Hotel Casa Chameleon Mal PaisvsLapa Rios Lodge
Casa Chameleon Hotel Mal Pais and Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula are both endorsed by professionals. Overall, Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula is the choice of most reviewers compared to Casa Chameleon Hotel Mal Pais. Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula comes in at 83 with praise from 5 sources including Afar Magazine, Fodor's and Condé Nast Traveler.
Hotel Casa Chameleon Mal Pais
Punta Barrigona, Mal Pais, Costa Rica
From $394/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Pool
The Telegraph
8.0
"A mountainside retreat atop Mal País." Full review
Jetsetter
"Nature fuses with South Asian flair at this luxe love nest perched above a boho beach town on the Nicoya Peninsula." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"At this mountainside retreat near Playa Mal País, upscale villas are tucked into a cliff overlooking the Pacific." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"Those seeking secluded luxury will love the location high up in the hills, neighbor-free. Ten stylish villas -- all stand-alone and individually decorated -- have private pools with flora, fauna" Full review
Lapa Rios Lodge
Osa Peninsula, Cabo Matapalo, Costa Rica
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Afar Magazine
"At Lapa Rios, an ecolodge located right in the rainforest, you go to sleep with the faint sound of jungle insects and wake to the call of howler monkeys." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"With "so much wildlife, you feel completely immersed in nature" at this wilderness lodge on 1,000 acres of riparian rain forest." Full review
Hideaway Report
95.0
"Wilderness refuge dramatically sited above the Golfo Dulce, in an isolated corner of the Osa Peninsula at the southern tip of Costa Rica." Full review
Fodor's
"This is the first and still the most spectacular eco-lodge in Costa Rica, set in a vast, private nature reserve brimming with wildlife." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The most upscale of the Osa Peninsula eco-lodges, Lapa Ríos is set in a 988-acre rain-forest reserve with a virtually private beach and first-rate trails (on-site tours include binoculars and boots)." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"One of Costa Rica's best all-inclusive wilderness lodges, Lapa Ríos combines luxury with a rustic, tropical ambience" Full review
Travel + Leisure
"One of four properties in the Böëna Wilderness Lodges collection, this luxurious eco-resort on the remote Osa Peninsula has 17 airy ocean-view bungalows set within a 1,000-acre private rainforest reserve"