Road Trips in Costa Rica
The best way to understand Costa Rica is through its roads. Mountain passes that reveal the country from four different angles. Coastal routes where the Pacific appears around a bend. The drives themselves are destinations.
🔭 Viewpoints
Parque Eólico Valle Central
A ridge of spinning turbines above San José where the city finally makes sense at your feet
Santa Ana
🔭 Viewpoints
Mirador Cerro Plano
One of Monteverde's best free viewpoints and a favorite spot for sunset watching with views of the Pacific, colorful sunsets, and dramatic mountain scenery.
Monteverde
🥾 Hiking
Cerro Caballito
Challenge yourself on this rewarding summit hike for spectacular 360° views across the Nicoya Peninsula and Pacific coastline.
Nicoya
🔭 Viewpoints
Mirador El Silencio
One of the best panoramic viewpoints in the entire Arenal region
Arenal
🥾 Hiking
Varablanca
Known for its cool climate, cloud forests, waterfalls, dairy farms, strawberry fields, and spectacular mountain scenery
Heredia
🔭 Viewpoints
Mirador Colada
One of the most scenic viewpoints inside the Arenal Volcano area
San Carlos
🔭 Viewpoints
Hacienda Sitio de Mata
A historic coffee and sugarcane estate overlooking the stunning Turrialba Valley.
Turrialba
🔭 Viewpoints
Lake Arenal
Shimmering waters stretch beneath the iconic silhouette of Arenal Volcano, offering breathtaking sunrise views, world-class wind sports and scenic drives
Tilaran
🔭 Viewpoints
Mirador Nacaome
One of the most spectacular viewpoints inside Barra Honda National Park
Nicoya
🔭 Viewpoints
Finca Libertad Pura
A family-run mountain retreat where rural life, scenic landscapes, and authentic agritourism come together.
San Ramon
💎 Hidden Gems
El Fortín
A crumbling colonial watchtower above Cartago where the Central Valley opens into everything
Heredia
🥾 Hiking
Cerro Dragón
Breathtaking mountain panoramas, misty cloud forests, and one of Costa Rica’s most dramatic highland landscapes.
Aserri
🔭 Viewpoints
Mirador Candelaria
One of the quieter hidden viewpoints in the hills above Atenas
Atenas
🥾 Hiking
Cerro Chato
A collapsed volcano crater now holding a cold green lake, climbed through Arenal's shadow
La Fortuna
🔭 Viewpoints
Mirador de Jacó
One of the most famous viewpoints on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast
Garabito
🥾 Hiking
Cerro Pelado
Scenic hike, known for its rolling grassy ridges, panoramic views, and spectacular sunrises and sunsets
Tilaran
🏊 Swimming
Playa Penca
one of Guanacaste's best hidden beaches
Santa Cruz