Luna Lodge

Wake up each morning overlooking the Carate River Valley at Luna Lodge in Carate, Costa Rica. Positively reviewed in magazines and newspapers such as Travel & Leisure, The Toronto Star, and Cooking Light Magazine, Luna Lodge 150 acres of tropical wilderness provides guests with a retreat that will leave their body and mind revitalized. Located near the Corcovado National Park and the beaches of Osa, this is the perfect getaway for people who want to experience the best of both worlds.

Guest accommodations at Luna Lodge

Escape to one of Luna Lodge 8 thatch-roofed bungalows, their 3 double or triple hacienda-style rooms, or their single-room platform tents. For the ultimate experience, each bungalow boasts a private deck, a bathtub, and a shower right off your own private garden.

Costa Rica airport car hire guests can also lounge around the solar-heated pool, breath in the soothing aromas of the jasmine and ylang-ylang that surround the grounds, or wander among the various fruit treesncluding avocado trees, cashew trees, and banana trees. When the sun fades, don forget to gaze up at the stars and marvel at how bright they look when you're so far away from city lights.

Getting out and about

For the convenience of their guests, Luna Lodge runs guided tours that begin at their reception desk. Along with rainforest hikes and bird-watching tours, they also offer the following:

?Go shore fishing to catch your dinner of red snapper, rooster fish, snook, jackfish, or shark
?Kayak along the lagoon and spot many different species of wildlife
?Learn to surf off of Pan Dulce Beach where the water is 85 degrees year round
?Horseback ride along the beach and through the tropical rainforest
?Use a sieve to pan for gold along the Rio Madrigal, Rio Tigre, or Rio Carate rivers

Pamper yourself

What better way to relax than to visit Luna Lodge onsite spa. Costa Rica airport car hire travelers can indulge in a deep tissue massage, a hot stone massage, a sensual tantra massage, shiatsu, or reiki. For those looking for a more exotic treatment, consider the coconut body scrub or the chocolate therapy. The chocolate therapy brings you through three stages: an exfoliating scrub, a chocolate body wrap, and finally a massage with chocolate oil. After you try it, you'll know why they call it he Therapy of Happiness.?

Want to loosen up your muscles through movement instead? Try their Latin dance or yoga classes.

Taking your Costa Rica airport car hire to Luna Lodge

Starting from San Jose, take the Pan-American Highway down past San Isidro General and Palmar Norte. Along your drive from your Costa Rica airport car hire to Luna Lodge, you'll get to enjoy the unique sight of pineapple plantations. Turn right when you reach a gas station called orcovado.?Follow this road until you reach Puerto Jimenez. You're now only 2 hours from Luna Lodge. Take the only road that leads to Carate and then follow the river to Luna Lodge.

Because signs in Costa Rica aren't always clear, Luna Lodge recommends that Costa Rica airport car hire guests ask Avanti Rent A Car about adding a GPS to their rental car to make the 10 hour drive as easy as possible. Luna Lodge also recommends that Costa Rica airport car hire guests rent a 4-wheel drive vehicle as this will make navigating the last rough stretch of road more comfortable.

Rates at Luna Lodge begin at $105 per person and include 3 meals a day and appetizers in the evening at the Luna Bar. For more information on room availability and the current rates, please visit www.lunalodge.com or call 1-888-409-8448 (toll free from the United States).