The La Fortuna Guide
We live here. This is what we tell guests when they ask what is worth doing, what is overpriced, and what to skip — with photos of each one. Everything below is within about forty-five minutes of the lodge.
Looking for photos of the lodge itself? The rooms page has all 10 bedrooms, room by room.
Fifteen of them, all within about forty-five minutes of the lodge.
One of the highest and most beautiful waterfalls in Costa Rica. Visitors swim in the pool below the falls.
Read our guide →Eight lines spanning two mountains. The lines are long and the views from them are enormous.
Read our guide →A protected wildlife reserve on the north side of Lake Arenal, with views of the volcano and the rainforest from the bridges.
Read our guide →Costa Rica's largest lake, a five-minute walk away. Kayaks and paddle boards at the lodge for guests to use.
Read our guide →Beside the Tabacón hotel, a free-flowing hot springs river that costs nothing to sit in.
Read our guide →Tabacón, Baldí, The Springs and Eco Termales compared — what each costs, and who each one suits.
Read our guide →Trails up the flank of the volcano, through old lava fields and rainforest.
Read our guide →Class 3 and class 4 rapids, run as a group — one of the things guests talk about most afterwards.
Read our guide →Gentler than rafting and just as wet — floating down the La Fortuna river in a tube.
Read our guide →Back roads and river crossings on a quad. Popular with teenagers and the adults who pretend they are humouring them.
Directions from the lodge ↗Free, and busy for a reason. A rope swing over a deep green river pool.
Directions from the lodge ↗Ridge trails and pasture off the tourist route, with the volcano in front of you most of the way.
Directions from the lodge ↗Daytime and night walks to get close to sloths, frogs and toucans — the wildlife people come to Costa Rica hoping to see.
Read our guide →Home to the blue morpho, and a short drive from the lodge.
Read our guide →Bean to bar and bean to cup, with the history of both in Costa Rica.
Read our guide →$1,350 per night for the entire property — 10 en-suite bedrooms, sleeping up to 33, with breakfast included.
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