Costa Rica 's Lapa Rios Ecolodge Offers Luxury and Adventure
in the Rainforest
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, October 15, 2003. Wake to the gentle
sounds of nature in a pristine tropical rainforest at Lapa
Rios Ecolodge . Located on the Osa Peninsula in Costa
Rica the multi-award winning resort surrounded by exquisite natural
beauty is renowned globally as a unique ecological haven offering
quality accommodations, local gourmet delights and an exciting
array of adventures.
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Lapa Rios Ecolodge set in a private nature reserve
spread over 1,000 acres of Central America's last remaining lowland
tropical rainforest, overlooks the pristine point where the Golfo
Dulce meets the wild Pacific Ocean . Here in this paradise visitors
will find an ideal vacation experience especially designed for
those individuals seeking luxury combined with adventure, nature,
conservation, culture and biodiversity.
Lapa Rios , built in harmony with the surrounding
forest and beach environment, lies 350 feet above the sea. The
resort offers 14 spacious bungalows and a main lodge. The austerely
elegant bungalows, which offer private decks and open to spectacular
ocean views, catch cooling tropical breezes. The main lodge, built
of natural materials, houses the restaurant and bar and soars 50
feet. Here palm thatched roofs meet a three-story hardwood circular
stairway, which offers an overlook and breathtaking vistas of the
ocean and forest canopy.
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Lapa Rios is an ideal vacation experience for
nature lovers who appreciate opportunities to learn and to support
conservation, culture and biodiversity. The ecolodge offers an
exciting array of activities, which focus on the flora and fauna
of the rainforest and the nearby ocean. Guided tours, walks and
hikes of the surrounding rainforest, bird watching, ocean kayaking,
horseback riding, catch and release sport fishing and surfing are
a few of the activities guests may enjoy in this tropical paradise.
Visitors may also indulge in a massage, participate in Yoga classes,
relax poolside, nap in a hammock or observe the birds, monkeys
and other animals that live in the surrounding forest. For many
guests, a highlight of a visit to Lapa Rios is
visiting Corcovado National Park by plane or spending a night camping
in the jungle.
John and Karen Lewis built Lapa Rios as a private
nature reserve. The Minnesota couple and former peace crops volunteers
were driven by a vision. They liquidated all their assets to finance
the purchase of a large tract of rainforest and to build the small
supporting tourism project. Today a conservation easement elaborated
by The Nature Conservancy and Cederena ensure that this rainforest
will be preserved into perpetuity. The Lapa Rios reserve is connected
through a corridor with Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula
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Lapa Rios Ecolodge is more than just a beautiful
rainforest eco-resort located next to the beach. The retreat is
also a model Ecotourism project that strives to show that "a forest
left standing is worth more than one cut down." The resort is a
pioneer in sustainable tourism employing only people from the local
community and is committed to environmentally sound practices.
A stay at Lapa Rios combines the rare and memorable-the
opportunity to encounter, exquisite natural beauty and luxury in
pristine wilderness within Costa Rica 's lowland tropical rainforest.
For more information about Lapa Rios Ecolodge and
their offerings or to make reservations call at (506) 2735-5130 or
visit their website at .
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