alcoholic drinks.
Bar
The bar
The bar, sunset drinks over the Pacific.
Wellbeing
Spa & yoga
A spa and yoga area sit above the rainforest, with an eco salt-water pool looking out to the Pacific, while guided rainforest tours and birding for scarlet macaws form the active heart of a stay. Wellness here is the forest itself, the lodge built light on a thousand-acre reserve.
Spa & yoga
A spa and yoga area, above the rainforest.
Eco salt-water pool
An eco salt-water pool, with Pacific views.
Guided rainforest
Guided rainforest, birding and wildlife.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The most biologically intense place on earth, as National Geographic has called the Osa, defines a stay — take guided rainforest tours through the thousand-acre reserve, bird for scarlet macaws overhead, zip-line the canopy, and walk down to the beach below the lodge. The conservation story runs through it all, the reserve a working one.
Guided rainforest tours
Guided rainforest tours, through the thousand-acre reserve.
Birding
Birding, scarlet macaws overhead.
Zip-line canopy
A zip-line canopy, over the jungle.
The beach
The beach, below the lodge.
Conservation story
A conservation story, on a working reserve.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
Via Puerto Jiménez
Via the Puerto Jimenez airstrip, around a fifty-minute flight from San Jose, then a drive.
On the Osa
Rainforest reserve
At the tip of the Osa in a thousand-acre reserve, where Pacific meets Golfo Dulce.
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Full-board with guided activities, B&B also available.
Made for nature
- Made for nature, couples and families aged six and over.
Setting
- Open-air bungalows in a thousand-acre reserve.
Getting there
- Via the Puerto Jimenez airstrip, then a drive.
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