Rincón & the Dry Forest

Mud pots, fumaroles and the tropical dry forest of the far north — a landscape that looks nothing like the Costa Rica on the postcards.

Day by day

1. 1

   1

   Arrival

   Into Liberia and straight to the foot of the volcano.

2. 2

   2

   Las Pailas

   The geothermal loop — boiling mud, fumaroles, and a forest that hisses.

3. 3

   3

   La Cangreja

   A long walk to the blue waterfall, and the hot springs afterward.

4. 4

   4

   Santa Rosa

   The dry forest and the historic hacienda, with the chance of Witch's Rock at the end of the track.

5. 5

   5

   Río Negro

   Tubing the canyon, then horses across the savannah.

6. 6

   6

   Return

   Liberia, forty minutes away.

Why it works

• Geothermal field on foot with a geologist guide
• Dry forest in full leaf-drop, when wildlife is easiest
• Almost no other travellers