Nayara Tented Camp (Costa Rica)

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August 17, 2022

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Situated in central Costa Rica, Nayara Tented Camp is among the first luxurious camps in Central America impressed by the posh canvas lodges of Africa and Asia. The property’s luxurious and spacious tents are constructed at a better altitude on a hillside to supply unobstructed views of the well-known Arenal Volcano. Multigenerational vacationers and like-minded teams can go for a set of two connecting similar tents whereas {couples} and privacy-seeking company can guide standalone models. All tents include a personal plunge pool and the indoor/outside design blends modern, barefoot-luxe touches and unique-to-location design. Visitors staying at Nayara Tented Camp have full entry to all of the services – swimming pools, spas, and eating places – of its sister resorts, household pleasant Nayara Gardens and adults solely Nayara Springs (which I’ll overview subsequent week).

Nayara Tented Camp options in my high 10 checklist of the finest lodges & resorts in Costa Rica.

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On this overview (extra information and pictures beneath my YouTube video):

PROS & THINGS I LIKE

Positioned inside Costa Rica’s fertile northern lowlands, Nayara Tented Camp is situated near (and provides a surprising view of) Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica’s most well-known volcano. After practically 400 of years of inactivity, Arenal started erupting in 1968, when it exploded and buried over 5 sq mi (15 sq km) in rocks, lava, and ash. That eruptive cycle took pause in 2010 when the volcano entered an indefinite resting phrase. In the intervening time, vacationers are unable to look at the much-loved explosions (though that would change rapidly) however they’ll nonetheless benefit from the space’s bountiful sights, sounds and actions – there are sizzling springs, mountains to be hiked, lakes to be fished and rivers to be floated. As one of many nation’s most scenic areas, it’s a requisite cease on any tour of Costa Rica and slightly below a 3 hour drive from the capital San Jose.

When it opened in December 2019, Nayara Tented Camp was the primary luxurious camp in Central America. By staying in glamorous, canvas-shrouded tents, company are actually immersed in nature and might sleep & stargaze outdoors, solely surrounded by the stress-free sounds of the rainforest. Staying at Nayara Tented Camp feels a bit like a childhood tenting journey mixed with a keep at a wonderful luxurious lodge (“glamping”). The tents are constructed from canvas with know-how developed by Ferrari. Whereas the inside canvas feels cozy, the outside of the tents is strong and sturdy to endure the rainforest’s climate circumstances. The year-round camp is the brainchild of Colombian proprietor Leo Ghitis who was impressed by the posh canvas lodges of Africa and Asia.

Nayara Tented Camp contains 29 tented lodging dotted up a hillside, all with views of the volcano. Every tent is constructed on stilts to maximise the beautiful vistas and go away a minimal footprint on the pure environment. Households or bigger group of mates can go for a set of two similar tents that join with a coated passageway whereas {couples} and privacy-seeking company can guide standalone models. On the within, the tents function a spacious bed room with kingsize mattress, writing desk, and two sofas that may be transformed into daybeds (every tents can accommodate a most of 4 company). The ensuite bogs function double vanities, standalone bathtubs and outside bathe areas. Every tent comes with a furnished terrace and a personal plunge pool with pure mineral sizzling springs sourced straight from the volcano.

The low-impact, high-yield design of Nayara Tented Camp was developed by Luxurious Frontiers, an experiential lodging skilled with a world portfolio of design tasks, which incorporates well-known resorts like Chief’s Camp in Botswana, Swala Camp in Tanzania, and Olonana Camp in Kenya. The indoor/outside design of the camp blends modern, barefoot-luxe touches and unique-to-location design options: a main bedroom created as a nod to conventional African safari model tents fused with a Costa Rican sense of place; cover beds with a botanical headboard mural; personal plunge swimming pools fed by pure mineral sizzling springs; and double-head outside showers. Complementing its beautiful jungle setting, the camp’s colour palette aptly showcases tree bark tones, shades of inexperienced, and touches of leather-based.

Dotted within the rainforest – on the peak of the hill which Nayara Tented Camp calls it residence – are seven interconnecting, personal sizzling springs. Full of water of various temperatures, these cascading sizzling spring swimming pools characterize a peaceable effervescent pure waterpark in the course of the jungle. To the untrained eye, this lush vegetation appears as if it has all the time been there, however the camp sits on what was as soon as a decimated hillside was a cattle pasture over 50 years in the past. When he bought the land, proprietor Ghitis introduced in over 20,000 bushes to reforest the hill (and extra are on the way in which). A part of the reforestation included the planting of a whole lot of Guarumo bushes, that are the sloth’s foremost meals supply. With these bushes, Nayara Tented Camp has created a sloth sanctuary, at the moment providing a haven to over 15 of those sedentary creatures.

Nayara Tented Camp is a resort inside a resort, as it’s a part of Nayara Resorts, a set of three sister properties (the opposite two are Nayara Gardens and Nayara Springs). Nayara Gardens is a tranquil, family-friendly retreat, that includes 50 spacious and personal casitas (bungalows), all with personal terraces with outside showers and Jacuzzi tubs for 2. Nayara Springs is adults-only resort with 35 luxurious villas, every one geared up with a personal plunge pool fed by mineral sizzling springs and an expansive personal backyard with exterior bathe, modern four-poster mattress wrapped in mushy cottons, and indoor and outside sitting areas. Although every resort has a definite space on the bigger property, company can roam between all three (24/7 buggy service is supplied), utilizing the totally different swimming pools, bars, spas, and eating places.

Visitors staying at Nayara Tented Camp can take pleasure in complimentary day by day in-villa breakfast, which makes for a beautiful expertise. A menu is situated on the desk contained in the tent, the place you may choose which dishes you wish to have for breakfast the following day and also you cling it outdoors your door earlier than 10pm the evening earlier than. On the time of your selecting, the lodge workers will arrange the breakfast on the terrace desk, so you may benefit from the first meal of the day with a view of the volcano. The breakfast choice features a basket of bread rolls, American breakfast, Tipical breakfast (native dishes), eggs Benedict, particular omelettes, French toasts, conventional pancakes, Brussels waffles, contemporary fruits, and cereals. Alternatively, company may have their breakfast at one of many eating places at Nayara Gardens or Nayara Springs.

Upon arrival on the camp, company are launched to a devoted naturalist, who will accompany them on thrilling experiences all through their keep – à la safari rangers within the African bush. Onsite actions embody sloth sanctuary excursions, early morning bird-watching walks and nighttime frog recognizing excursions. Intrepid vacationers cal additionally discover the encircling Arenal area and select actions resembling trekking over the dried lava fields of the volcano, ziplining, or white water rafting. A spotlight is a guided hike by the Arenal Hanging Bridges Park, adopted by a picnic with postcard views of the volcano for a noon break. Situated on the sting between two sorts of forest, highland and lowland, Arenal Hanging Bridges Park options loads of fauna and flora, together with 350+ fowl species, 700+ plant species, 250+ reptile species, and 120+ mammal species.

Nayara Tented Camp is counted among the many portfolio of the Main Lodges of the World (LHW). The latter is an unique assortment of greater than 400 luxurious lodges and resorts in over 80 international locations. LHW doesn’t personal lodges; it relatively provides a reservation service for impartial lodges and helps gross sales and advertising, promoting and public relations, monetary providers, high quality management, and lodge inspections for its member properties. LHW has many iconic properties in its portfolio, resembling resembling The Gstaad Palace in Switzerland, the 12 Apostles Lodge in Cape City, The Datai Langkawi in Malaysia, Le Sirenuse in Positano (Italy), Il Sereno Lake Como (Italy), Laucala Island in Fiji, the Setai Miami Seaside, and The Ritz in Paris.

CONS & THINGS TO KNOW

On the time of my go to (April 2022), Nayara Tented Camp featured restricted services. The property had its personal tented reception space in addition to a beautiful hilltop space with the mineral sizzling springs, however that was about it. Visitors had been primarily staying inside their tents, and needed to enterprise out to the resort’s neighbouring sister properties (household pleasant Nayara Gardens and adults-only Nayara Springs) to utilize different resorts services, resembling communal swimming pools, two spa services and eating places (which I’ll overview subsequent week in my separate overview of Nayara Gardens & Nayara Springs). This made my expertise at Nayara Tented Camp really feel much less intimate and spectacular than I anticipated. Nonetheless, the excellent news is that every one of that has modified by now. Early August 2022, Nayara Tented Camp opened a brand new stylish space with an infinity pool overlooking the Arenal Volcano and three giant tents (which embody a reception, a library bar and a brand new restaurant).

Nayara Tented Camp is constructed right into a hillside with all tents situated alongside steep, slender walkways which can be virtually fully enclosed by dense landscaping. That is stunning and feels correctly in the course of the jungle, however it could make strolling and wayfinding tough and difficult. Visitors can rely although on the resort’s environment friendly golf cart service (24/7), which connects Nayara Tented Camp with Nayara Gardens and Nayara Springs.

MY VERDICT

Location: 9/10
Design: 9/10
Pool: N/A (not obtainable on the time of my go to)
Rooms: 9/10
Meals: N/A (not obtainable on the time of my go to)
Breakfast: 8/10
Spa: N/A (not obtainable on the time of my go to)
Service: 9/10
Worth for cash: 8/10
Total expertise: excellent 8,6/10

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BEST TIME TO VISIT

The most effective time to go to Costa Rica is dependent upon the place you wish to go because the nation’s local weather and seasons range by area. There are two main seasons in Costa Rica: the wet season and the dry season. The dry season (or excessive season) is from mid-December to mid-April and it’s the finest time to go to as there’s a smaller probability of being drenched within the rain. The wet season (or “inexperienced” season) is usually from Might to November: it could rain for a number of days in a row (and torrential rains are frequent) however on a constructive word, lodge charges and tour costs are considerably decrease and the nation turns a beautiful deep inexperienced.

HOW TO GET THERE

Nayara Resorts is situated in La Fortuna, which is a 3 hour drive from both Jose Airport (SJO) or Liberia Airport (LIR). There may be additionally a small airstrip in La Fortuna and personal flights to/from San Jose or Liberia may be organized. Click on right here for an up to date checklist of airways that provide direct flights to San Jose and right here for an up to date checklist of airways that provide direct flights to Liberia.