La Quinta Country Inn

From a garden hammock to the rainforest trails

A hammock under a thatched porch gives you a good reason to linger at La Quinta Country Inn. Bungalows look toward the gardens of this ten-acre rainforest ecolodge and reserve in Sarapiqui, bringing the sights and sounds of the grounds into the simple pleasure of sitting still. When you are ready to explore, trails lead to a series of small discoveries.

Follow the small discoveries

The gallery, frog gardens and ant trails make the grounds a place for more than a single walk. Pause by the vegetable and medicinal plants gardens, look through the butterfly house, then follow the route toward the ponds, reforestation project and Sardinal River. A swim in the pool or an available spa treatment can round out the day. The pleasure is in taking time over these smaller discoveries, with a hammock or rocking chair on your porch waiting when you return.

Meals and the right accommodation

Breakfast is not included, but the restaurant is an option for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dinner is buffet-style, with a fresh salad bar, two main-dish options, six side dishes, bread or tortillas, coffee, tea and dessert. Local fresh ingredients are used in the cooking.

Bungalows have private bathrooms with hot water and hair dryers, air-conditioning, ceiling fans, walk-in closets and safes. Their thatched garden-facing porches, hammocks and rocking chairs give you somewhere to enjoy the surroundings. Internet is available at the lodge. Most rooms are wheelchair accessible; confirm the particular accommodation and access you need. The separate Kinkajou area serves student, research and team-building groups. Its rooms have several twin beds, two bathrooms/showers, hair dryers, air-conditioning, fans and closets, with porches facing the Sardinal River. A dedicated pool, multifunctional field and meeting room give group time its own setting.

Give Sarapiqui time

The wider Sarapiqui region offers rafting, tubing, safari floats and motorboat tours, horseback riding, canopy ziplining, forest night tours and waterfall outings. A visit to La Selva Biological Reserve or a pineapple, chocolate, palm-heart or coffee tour adds learning to the adventure, including opportunities to taste the foods whose production you have been exploring. Come back for a buffet dinner made with local fresh ingredients and enjoy the contrast between a busy day and an easy evening at the lodge.

La Quinta has received the national Sustainable Tourism Certification program’s maximum five-leaf rating. Its nature-centered character is most immediate in the gardens, learning trails and porches: explore, look a little closer, then settle into a hammock or rocking chair with the sights and sounds of the grounds around you.

Highlights to help you choose

• A ten-acre rainforest ecolodge and reserve gives you garden and river trails to explore on-site. The gallery, frog gardens, ant trails, medicinal plants and vegetable gardens, butterfly house, ponds and reforestation project reward a slower, curious pace.
• Thatched garden-facing porches with hammocks and rocking chairs make the bungalows part of the nature experience. Air-conditioning and fans add comfort after time outdoors.
• Breakfast is not included. The restaurant is available for meals, so plan food costs and meal arrangements separately from the room rather than treating the stay as automatically inclusive.
• Buffet dinner includes a fresh salad bar, two main-dish options, six side dishes, bread or tortillas, coffee, tea and dessert, with local fresh ingredients used in the cooking.
• A swimming pool and available spa treatments give you ways to unwind without leaving the property. Regional rafting, tubing, river safaris, forest night outings and food-production tours make more active days possible.
• Most rooms are wheelchair accessible, not every room. Confirm the particular accommodation and access you need before choosing a bungalow.
• The separate Kinkajou area is designed for student, research and team-building groups, with multiple twin beds, two bathrooms/showers per room and its own pool, multifunctional field and meeting room.
• La Quinta has received the national Sustainable Tourism Certification program's maximum five-leaf rating. Its gardens, learning opportunities and separate group area suit travelers who want a nature-centered stay with room to explore at their own pace.