Lapa Rios Lodge
Lapa Rios is a reserve you sleep inside, not a hotel that day-trips into a park. The acreage, the room names, and the Corcovado departures are all on their own page.
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Puerto Jimenez, Puntarenas
Lapa Rios Lodge
A lodge on a 1,000-acre private reserve on the Osa Peninsula, beside Corcovado and the Pacific.
Our read
Lapa Rios is a reserve you sleep inside, not a hotel that day-trips into a park. The acreage, the room names, and the Corcovado departures are all on their own page.
Come here for
- Travelers who want primary rainforest and the Pacific in one stay
- A lodge that still runs its own Corcovado trips
Skip it if
- You want a city hotel or a swim-up pool resort
- You need a silent retreat with no forest activity
From the property
Inside Lapa Rios Lodge
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01 - Arrive
The place itself
Lapa Rios Lodge sits on a 1,000-acre private reserve in the lowland rainforest of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, where the forest meets the Pacific. The lodge describes the reserve as part of its work to keep the last tropical lowland rainforest in Central America. Wildlife named on the site includes frogs, scarlet macaws, monkeys, sloths, and more than 300 bird species. Rooms listed on the site: Brisa Suite, Lapa Villa, Matapalo Suite, Premier Villa, Deluxe Bungalow, and Forest View Bungalow. The same page points guests toward the Osa and Corcovado National Park, and toward whale watching offshore. Outings named on the site include an early bird walk, a canopy zipline, Corcovado by boat and by land, a Rio Esquinas dolphin tour, horseback riding and kayaking at Piru, a Matapalo tour, a local medicine tour, a night walk, the Osa trail, Piro Ranch and nature reserve, planting a tree, waterfall rappelling, a rainforest ridge hike, and stand-up paddle boarding. Their site cites a Travel+Leisure 2019 ranking: number 1 hotel in Central America and number 9 in the world. Phones published on the site: USA toll free 1-800-963-1195, UK toll free +44 800 102 6791, Costa Rica +506 4070-0420. The contact email on the page is info@boena.com. Book on laparios.com.
02 - Feel
Why it is different
1,000-acre private reserve
The lodge is inside its own lowland rainforest on the Osa, next to the Pacific.
Corcovado at the door
Their site sends guests into Corcovado by boat or by land, and onto the Osa trail.
Six published room types
From the Brisa Suite and Matapalo Suite to the Lapa Villa, Premier Villa, and two bungalow types.
Forest and water outings
Zipline, night walk, dolphin tour, kayaking, ridge hike, and paddle boarding are named on the site.
A 2019 ranking they still publish
Travel+Leisure 2019, as printed on their site: number 1 hotel in Central America and number 9 in the world.
03 · Live here
How the days go
Arrive
The lodge is inside its own lowland rainforest on the Osa, next to the Pacific.
Feel
Lapa Rios is a reserve you sleep inside, not a hotel that day-trips into a park. The acreage, the room names, and the Corcovado departures are all on their own page.
Live here
From the Brisa Suite and Matapalo Suite to the Lapa Villa, Premier Villa, and two bungalow types.
Stay
A suite or bungalow on the private reserve, with the forest and ocean program published on their site.
Go
Book the next night with the house, on their own site.
04 - Stay
Ways to stay
A night at Lapa Rios
Ask on their site
A suite or bungalow on the private reserve, with the forest and ocean program published on their site.
Book this packageCorcovado days
Ask on their site
Boat or land visits to Corcovado, listed among their outings.
Book this packageMore of the place
More of the place
05 - Know
Before you go
Find it in MapsWhere is Lapa Rios?
On the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, on a 1,000-acre private reserve beside the Pacific and near Corcovado National Park.
What kinds of rooms are there?
Their site lists the Brisa Suite, Lapa Villa, Matapalo Suite, Premier Villa, Deluxe Bungalow, and Forest View Bungalow.
Can I go to Corcovado from the lodge?
Yes. Their site lists Corcovado by boat and Corcovado by land among the outings.
Who do I write to?
The address on laparios.com is info@boena.com. Phones are on that page, including Costa Rica +506 4070-0420.
Where are the rates?
On laparios.com. This page does not repeat a price.
06 · Go
If this one drew you in
Where we would look next
Lapa Rios Lodge