Nayara Tented Camp
El Castillo, Arenal Volcano National Park, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Location
Arenal
On a hillside above Arenal Volcano National Park, around fifteen minutes from La Fortuna, with strong volcano views — the camp sits higher than its sister properties, across some sixty-two acres of reforested rainforest.
Transfer
An Arenal transfer
Around two and a half to three hours by road from San Jose, SJO, up to the Arenal hillside, with Liberia, LIR, an alternative if you are pairing a Pacific beach.
Villas
29 tents
Around twenty-nine elevated canvas tents on stilts, each with a private mineral-spring plunge pool, a freestanding soaking tub, air-conditioned interiors and a terrace, from around a hundred and thirty-nine square metres — through six family tents to grand tents and residences with full kitchens and oversized infinity pools.
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Who it suits
Couples and families drawn to volcano, rainforest and wildlife — stilted luxury tents with private mineral plunge pools and Arenal views, resident sloths and naturalist guides, on a family-friendly camp above the national park; a glamping stay, not a tented sister's adults-only retreat.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
A bed-and-breakfast base with a terrace breakfast over the volcano, across three restaurants — Ayla for Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern-inspired plates with Arenal views, a poolside bar and all-day dining.
Overview
Luxury tents with Arenal volcano views
Nayara Tented Camp raises around twenty-nine luxury tents on stilts above Arenal Volcano National Park, one of the only luxury tented camps in Central America and a member of Leading Hotels of the World. Each canvas tent is a full suite under the trees, with a private mineral-spring plunge pool, a freestanding soaking tub, air-conditioned interiors and a terrace facing the volcano, from around a hundred and thirty-nine square metres up through six family tents to grand tents and residences with full kitchens and oversized infinity pools. Sitting higher than its sister properties, the camp has some of the strongest Arenal views of the Nayara family, set across some sixty-two acres of reforested grounds where sloths live in a Cecropia sanctuary. Naturalist guides lead the rainforest, Ayla serves Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern-inspired plates over the volcano view, and an open-air spa adds sauna, steam and fitness. San Jose is around two and a half to three hours away, with Liberia an option if pairing a beach, on a bed-and-breakfast base — a family-friendly stay for couples and families drawn to volcano, rainforest and wildlife.
Accommodation
Tents
Around twenty-nine luxury tents stand on stilts among the trees, each a full canvas suite with a private mineral-spring plunge pool, a freestanding soaking tub, air-conditioned interiors and a terrace facing the volcano, from around a hundred and thirty-nine square metres. They run up through six family tents to grand tents and residences with full kitchens and oversized private infinity pools.
Entry
Nayara Tent
Sleeps four. Around 139 square metres on stilts with Arenal volcano or forest views, a private mineral plunge pool, freestanding soaking tub and terrace.
Plunge pool139 sqm
Family
Nayara Family Tent
Sleeps four to five. A family-designed tent with forest or volcano views and an oversized plunge pool.
FamilyPlunge pool
Signature
Grand Tent
Sleeps up to four adults and two children. With a full kitchen and an oversized private infinity pool, over the volcano.
Infinity poolKitchen
Food & Drink
Dining
Ayla serves Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern-inspired plates over the Arenal view, with a poolside bar for light bites and a terrace breakfast under the volcano, across three restaurants in all. It is a bed-and-breakfast base, the cooking a step beyond the usual rainforest-lodge table.
Signature
Ayla
Ayla, Mediterranean plates with Arenal views.
Poolside
Pool bar
A pool bar, drinks and light bites.
Terrace
Terrace breakfast
A terrace breakfast, over the volcano.
Wellbeing
The Spa
An open-air, nature-inspired spa adds sauna, steam and fitness, while a private mineral-spring plunge pool sits on every tent's deck and forest plunge pools dot the grounds. Naturalist guides lead the rainforest and its sloths, completing a wellness offer rooted in the volcano and the forest around it.
Open-air spa
An open-air spa, with sauna, steam and fitness.
Mineral plunge pools
Mineral plunge pools, spring-fed, per tent.
Naturalist guides
Naturalist guides, for sloths and rainforest.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Volcano, rainforest and wildlife define a stay — spot resident sloths in the Cecropia reforestation sanctuary, hike around Arenal, raft whitewater or try canyoning nearby, and take a canopy zipline overhead. Ayla's Mediterranean dining over the volcano rounds out days spent in the national park.
Sloth-spotting
Sloth-spotting, in the reforestation sanctuary.
Volcano hikes
Volcano hikes, around Arenal.
Whitewater rafting
Whitewater rafting, and canyoning nearby.
Ziplining
Ziplining, canopy tours overhead.
Ayla
Ayla, Mediterranean over the volcano.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
From San José (SJO)
Around two and a half to three hours by road from San Jose International, up to Arenal.
Above the park
Arenal
On a hillside above Arenal Volcano National Park, fifteen minutes from La Fortuna.
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Board basis
- A bed-and-breakfast base, with a terrace breakfast.
Made for couples
- Made for couples and families, for wildlife.
Setting
- Luxury tents above a volcano park, family-friendly.
Getting there
- Around two and a half to three hours from San Jose, SJO.
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