Canyon Lodge

Rincon de la Vieja Volcano

Guanacaste Costa Rica

 

Surrounded by beautiful gardens just 30 km from Papagayo Gulf, we offer for the traveller a different way to live the natural beauties that surround the Guanacaste National Parks as Santa Rosa and Rincon de la Vieja.
We have 48 cabins equipped with two double beds, a/c, private bath, hot water and terrace in front of the beautiful and refresh swimming pool and Jacusy.
We also have a big parking lot, bar, restaurant, and the most exciting activities of adventure like horse tours, Rafting and Canopy by the impressive Canyon of the Colorado river.

LOCATION

We are located 18 km East from Liberia International Airport , in the province of Guanacaste. Just 15 minutes from Liberia, 30 minutes to the Rincon de la Vieja National Park, 30 minutes to Santa Rosa National Park and 45 minutes to Palo Verde National Park.
We are the perfect operations center to visit the most of the natural parks of Guanacaste.

WEATHER & TEMPERATURE

In the environs of Liberia, territory of the Canyon Lodge, with an elevation of 120 m.a.s.l, the climate is dry and warm from December to April, full sun season, Alisios winds and romantic star show nights.
The rainy season normally start in the middle of May and finishes in the middle of November. It is characterized by the green of the landscape, sunny mornings and showers in the afternoons almost evrey other day. In July and August we have a beautifull Indian Summer.
Services

– 48 Cabins
– Hot water
– Restaurant
– Swimming pool
– Trails
– Rafting
– Hiking
– Horses
– Canopy
– River pools
– Suspension bridge
– Horses
– Guides
– Rapel & rock climbing
– Lodging
– Tourist Information & Travel Agency
– Transportation
– Spa – Massages
– Phone
– Fax
– Internet wireless
– Laundry
– Car rental
– Traveler's checks
– Visa
– Amex
– Master Card

We have local guides expert of the zone, who will carefully take you from the exciting trip by the trees to the top of the active crater. With a guide, you will enjoy to the maximum the beautiful flora and fauna inside the forest you will visit, as well as the wonderful landscapes of the low lands of Santa Rosa National Park, the impressive Rincon de la Vieja Volcano and the Gulf of Papagayo.
Activities & Atractions

In our property and its neighborhoods, there are many attractive and enchanted places you do not want to miss :

The Guanacaste Desert
Our property is over a mass of clay call “Cascajo”, product of incredible explosions of the Rincon de la Vieja and Miravalles volcanoes more than 10,000 years ago. This clay (silicone and quartz) conforms the land in a very similar landscape as Arizona desert.
We are the unique hotel from where you will be able to enjoy the real "GUANACASTE DESERT".

Canopy Tour
9 cables, 17 platforms, 1 suspension bridge through the Colorado River Canyon. It takes approximately 2 hours.

Rafting
Enjoy with your friends or family this fabulous adventure rafting by the expresses of the Colorado Canyon River. Class II and III. Approximate time 1:30 hrs. Ask for our save packages.

Rock climbing
Impressive and exciting alive rock wall with 20 meters of height in the Colorado River Canyon.

Rappel
Rappeling 20 meters with nylon rope, figure 8 and total security. After that, climb the rock wall controlled by our guides.

Horseback riding
Ride with our guides the Tropical Dry Forest, the Canyon of the Colorado River and give to your body a “ chapuzón ” in the Happy Monkey well. 1:30 hrs.

Rincon de la Vieja National Park
With 14,000 hectares, the Rincon de la Vieja National Park is cradle of the most important hydrographic river basin of Guanacaste, originating innumerable rivers and ravines of pure and crystalline water that invite you to practice hiking. Several days are needed to know all their attractiveness, but we are at your service to suggest you the best way to take advantage of your time.

Hiking to the crater
From the Ranger Station (1.800 f.a.s.l), it is 8 Km hiking until the summit of the crater (6.000 f.a.s.l). It takes about 3:30 hours one way.

Sulfur hot springs
From Las Pailas, 6 Km in the way to Santa Maria, there are three different pools of sulphure spring thermal waters and a cold-water stream. You can take a bath in this mineral waters moving to the cold and back to the hot in a totally natural atmosphere. It is about 3 hours one way from the Ranger Station.

Trails through six types of Tropical Forest
Hiking from 600 m.a.s.l until 2.000 m.a.s.l. Discover in a single day the great biodiversity that exist in each one of the ecological layers like Dry Tropical Forest, Transitional Tropical Forest, Humid Tropical Forest, Rainy Tropical Forest, Cloud Tropical Forest and Desert within the Rincon de la Vieja National Park.

Las Pailas – Mud pots
This is the area of the most volcanic action you can see in Guanacaste. You will find boiling waters, sulphure lagoons, mud pots, geysers, natural steam bath and small volcanoes in constant eruption, besides the wildlife you will see everywhere. It takes approximately 2 hours round trip from the Ranger Station.

Blue Lake (Cangreja)
It is a 90 feet height waterfall whose lagoon is totally blue due to the copper in the water. You can jump, swim and relax in this wonderful natural paradise. The access is allowed only by foot and takes 2 hours one way from the Ranger Station.

Crater Von Seebach
This is the highest one of the nine eruptive craters that conforms the mountain of Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. From the top, you can observe at the same time the great Lake of Nicaragua and the Papagayo Gulf. It takes 3:30 hours one way hiking from the Ranger Station.

Crater Rincon de la Vieja
This is the only crater in continuous volcanic activity basically of water and gases. The hike to there is a constant discovery of different types of flora and fauna. The elevation, climate, and temperature differences make great variation in the wildlife. It is 3:30 hours one way from the Ranger Station.

Santa Maria old house
This is an old house remaining the days never come again of Guanacaste XIX century. Today is a museum of photografys, hand tools, very old farm gears and insect collection. The trail through the Wet Forest takes about 4 hours one way by foot from the Ranger Station.

Linnet bird Lagoon
It is located at the base of Rincon de la Vieja crater covered by the Cloud Forest. Its cold and crystalline water is product of the rain and is characterized by the abundance of Linnet birds and Tapir. With an approximated extension of 8 hectares, there is a small island in its extreme West. We recommend you to take an expert guide to visit this hidden paradise. It is 4 hours one way from the Ranger Station.

Hidden Waterfalls
There are three waterfalls of approximately 210 feet height. Their waters are so pure and crystalline that you can see the bottom of the lagoon three meters depth. Those are located in the Southwestern slope of the active crater with about 3,600 f.a.s.l. You will take about 2 hours one way from the Ranger Station.

Indigenous cemeteries
There are many archeological areas within the forest and in open fields that are accessible to the visitor. Ancient Chorotegas used the slopes of Rincon de la Vieja as they home beyond this life.