Alojamiento y Mirador Bosque Alegre (restaurant above Laguna Hule)
Food & Coffee · San José & Central Valley · Restaurant with lake lookout
A simple country restaurant and lodge on the rim above Laguna Hule, the deepest natural lake in Costa Rica. It's the trailhead for the walks down to Hule (about 30 minutes) and on to Laguna Congo: hikers park here, use the restrooms, and come back for a hot olla de carne or casado.
Dishes to try
Olla de carne · Casado
Before you go
- Road
- Gravel — a regular car is fine
- Facilities
- restrooms, food
- Season
- the 6.5 km gravel road needs no 4x4 when dry
- Checked
- 2026-10
Contact & directions
- Location: 10.295536, -84.203102 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Laguna HuleNature spot · hidden gemA quiet, round crater lake ringed by dense rainforest near Río Cuarto, in the northern foothills of the Central Valley.
- Catarata Maravillas del BosqueWaterfall · hidden gemA waterfall near San Miguel, Alajuela province.
- Laguna Congo (Bosque Alegre crater lakes)Nature spot · Free · hidden gemThe quiet sister of Laguna Hule: a big, deep-green crater lake ringed by forest inside the Bosque Alegre wildlife refuge, reached only on foot.
- Pozas y Cataratas La Presa (Catarata Esmeralda)Waterfall · hidden gemTrail with rivers, hanging bridges and turquoise pools; Catarata Esmeralda is the swim highlight.
- Paraíso de Manantiales Waterfalls (Río Toro Amarillo canyon)Waterfall · about $4 · hidden gemA family farm in Río Cuarto opens a steep trail into the canyon of the Río Toro Amarillo, where a string of waterfalls pours over giant boulders stained yellow by volcanic minerals.
- Cerro CongoNature spotCongo is an inactive volcano of the Cordillera Central near Poás, inside Poás Volcano National Park.