Top Costa Rica Thermal Spas & Hot Springs

Marlene was absolutely amazing! I had such a wonderful experience with her during my zip lining, hot springs, and horseback riding tour. It ended up being just the two of us, which made the entire day feel like such a personalized and special experience. She is so fun, personable, knowledgeable, and genuinely passionate about Costa Rica, its nature, and animals. I learned so much from her throughout the day! She also took incredible photos and videos of me, so I could fully enjoy every activity without worrying about capturing the moment myself. One of my favorite unexpected treats was learning about Costa Rican coffee beans, the different flavors, and the coffee-making process. Marlene made every part of the experience interesting and memorable. From the adventure and beautiful scenery to the animals, hot springs, horseback riding, and coffee experience, it was such a perfect day. Marlene truly made me feel like I was exploring Costa Rica with a friend. I would highly recommend her to anyone visiting Costa Rica and looking for a fun, authentic, and personalized experience! 🇨🇷☕️🐴🌿

This was super fun! I'm very afraid of heights but I felt super safe and not at all scared the entire time I was on the tour (except for stepping up to the platform on the very first zipline -- after that it was smooth sailing), since you're clipped in to a safety line even when you're on the platform. The activity itself is incredibly fun! Some of the cables are very long (over a kilometer) and you can get up to over 40 mph on the fastest ones. You get great views of the forest and some truly unique vantage points of La Fortuna waterfall as you go zipping by. I do recommend asking the tour operators for the upper body harness (they give it to some people but not others), since without it, you have to maintain your upper body position on your own, which can be tiring. I had the upper body harness and had a great time; my wife didn't get one, and she felt like she wanted to be done after the 8th or 9th cable. Two things to know about photos: you need both your hands while you're on the zipline (one to keep you steady and one to brake), so you really can't take photos unless you have an action camera or something else mounted to your helmet or chest. They do take photos for you, and the pricing is a bit surprising: $20 for one photo (overpriced, but what I expected) or $40 for full access to all the digital originals including videos (shockingly reasonable) -- and that's for your entire family!

First thing is Monday morning traffic is terrible, leave early to meet up, you've been warned. From the moment we met up with the group, Steven was so warm and welcoming. He is so knowledgeable about the animals and history of Costa Rica. Oh and his eyes can spot animals from a million miles away! My favorite excursion by far! I will recommend this one forever

We had the best time today on our tour with Santiago. There was a little mix up in the beginning with bus assignments, but the company made it right immediately and Santiago ended up giving our family our own tour. The views of the waterfall were lovely and Santiago made it a point to include all of our kids in the fun animal sightseeing on the way (both on the side of the road and in the park). We split up for the more challenging half of the hike. The littles and their older sister (ages 4, 6, and 14) enjoyed fresh fruit and a little shopping with dad across the street while Santiago brought my older son (age 11) and I on the more challenging loop after the waterfall. Lunch was fantastic with fresh juices followed by a very tasty Casado (or hamburger/chicken fingers for the kids). I would absolutely recommend this tour to anyone visiting the La Fortuna area!

Full 14 hr experience filled with adventure, sightseeing, and beauty! Alex was great in explaining all about the culture, food, and history. About 10 stops through the entire day starting with a coffee plantation, visiting waterfalls, ziplining, and thermal springs all while enjoying fruits, lunch, and dinner. Our guide made this trip phenomenal explaining each place where we stopped. He even pulled over to make sure we saw a sloth. Only piece of advice is to make sure you buy the package with ziplining and rappelling if that’s what you want. Would recommend and repeat without any hesitation!

A great place to relax and unwind in La Fortuna. Excellent service, lots of wonderful thermal pools with varying temperatures, good food, and multiple swim up bars that serve delicious and freshly made cocktails. They had a sauna cave! Great restaurants to dine that serve ala carte food also. We had so much fun, we will go back there for sure whenever we are in the area.

Booked this experience because we had to fill one of our last days, and went into it with no expectations. Although I was a little nervous at first, it ended up being so fun! Our guide Aurelio was super nice and informative, and had an amazing vibe! We also felt super safe as there are many other rafts and individual guides in the river that go and help out when people get pulled in the water (although this is rare). Overall amazing experience, and even though this seems like more of an adrenaline excursion, at times it felt like a nature one as well because of the AMAZING views and huge amount of wild life (especially birds) that we got to see. Overall a 10/10 and I would highly recommend this if you’re looking for something fun and different for your trip!!

I was scary but full of fun and excitement. It made me scared for few seconds and when world turned upside down it all felt calm inside. The guys who helped with getting set up were very friendly and understanding. They were great when I asked them to push me it was fun that they pushed me on 3 on count of 3, 2, 1 we were laughing when we saw the video.