Welcome to the Peace lodge, the ultimate awakening of your senses. Here every magical sight, wondrous smell and sensual touch create irreplaceable memories of a journey you wish to take again and again.
Hotel's team prides on offering guests the most unique luxury mountain lodge experience in Costa Rica.
Located on the grounds of La Paz Waterfall Gardens Nature Park just one hour from the San José International Airport, the award winning Peace Lodge introduces its guests to a symphony of purely Costa Rican experiences celebrating the natural wonders of the rain forest and the splendid creatures that inhabit this magical environment.
The ultra upscale accommodations are uniquely themed to complement the inherent beauty of its rain and cloud forest setting and the detailed architecture exudes a natural elegance and sophistication with every room boasting a Jacuzzi tub and impressive river stone fireplace along with showers that transform into waterfalls with the turn of a knob.
Picture perfect views of the La Paz River Valley and the towering Poás Volcano complete the experience.
Guests will be greeted in hotel's new reception with a postcard view of the La Paz River Valley. Complimentary internet access is available to all of guests in the Rooms, Restaurants, Reception and almost the entire Park.
Each and every room boasts a Jacuzzi tub and impressive river stone fireplace along with waterfall showers. From the handcrafted canopy beds and love seats to the original stained glass and illustrated artwork you will understand the time and care put into the details of each accommodation.
To insure your enjoyment of the cool mountain weather and view of the forest and Poás Volcano, hotel's team built oversized balconies complete with rocking chairs, hammocks and custom Jacuzzi tubs.
For those who desire the feel of the rain forest even when they are inside, this is the room for you.
This room has an unbelievable garden bathroom designed for the true nature lover.
A two-meters waterfall comes to life as you soak in the Jacuzzi tub in the garden.
There is also a garden shower and enclosed shower. All of this is surrounded by beautiful indoor landscaping and illuminated by a skylight.
The room also has a Jacuzzi tub and hammock on the balcony for those picture perfect star gazing nights. A grand gas fireplace to view from the king size canopy bed makes the room complete.
A two-meter waterfall comes to life as you soak in the Jacuzzi tub in the garden. There is also a garden shower and enclosed shower.
All of this is surrounded by beautiful indoor landscaping and illuminated by a skylight.
The room also has a Jacuzzi tub and hammock on the balcony for those picture perfect star gazing nights.
A grand gas fireplace to view from two double beds makes the room complete.
This room boasts two double beds facing a spectacular rock fireplace.
The interior design of this lodging is only surpassed by the view from the balcony of the La Paz Valley and the Poás Volcano.
Enjoy this spectacular view by relaxing in the balcony Jacuzzi tub or swaying in the comfortable hammock.
The spacious, uniquely decorated bathroom offers an oversized mosaic tiled tub, a rain forest waterfall shower and incredible overhead lighting exclusive to Peace Lodge.
This room has a king size canopy bed viewing a grand river stone fireplace.
The interior design of the room is only surpassed by the view from the balcony of the La Paz River Valley and the Poás Volcano.
The best way to enjoy the view is from the Jacuzzi tub or swaying in the hammock on the balcony.
The bathroom has an oversized mosaic tiled tub and elaborate waterfall shower.
Begin your day with a gourmet breakfast featuring warm aromas of fresh brewed locally roasted coffee, fresh seasonal tropical fruits, homemade assorted breads and made to order omlellets, pancakes, french toast, and more!
With beautiful panoramic views of the cloud forest, the Poás Volcano, and La Paz Waterfall Gardens, this casual dining restaurant is the ideal place for guests to enjoy a hearty meal.
07.00h - 10.00h
11.00h - 16.00h
Vista Poas is guests' favorite intimate fine dining restaurant showcasing traditional locally-inspired Costa Rican flavors. The menu features the best selections of grilled meats, homemade pastas, savory seafoods, and tender free range chicken dishes.
At Vista Poas, the wait staff is happy to recommend a fine wine to pair with your gourmet dinner.
17.00h - 21.00h
The Big Trout Bar is a great place to have lunch, meet other guests over cocktails, relax in between hikes, or exchange fish stories.
Fresh water fishing anyone in spring fed trout lake? Cast a line in two level Trout Lake. Catch dinner or just have some fun. Grab your favorite drink and relax on the deck.
Choose from chopped, wrapped or between-the-bun eats at this alfresco lakeside grill.
Imagine your own private trout lake with its own bartender. Chef can prepare your fresh caught rainbow trout for lunch or dinner.
11.00h – 16.30h
11.00h – 18.00h
Hotel's buffet at Colibries is honored to have recieved the highest rating (4 forks) possible from the Tourism Council.
It located just steps away from humming bird garden.
This filling buffet includes multiple selections of traditional Costa Rican dishes, full salad bar, pizza, garlic bread, french fries, fresh seasonal fruits, rice pudding, and unlimited fresh fruit juice, coffee, and tea.
The Peace Lodge has added an additional new menu to already wide array of exciting dishes and dining choices.
This menu is definitely a must sample for those with dietary restrictions as well as those without.
With new specialty meals menu, hotel's team caters to those with vegan, vegetarian, lactose, and gluten free preferences. Indulge in vegan, lactose free, and gluten free ratatoullie with garden brown rice or the fettuccini with chickpea meatballs aurora guilt free!
Tortillas Restaurant Vista Poas Restaurant
Located at the end of spectacular waterfalls, La Terraza offers fresh-brewed, locally-grown coffee, daily fresh-baked pastries, ice-cold beverages, and other treats.
This café is the perfect way to complete your La Paz Waterfall Garden’s tour!
08.00h – 16.00h
Las Tucas Bar is the perfect place to share a cocktail with other guests as you talk about your rainforest adventures or catch the big game on flatscreen TV.
Guests are invited to this place for a pre-dinner drink, game of backgammon, or read from the lending library.
17.00h - 22.00h
When you think about Costa Rica, you probably imagine lush tropical rain forest, flowing white rivers, spectacular waterfalls, birds, butterflies, monkeys, hummingbirds, snakes, felines and frogs. At La Paz Waterfall Gardens, you are guaranteed to see all that and more.
Over 3.5 kilometers of walking trails and educational animal exhibits to enjoy.
If you would like to see every trail and thoroughly enjoy the time spent in the Aviary, the Butterfly Observatory, Hummingbird Garden, Serpentarium, Jungle Cats Exhibit, Frog Exhibit, Tica House and Trout Lake, you will probably want to stay the whole day.
Waterfall Gardens is primarily a self-guided tour allowing visitors to proceed directly to their areas of interest.
However, hotel's team highly recommends the guided tour to receive the most information and impact from your visit.
All guests are welcome to enjoy the park La Paz Waterfall Gardens before it opens and after it closes, the optimal bird watching and wildlife viewing times.
The Peace lodge is a great option as a bird watching hotel in the greater San José area because the rain forest literally surrounds the hotel and there are many "hard to see" species visit feeders.
This is a bird watcher's paradise, as you will see some of the most exciting and colorful birds of Costa Rica, without binoculars! Aviary is a refuge for wild birds that have been either captured illegally by hunters and confiscated by the government or donated by their owners.
Cast a line in two level Trout Lake. Catch dinner or just have some fun! It is the best lake fishing in Costa Rica. It is great entertainment for the kids with beautiful scenery.
Walk on the wild side as you come face to face with a Jaguar looking back at you through safety glass. Through educational signage you will discover interesting facts about most of the species of wild felines of the tropical Americas.
The spacious glass and acrylic design of Butterfly Observatory allows guests and day visitors the opportunity to enjoy the butterflies no matter the weather. The laboratory allows guests to see the butterflies up close as they emerge from their chrysalis or in larva stages of their growth.
Enjoy life as it was a hundred years ago in Casita de la Paz. This unique historical Costa Rican farmhouse reproduction was built using only the tools available to the average farmer a century ago.
You’ll learn how coffee is grown,picked, milled and ground. Wemay even find a basket for you to pick a few beans, or "cherries" as the locals call them. Find out first hand, or "cup", why Costa Rican coffee is so famous.
The best place to see frogs in Costa Rica is Peace Loge free range Ranarium or frog exhibit where the frogs roam freely throughout landscaped enclosure.
This unique adventure combines horseback riding and a 9 zip line Canopy Adventure.
After a scenic 45 minute car ride to the Hacienda Pozo Azul, you will saddle up for a one hour horseback ride along the Sarapiquí River. After prepare yourself for an exciting two and half hour rafting trip along the Sarapiquí.
Hummingbird Garden attracts 26 different species of hummingbirds from Costa Rica, more species than any other in Costa Rica and quite possibly the world. You can feed them by hand with specially designed hand feeding flower.
This will be your ultimate Costa Rican experience of flowers, butterflies, orchids, hummingbirds, Cloud and Rainforest, snakes, frogs and waterfalls.
The best natural habitats in which to photograph monkeys and interact with them. Educational signage provides insight into the behaviors, reproduction and future survival of these monkeys in Costa Rica.
Your informative guide will transport you to Poás, one of the four active volcanoes in Costa Rica, and impart to you the knowledge of the creation of Costa Rica via these sleeping giants.
The Peace Loge museum quality Serpentarium exhibits 30 of the most beautiful and deadly snakes of Costa Rica. The exhibition puts you face to face with such famous snakes as the Bushmaster, Terciopelo, Green Vinesnake, and Golden Eyelash Viper to name just a few.
You can take a swim in the cold Trout lake and then jump into the hot Jacuzzi afterward.
As you wander the trails of La Paz Waterfall Gardens your senses will delight at the five waterfalls that line the trail.
La Paz Waterfall Gardens at Peace Lodge is the picture-perfect location for your intimate celebration. A lush tropical rain forest, spectacular waterfalls, birds, and butterflies await you and your guests for an extraordinary experience.
PEACE LODGE
20 min from Poas Volcano National Park AlajuelaVara Blanca HerediaCosta Rica