Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin

Rincon de la Vieja Volcano

Guanacaste Costa Rica

Located at the foot of the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, near the town of Curubande, in the province of Guanacaste.

The Hacienda borders the popular Rincón de la Vieja National Park. Since 1985, Hacienda Guachipelin has also been hosting a steady flow of visitors, helping them enjoy the natural beauty of the ranch and the neighboring national park.

Natural hot springs, virgin forests, jungle waterfalls and volcanic mud pots are just some of the many attractions tourists can enjoy during a stay at the Hacienda, together with its strong involvement in ecotourism, Hacienda Guachipelin continues its traditional work of raising cattle and horses.

Hacienda Guachipelín is a down-to-earth, yet comfortable hotel catering to nature lovers and adventure travelers.
The hotel has 40 rooms: 4 rooms (1-2) in the old "casona." All of the rooms have private bathrooms with hot water.

The rooms are housed in simple buildings, with wide and inviting verandas for sharing afternoon chats with fellow travelers.

Hotel facilities

Hacienda Guachipelín is a down-to-earth, yet comfortable hotel catering to nature lovers and adventure travelers.

The hotel has 40 rooms: 4 rooms (1-2) in the old "casona." All of the rooms have private bathrooms with hot water.

The rooms are housed in simple buildings, with wide and inviting verandas for sharing afternoon chats with fellow travelers. The dining room and reception area are housed in a building over one century old, part of the original Hacienda.

The hotel is surrounded by lush gardens and has views to both the volcano and the Pacific ocean. Our lookout provides a 360 degree view and spectacular sunsets. Just off the hotel, you will find our corrals, where real cowboys and ranch hands begin working in the early hours each day.

The Hacienda

For over 100 years, Hacienda Guachipelin has been a working ranch. In 1975, Tomás Batalla Esquivel, a renowned cattle and pure bred Spanish horse breeder acquired the property. In recent years, don Tomás' children have joined their father in his efforts to further the family legacy.

The property comprises1600 hectares of land, of which 700 hectares are set aside for the conservation of the tropical dry forest; 575 hectares are used as pastureland; and 325 hectares are being reforested with species in danger of extinction.

Rincon de la Vieja Volcano
Las Pailas Section

Hacienda Guachipelin is a cattle farm dedicated to raising beef cattle and work horses. It is also dedicated to the conservation of the dry tropical forest and to commercial reforestation. In the last years it has participated in activities such as eca-tourism, adventure tourism.
We are focusing on being a self-sufficient community, which uses energy production methods that are ecologically correct. For example, the water heaters use solar energy and electricity is produced by a water wheel. We are currently working on a methane gas biodigestor to feed the hotel's kitchen.
As far natural attractions, we have rivers, waterfalls, natural pools, thermal waters, volcanic mud, tropical forests, birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and more. In the National Park exist countless attractions, more rivers, waterfalls, boiling mud pools, vapor vents, thermal waters, sulfur springs, a volcanic crater and a lake on the mountain summit.
There are trails for horseback riding, mountain biking or hiking. At the park, however, access is only allowed by foot. The river's pond and the waterfalls can be explored with a mask and snorkel. You can see different lava formations and of course, the bubbling of the waterfalls swirl.