Termales El Valle

Tip

Ask locally whether the site is free or private and what hours it is open.

Be careful

Test the temperature before getting in, and avoid river pools after heavy rain.

Places nearby

• La Tigra Rainforest Lodge (frog tour and trails)Parks & Wildlife · from $40A rainforest lodge in the hills of La Tigra, on the road between San Ramón and La Fortuna, that is quietly reforesting an old farm.
• Finca Luna Nueva (One Day Pass & farm tours)Day Passes & Hot SpringsBiodynamic farm and eco-lodge 25 minutes from La Fortuna; non-guests can buy a One Day Pass (trails, a bamboo lookout tower, pool and lunch) or join farm, chocolate and night tours.
• Estación Biológica Pocosol (Children's Eternal Rainforest)Parks & Wildlife · from $9Remote research station of the Monteverde Conservation League in the Children's Eternal Rainforest, at 720 m on the Caribbean slope.
• La Vieja Adventures — Ciudad Esmeralda canyon (Río La Vieja)Tours & Adventure · from $40Guided wade-and-hike through a narrow, moss-walled canyon of the Río La Vieja above Ciudad Quesada, ending at the Zafiro waterfall and its turquoise pools.
• Eco Garden Arenal (sloth, birding and night tours)Parks & Wildlife · from $40Small private ecological park southeast of La Fortuna run as a wildlife corridor: guided small-group walks to find sloths, toucans and, after dark, red-eyed tree frogs and poison-dart frogs.
• La Casona Río FortunaFood & CoffeeThe old country house of Costa Rican president Rafael Yglesias, from which settler families spread out to found the villages around La Fortuna.