Hotel Cerro Lodge
Parks & Wildlife · Jacó & Herradura · Nature tours
A small lodge built for birders and photographers, a few minutes from the Tarcoles River and Carara National Park, with sea and mountain views. Have an early breakfast, then look for birds along Calle La Barca or head to the river and the park.
- Open
- 06:30–22:00
- Best time
- morning
- Booking
- Book ahead
Highlights
- Steps from Calle La Barca, a known birding road
- Minutes from the Tarcoles River and Carara National Park
- Breakfast from 6 am for early birders
- Pool among tropical gardens
- Sea and mountain views
Tips
- Start at dawn - breakfast is served from 6:00 am
- Ask for the day pass by WhatsApp before you go
- Combine with a visit to Carara National Park or the Tarcoles River
- Breakfast from 6 am
- Ask day pass on WhatsApp
- Pair with Carara or Tárcoles
Good to know
- Day-pass price and inclusions are not published
- Breakfast is $13.55 for foreign visitors
- The website does not promise macaw sightings on the property itself
Prices (as published)
| Breakfast (American, Continental or Italian) — per person · foreigners · CRC 5,000 for nationals · 6:00-9:30 am | $13.55 |
| Pets — per pet per day · $200 refundable deposit | $10 |
Contact & directions
- Website: https://www.hotelcerrolodge.com/
- Phone: +506 8448-0119
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/50684480119
- Location: 9.8083127, -84.6113855 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Tárcoles Crocodile BridgeNature spot · FreeThe Route 34 bridge over the Río Tárcoles is a free front-row seat to one of the biggest American crocodile hangouts in the country: dozens of crocs, some 4 m long, sunning on the sandbanks below.
- Laguna Meándrica Trail (Carara)Trail · about $11 · hidden gemCarara's quiet northern sector, right by the Tárcoles bridge: a flat forest trail to an old oxbow lagoon of the river, with herons, kingfishers and often macaws.
- Carara National ParkTrail · about $11A transition forest where Costa Rica's dry north meets the humid south, famous for wild scarlet macaws plus trogons, monkeys and agoutis.
- Playa Carrizal de BajamarBeachA beach in the Jacó coast.
- Playa Azul & Tárcoles River MouthNature spot · Free · hidden gemWhere the Tárcoles River pours into the Gulf of Nicoya: a wide estuary beach with flocks of gulls, pelicans and frigatebirds, fishing boats, and at dusk, pairs of scarlet macaws flying out to roost in the mangroves.
- Playa TárcolesBeach · Free · hidden gemThe beach of Tárcoles village, a short drive from the crocodile bridge and the river mouth.
Sources: https://www.hotelcerrolodge.com/ · https://www.hotelcerrolodge.com/ (restaurant hours; day pass not published) · 0014_jaco.sql · intel-D.json · traveler reviews checked 2026-10-10