We spent 4 days at Arenal Lodge earlier this week. The grounds are beautiful. There are flowers and exotic birds everywhere. The hotel is set on 2,000 acres. If you enjoy the outdoors, this is the place. There are hiking trails into the rain forest (done in paving bricks, no less...) There was a free guided nature tour into the... More

This is one of the neatest, most beautiful places i've ever been to. The staff is super helpful. They will come out and personally show you plants and animals native to their region. They have a free nature walk everyday, and you get a free horseback ride. The restaurant is delicious, and accomodations are exquisite. This is not a 5... More

My husband and I stayed at Arenal Lodge on 12/29/11 - 12/31/11, at the beginning of our trip to Costa Rica. We enjoyed our stay and would recommend the Lodge. Pros were being out in the countryside and away from the crowds at the bigger resorts or La Fortuna, beautiful grounds, plenty of birds, and great breakfasts. Cons were that... More

It rained the whole time we were at Hotel Arenal but I could tell the view would have been great if it cleared up. We enjoyed the jacuzzi and the staff let us borrow nice robes to use. I thought it strange that you have to walk through the bar to get to the pool and Jacuzzi. There was a... More

This place is amazing. The rooms are huge and they have a wonderful deck that overlooks the jacuzzis and eternity pool as well as a magnificent view of Arenal volcano. The stay included a delicious breakfast and horseback riding. The staff were all very nice and helpful. The only problem I had was the internet was extremely slow, but you... More

I had never been to Costa Rica before and just got back ... mostly spent time at the beach area in Guanacaste, but wanted to experience the rain forest and the volcano Arenal. Arenal Lodge did not disappoint. Having not been there before I suppose I expected to see the hotel from the main road and just stop in ...... More

We stayed 4 days at the Arenal lodge. Overall it was ok. The room is fairly sized, and the balcony (with a roof) had a great view on the Vulcano. The two jacuzzi's they have are pleasent, and fit up to 4 people. We also enjoyed the two hours hiking tour that was included with our stay. There was a... More

What a wonderful place. We stayed here for a couple of nights, and were we pleased we did. The lodges are wonderful and modern, with all mod cons. Brilliant for a lodge near a rain forest. The food was as good as most top restaurants, so not cheap, but worth the money. Breakfast was very good as well. A real... More

There are only a few lodges in the La Fortuna area that offer good views of the volcano and we chose the Arenal Lodge (sometimes known locally as the Hotel Arenal Lodge) primarily because of the view it promised. And a great view it had! Unfortunately, the volcano was not active while we were there so there were no lava... More