Costa Rica
A Costa Rica luxury holiday or Costa Rica honeymoon is the ideal solution for anyone wanting to combine activity, adventure and relaxation on the beach. Home to exotic wildlife, cloud forests, volcanoes spitting lava, turtles laying eggs on beautiful beaches and to top it all, wonderfully friendly locals who can't wait to tell you about their country, usually in impeccable English, Costa Rica also works very well for family adventure holidays. With a good selection of luxury hotels, lodges - even treehouses - to choose from, Costa Rica provides countless options for tailor-made luxury travel.
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Skip San Jose and head to the hills. The coffee plantations around San Jose just 20 minutes from the airport are a great place to spend a couple of nights to rest after the flight and explore this pretty area. Some fab day trips to volcanoes and waterfalls too!
See lava flows at night spilling from Arenal Volcano, the perfect backdrop to Lake Arenal and you’ll be glad you made the journey. This picturesque area is also great for horse riding, hiking or taking a dip in the toasty hot springs and there is world class windsurfing and kitesurfing on the lake. Stay at Arenal Kioro hotel for the best view.
The Monteverde Cloud Forest is home to more than 400 bird species and over 100 species of mammal roam its lush, green paths shrouded in cloud. This is also one of the best places to zip line - the thrill of speeding over the forest canopy far down below is immense. If you prefer to inspect your nature at a more leisurely pace, choose one of the canopy walkways.
Beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park has got it all: lots of wildlife AND gorgeous beaches. Or find a hideaway along this lovely stretch of coastline and try your hand at surfing the Pacific waves.
Virgin rainforest on Costa Rica’s Southern Pacific coast that teems with wildlife both in and out of the water. In the beautiful and pristine Corcovado National Park you may be lucky enough to glimpse a Jaguar. Access to the ecolodges tends to be by boat which virtually guarantees having the place to yourself. Offshore, Isla de Caño offers some of the best snorkelling and diving in Central America.