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Encantada Ocean CottagesvsLapa Rios Lodge
Both properties are rated very highly by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula scores significantly better than Encantada Ocean Cottages. Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula comes in at #27 in Costa Rica with positive reviews from 5 reviewers including Fodor's, Afar Magazine and Hideaway Report.
Encantada Ocean Cottages
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Beach Front, Esterillos Este, Costa Rica
From $190/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
"Framing a blue-tiled pool are freestanding cottages with thoughtful and creative touches like luxurious bedding atop artsy bed frames." Full review
"With verdant grounds and a collection of Dutch-looking cottages surrounding a relaxing pool by the sea, Encantada is a sanctuary." Full review
Lapa Rios Lodge
Afar Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
Osa Peninsula, Cabo Matapalo, Costa Rica
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
"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
"With "so much wildlife, you feel completely immersed in nature" at this wilderness lodge on 1,000 acres of riparian rain forest." Full review
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
"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
"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
Top choice
"One of Costa Rica's best all-inclusive wilderness lodges, Lapa Ríos combines luxury with a rustic, tropical ambience" Full review
"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"