Lapa Rios Lodge

Perched on the edge of Corcovado National Park – home to 2.5% of the planet’s biodiversity – this scenic lodge lies in a 400-hectare private rainforest reserve, which acts as a wildlife corridor for the park.

Lapa Rios, Costa Rica’s most famous eco-lodge, certainly cuts a humble silhouette: a row of thatched-roof lodges on a ridge hundreds of feet above the beach, it’s as far as you can get from the pampering of a luxury hotel experience.