La Fortuna is the town at the foot of Arenal Volcano, three hours from either airport and a world away from the coast: rainforest, rivers heated by the volcano, waterfalls, and the cone itself filling the sky when the clouds lift. Most visitors stay in a hotel. A private home gives a family or a group of friends a pool of their own, a kitchen, and room to spread out between days of hot springs and hanging bridges.
We work with a local management team in La Fortuna that looks after every house below, with their own cleaning and maintenance crews in town. Most of the homes sit in quiet neighborhoods about five minutes from downtown; a few are out in the forest for more privacy.
Tap a size to narrow it down. Every house is rented whole, never shared with other guests.
Every villa we list here sits inside one of these circles. The map shows the town, the volcano, the waterfall, and the hot springs, so you can see what is close before you pick a house.
Tap a circle to see the villas in it.
The hot springs along the Tabacón river, the La Fortuna Waterfall and its long stairway down to the pool, the hanging bridges through the canopy, ziplines in view of the cone, and the lava-field trails in Arenal Volcano National Park. Most are fifteen to thirty minutes from these homes, and tour companies pick up at the door.
Río Celeste, the sky-blue river in Tenorio Volcano National Park, is a full day out, roughly two hours each way, and one of the most photographed places in the country. Lake Arenal, past the volcano, is good for kayaking or a slow boat ride with the mountains all around. We plan the driver, the guide, and the timing so you are back at the pool by late afternoon.
About three hours to the dry northern beaches: Tamarindo, Flamingo, Hacienda Pinilla. Fly into San José, start under the volcano, end on the sand, and fly home from Liberia.
About four hours to the Central Pacific, where the rainforest meets the beach in Manuel Antonio National Park. A private transfer with a lunch stop turns the drive into part of the trip.
From San José airport (SJO) it is about two and a half hours in light traffic, and three hours is realistic with a stop or two. From Liberia airport (LIR) in Guanacaste it is about three hours, around the lake. We arrange private transfers from either airport, with a stop for lunch on the way.
Most of these homes sit a few minutes outside town, so a rental car or a driver makes dinners and grocery runs easy, and tour companies pick up at the house. One, AR-15, is in town and close enough to walk to restaurants. Tell us how you like to travel and we will match the house to it.
13 of the 19 homes face Arenal, and on a clear day the cone fills the view. Clouds sit on the summit often, mornings tend to be clearest, and no house can promise a view every day. Rain is possible in any month here.
Yes. AR-12 sleeps up to 24 in 8 bedrooms, AR-02 sleeps up to 20 in 6 bedrooms, AR-18 sleeps up to 14 in 4 bedrooms, AR-15 sleeps up to 10 in 5 bedrooms. For bigger groups we pair homes in the same neighborhood.
Yes, and it is the most popular way to do it: two to four nights in Arenal, then the coast. The Guanacaste beaches are about three hours away, Manuel Antonio about four. We plan the drive between them with a private transfer, or a short domestic flight when it saves time.
The local management team prices each stay by date and group size, so we confirm the exact total, with taxes and fees, before you commit. You book and pay the manager directly. We stay on to plan your tours, transfers, and a private chef if you want one.
We check which homes are open, confirm the exact totals with the manager, and plan the transfers and tours around them.
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