Nayara Tented Camp rainforest
Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
Luxury glamping tents with private plunge pools and decks overlooking Arenal Volcano.
Places in Nayara Tented Camp rainforest
- Nayara Tented Camp restaurant An on-site restaurant serving gourmet cuisine using locally sourced ingredients.
Practical notes for Arenal Volcano
- Best time to visit
- December to April (dry season), for the clearest views of the volcano and the best conditions for hiking Arenal Volcano National Park.
- Getting around
- Guests typically fly into Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, then transfer by road roughly 3 hours to La Fortuna and Arenal Volcano National Park, or take a short domestic flight to the nearby Arenal airstrip; once in the area, resort shuttles and short drives connect the various hot-springs properties around the volcano's base.
- Currency
- Costa Rican Colón (₡); US dollars are widely accepted.
- Language
- Spanish; English is widely spoken in tourism.
- Timezone
- CST (UTC-6, no daylight saving)
- Current trends
- Arenal continues to anchor Costa Rica's luxury eco-tourism scene, with the Nayara collection's three distinct properties, Springs, Tented Camp, and Gardens, each offering a different take on volcano-view, hot-spring-fed luxury; the broader cluster of hot-springs resorts including Tabacon and The Springs Resort and Spa reinforces Arenal's identity as a rainforest wellness destination built entirely around the volcano's geothermal activity.
Other neighborhoods in Arenal Volcano
- Nayara Springs enclave — An adults-only resort with 35 villas each featuring a plunge pool fed by mineral hot springs from the volcano's base.
- La Fortuna hot-springs cluster — Home to The Springs Resort and Spa, Arenal Kioro, Royal Corin, and Tabacon, all with private hot springs.
Read the full Arenal Volcano guide