A lush paradise in the heart of the Arenal Volcano National Park, Nayara has been recognized as one of the world’s best resorts by Travel&Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler and Trip Advisor. Our heartfelt hospitality, impeccable service, luxurious accommodations, fine cuisine, outstanding spa, and amazing eco-adventures make us the premier destination in Costa Rica.
Complimentary
No Resort Fee • Complimentary buffet breakfast • Complimentary daily news brief • Twice daily housekeeping service with evening ice delivery • Bird watching tour •Complimentary high-speed Internet • Complimentary international & local calls • State-of-the-art fitness center • Daily Yoga • Nature trails
Services & Amenities
Luxurious guestrooms that reflect an authentic Costa Rica • Ecological bath amenities • Hammock and Jacuzzi in balcony • Outdoor shower and private garden •Refrigerated private bar • 3 of Arenal’s top rated restaurants • Award–winning-full service spa with outdoor treatment areas •Yoga Pavilion • Pool with swim-up bar •Wine & Tapas Bar • Espresso Bar with daily fresh roasted coffee • Adventurous, romantic and ecological activities • Private tour guides and exclusive experiences
THE UNIQUE NAYARA EXPERIENCE
Authentic Costa Rican journey • Free-standing Casitas • Unspoiled surroundings • Outdoor lavish spa • Immersive experiences • Captivating rainforest• Farm to Table dining • Gourmet restaurants •Outstanding, personalized service • Luscious, tropical gardens • Arenal Volcano views • Pura Vida service
As you make your way from ground level up through the jungle canopy traversing a series of trails and exciting suspension bridges. The Mystic Hanging Bridges tour takes you on a 3.2-mile hike that includes 10 regular bridges and 6 hanging suspension bridges. Your naturalist guide will point out the different species of plants and animals unique to each habitat and elevation. Keep your eyes sharp, looking for lizards and small mammals (coatis, agoutis, peccaries) on the ground, and once you get to the tree tops, try and spy colorful toucans and parrots.
Lava Fields Walk
This perfect cone shaped volcano stands majestically overlooking the town of La Fortuna. On July 29, 1968 at 7:30 a.m. a huge eruption caught the sleepy town of La Fortuna by surprise. For several days, the volcano spewed tons of rocks and lava over 15 square kilometers of land. Our Lava Field Walk tour gives our guests the opportunity to trek over the dried lava fields. It’s a chance to not only experience this amazing natural phenomenon, but also learn more about the history of La Fortuna and the devastation from the 1968 eruption.
Bird Watching Around the Volcano
This unique location provides Bird Watchers with the opportunity to see the highest number of species of anywhere in the entire country. Due to the fact that many species migrate up and down the mountains, throughout the year, the area is teeming with an enormous array of birds. Arenal is particularly rich in tanagers and hummingbirds but get your binoculars ready because you have the chance to view toucans, parrots, Montezuma Oropendolas, flycatchers, raptors, woodpeckers, trogons, and much more.
Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge
You’ll travel for about 90 minutes to the Los Chiles dock and the Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge. This incredibly remote, wild area encompasses over 10,000 hectares of jungle, rivers, canals, and pristine rainforest. You’ll board your small covered boat with your naturalist guide and begin this peaceful nature journey through the Rio Frio (Cold River). This area is incredibly rich with wild life. Watch the shores of the river for green iguanas, crocodiles and caimans
Rio Celeste Primary Forest Hike
Tenorio National Park and Rio Celeste. You’ll drive with your naturalist guide about 2 hours from your hotel to the ranger station at Tenorio N.P. There you’ll enter the dense, pristine rainforest of Tenorio. The forest is abundant with wildlife including monkeys, sloths, and tropical birds. Keep your eyes to the trees and try to spot the elusive Umbrella Bird, a very rare and interesting inhabitant of Tenorio. You’ll make your way along the natural trails, meandering from deep forest and then to the river’s edge.
Wildlife Rescue Center
Unfortunately, sometimes, for reasons both natural and man-made, members of the wild life population become injured or sick and need a helping hand. The Proyecto Asis Wildlife Rescue Center is an organization dedicated to the conservation of the environment and the protection and care of wildlife. The center opens up to visitors and the local community.
La Fortuna Waterfall, Hanging Bridges & Lunch
As you make your way from ground level up through the jungle canopy traversing a series of trails and exciting suspension bridges. Your tour begins with the Mystic Hanging Bridges tour which takes you on a 3.2-mile hike that includes 10 regular bridges and 6 hanging suspension bridges. Your naturalist guide will point out the different species of plants and animals unique to each habitat and elevation. Keep your eyes sharp, looking for lizards and small mammals (coatis, agoutis, peccaries) on the ground, and once you get to the tree tops, try and spy colorful toucans and parrots.
Lava Fields Walk & Ecotermales Hot Springs
This perfect cone shaped volcano stands majestically overlooking the town of La Fortuna. On July 29, 1968 at 7:30 a.m. a huge eruption caught the sleepy town of La Fortuna by surprise. For several days, the volcano spewed tons of rocks and lava over 15 square kilometers of land. Our Lava Field Walk tour gives our guests the opportunity to trek over the dried lava fields. It’s a chance to not only experience this amazing natural phenomenon, but also learn more about the history of La Fortuna and the devastation from the 1968 eruption.
Sky Tram & Trek Tour
Your tour begins today with a pick up at your hotel and a 20-minute drive to the Sky Tram/Trek Visitor Center. Your guide will escort you inside the observation deck for AWE-INSPIRING VIEWS OF THE ARENAL VOLCANO AND LAKE ARENAL. The surrounding tree tops are home to a huge array of tropical birds, sloths, butterflies, and reptiles. See how many different species you can spot!! Next you’ll all board the Sky Tram Gondolas for a smooth slow ascent through the rain forest canopy.
Pure Trek Canyoning Tour
Welcome to the adrenaline rush that is Pure Trek Canyoning. You’ll be picked up by your guides in a 4X4 vehicle and driven about 30 minutes to the entrance of the rainforest. There you’ll be outfitted with your harness, gloves, and helmets and participate in an important safety talk. Your expert guides will teach you the proper techniques for rappelling and down climbing. Next is into the jungle, where the fun really begins. You’ll participate in a total of 5 rappels to the bottom of an amazing 350-foot deep canyon.
Frog Watching Night Tour
This is Arenal’s only wild frog night tour. You’ll leave your hotel with your naturalist guide and travel just 20 minutes to the private reserve of the Rojas Bonilla Family. This is a beautiful property that provides the perfect habitat for 28 varieties of frog species. The Rojas Bonilla family carefully planted native plants and trees to ensure that their gardens would provide the perfect home for all the different frog species in the area.
White Water Rafting – Sarapiqui River – Class III & IV
The San Miguel section of the Rio Sarapiqui is one of the best options for anyone looking for gorgeous scenery and an adrenaline packed adventure. You’ll travel about 2 hours from your hotel to the “put in” at the Sarapiqui River. You’ll spend the next two hours navigating 12 kilometers of clear mountain water with over 40 different rapids including the famous “Dos Locos” and “The Terminator”.
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Accommodations
Casita Deluxe
Our freestanding “casita,” our entry level deluxe room, captures the exotic character of Costa Rica by showcasing the outdoor rainforest in a secluded and comfortable room. With sweeping views of the volcano or the jungle canopy, the casita offers privacy and value, wooden floors, and a quiet garden with an outdoor shower. Rooms have either a King bed or double beds.
FEATURES:
Air Conditioning • Hairdryer • Safe deposit box • Flat-screen satellite TV
with DVD/CD player • Minibar and coffee maker
Rainforest Villa
The Rainforest Villa’s unique octagonal design makes it comfortably spacious and allows natural light to filter from every angle. It features an oversized Jacuzzi on the wrap-around balcony that overlooks either the imposing Arenal Volcano or the lush rainforest, and a private garden with outdoor rain showers for two.
Complimentary Services & Amenities
No Resort fee
Twice daily maid service
Welcome fruit cocktail
Buffet breakfast
Wi-Fi in the room and throughout the property
Free international phone calls from the room
Free movies
Rainforest Villa’s Features
Air Conditioning
Flat-screen satellite TV with DVD/CD player
I-home audio system
Wrap-around terrace with oversized Jacuzzi and hammock
Hidden in the tropical forest, the Spring Villa features its own private plunge pool fed by natural mineral hot springs, an expansive private garden with dual rain showers, oversized bathroom, sleek, four-poster bed, and indoor and outdoor sitting areas. Exotic touches, modern amenities and indigenous wood and stone are widely used to produce an unparalleled, authentic and romantic experience. The Spring Villas also come with a private host to compliment our ever-attentive hotel staff.
Complimentary Services & Amenities
Twice daily maid service
Welcome fruit cocktail
In-room breakfast or a-la-carte
Daily replenishment of coffee and tea
Fresh fruit upon arrival
Mini-bar selection included, except wine and liquor
Wi-Fi in the room and throughout the property
Free international phone calls from the room
Free movies
Complimentary Laundry
Complimentary daily yoga
Complimentary bird watch tour and sloth tour
Villa’s Features
BEDS:
One king bed
OCCUPANCY:
2 adults
VIEW:
Tropical gardens or volcano
SIZE:
139 m2 (1,500 sq.ft.)
BATHROOM:
His and her vanity with dual rain shower environmentally friendly top-of-the-line bath amenities
BALCONY:
Plunge pool fed by natural mineral hot springs • Terrace daybed, table and chairs for al fresco dining
FEATURES:
Air Conditioning • Flat-screen satellite TV with DVD/CD player • i-Home audio system • Living area with day-bed • Writing desk and stationary
3 Bedroom Arenal Villa
The Arenal Villa is spacious and comfortable and perfect for families or a group of friends . It offers two King size beds, one bedroom with twin-beds, two marbled bathrooms, each with its own private garden and outdoor shower, and two terraces, each with a Jacuzzi and a hammock. Limited availability.
Complimentary Services & Amenities
Twice daily maid service
Welcome fruit cocktail
Breakfast buffet
Daily replenishment of coffee and tea
Fresh fruit upon arrival
Mini-bar selection included, except wine and liquor
Wi-Fi in the room and throughout the property
Free international phone calls from the room
Free movies
Complimentary Laundry
3 Bedroom Arenal Villas’s Features
BEDS:
Two king beds and two twin beds
OCCUPANCY:
4 adults and 2 children – extra person surcharge $50 – Maximum occupancy 6 people
VIEW:
Tropical gardens
SIZE:
184 sum / 1712 sf
BATHROOM:
two bathrooms with two private gardens with outdoor showers environmentally
friendly top-of-the-line bath amenities
BALCONIES:
2 balconies with 2 oversized Jacuzzis, 2 hammocks and 4 reading chairs
FEATURES:
Air Conditioning • Flat-screen satellite TV with DVD/CD player • i-Home audio system
