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Canyon de la Vieja Lodge

Name: Canyon de la Vieja Lodge
Address: Guanacaste, CR

A Bucolic Retreat on the Outskirts of Liberia

Rooms: 55
Liberia airport (LIR): About 1 hour

Canyon de la Vieja Lodge, on the Colorado River canyon near Liberia

Canyon de la Vieja Lodge sits on the canyon of the Colorado River, 3 km off the road to Rincón de la Vieja National Park and 18 km from the Liberia airport, surrounded by tropical gardens. It is an adventure lodge first: rafting, canopy and rappelling start from the hotel. It suits active families and friends who want a day or two of adrenaline close to the airport, before or after the Guanacaste beaches.

Why we choose it

Adventure on site. The canopy, rafting, rappelling and tubing tours are run by the hotel itself, so you walk from breakfast to the start of the day.
Close to Liberia. At 18 km from the airport, it is an easy first or last night of a trip through Guanacaste.
A park within reach. Rincón de la Vieja National Park is about 30 minutes away for hiking among the fumaroles and mud pots.

Rooms and views

The rooms are rustic in design, set among the gardens, and each has a small private terrace in front where you can sit with a coffee and watch the birds in the tropical plants. They have air conditioning, which matters in the dry heat of Guanacaste.

The style is simple and warm, with wood and local touches, the kind of room you are happy to come back to after a long day on the river.

On the property

There are two full-service restaurants, serving Costa Rican dishes and lighter meals from breakfast to dinner, so you do not have to leave the lodge to eat well. The pool and its jacuzzi are the place to cool off in the afternoon.

The spa uses natural products from the region, with massages and treatments for muscles that have spent the day paddling or hanging from a cable.

The hotel's own adventure tours are the highlight: a canopy tour across the canyon of the Colorado River, rafting and tubing on the river, and rappelling down its walls. We can add Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Palo Verde or Santa Rosa to the plan for a full Guanacaste nature day.

Location and getting there

The lodge is 3 km east of the road from Liberia to Rincón de la Vieja National Park, 18 km from the airport and about 30 minutes from the park. It fits neatly at either end of a beach holiday on the Guanacaste coast. See more about Rincón de la Vieja Volcano.

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On the property

What you will find there

Getting there

Where it is

Liberia airport (LIR): about 1 hour by private transfer

Your Costa Rican driver waits at arrivals and stops whenever you like on the way: fruit stands, a sloth in a tree, a bathroom.

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Facts checked by our team: 1 November 2026

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