Cala Luna Boutique Hotel & Villas

A boutique hotel at the southern tip of Tamarindo Bay, with bungalow rooms and two- and three-bedroom villas with private plunge pools, set in forest a few minutes' walk from the beach.

Cala Luna is at the southern tip of Tamarindo Bay, two or three minutes’ walk from the beach and about 15 minutes on foot from the centre of Tamarindo. Rooms are in four-room bungalows and villas, reached by paths through the hotel’s forest.

The rooms have tiled floors and local hardwoods, and the Getaway Suite is for adults only. The villas have two or three bedrooms, a full kitchen and a covered terrace over a private plunge pool.

Origen, the restaurant, cooks with produce from La Senda, the hotel’s organic farm. The bar uses medicinal plants grown there in its cocktails, and Caleta serves lunch, snacks and drinks by the pool. The Lahari Wellness Center bases its treatments on traditional Chinese medicine. Yoga classes and sound baths are free on set days.

Water from the laundry and kitchen is filtered and reused on the gardens, and the roofs have solar panels. Liberia airport is 42 miles away, about an hour and 20 minutes by car, and Tamarindo’s airstrip is 3.5 miles. Restaurant prices carry 23% in taxes and service.