Tabacón Thermal Resort & Spa
Day Passes & Hot Springs · Arenal & La Fortuna · Hot springs day pass
Hot springs resort at the foot of Arenal Volcano, built around a natural thermal river with waterfalls and pools. It also has a spa and several restaurants.
- Open
- 10:00–22:00
- Best time
- evening
- Booking
- Book ahead
Tips
- Limited spots: book ahead
- Bring water shoes
- Under 16 with an adult
Contact & directions
- Website: https://www.tabacon.com
- Phone: +506 2479 2000
- Phone: +506 2519 1999
- Location: 10.4925, -84.7255 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- El Chollín Free Hot River (Río Tabacón)Swimming spot · FreeA volcano-warmed stream tumbling through the jungle just below the Tabacón resorts: the same thermal water, no entry fee.
- Reserva Forestal Zona de Emergencia Volcán ArenalNature spotA forest reserve created in 1972 in the emergency zone around Arenal Volcano, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area.
- Mirador El Silencio (volcano trail reserve)Viewpoint · about $10A private forest reserve on the north side of Arenal with trails that climb through rainforest toward viewpoints of the cone, the old lava fields and Lake Arenal.
- Arenal 1968 Lava TrailsTrail · about $25A private reserve right on the 1968 lava flow, with trails climbing to a lookout that takes in the volcano on one side and Lake Arenal on the other.
- Arenal Volcano National Park – Las Coladas Lava TrailTrail · about $17A trail through regrown rainforest that ends on the black, jagged lava of a 1990s flow, with Arenal's cone looming straight ahead.
- Volcán ArenalNature spotArenal is a recently active stratovolcano about 90 km northwest of San José, rising to about 1,633 m above La Fortuna.
Sources: https://www.tabacon.com · https://www.tabacon.com/day-pass/ (rules) · day-pass hours from tabacon.com day-pass listings via search (product page behind Akamai bot check, not opened)