Top 5 Hot Springs in Costa Rica

1.Arenal Volcano and Thermal Hot Springs from San Jose

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 236 reviews · 13 hours (approx.) · from $195Our pick

Review of the Arenal Volcano and hot springs tour from San Jose, with Sarchi, meals, transport, costs, timing, and practical booking advice.

“If you’re looking for a proper day out of San Jose, this is a good place to start. Erik, our guide, was incredibly knowledgeable and personable throughout the entire experience. Our driver, Edgar, deserves a statue built to him for being able to drive through the fog, mountains, and around all of the other traffic with ease and comfort for those of us on the bus. It was a decent sized group, 13 adults and 1 child, and everything was included, minus breakfast. But we were given opportunities at each stop to pick up other guests to quickly grab something if we wanted to. The stop at the ox cart…”

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2.Baldi Hot Springs Day Pass in La Fortuna: 25 Thermal Pools

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 137 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $60

Review of Baldi Hot Springs in La Fortuna, with 25 pools, slides, meals, prices, practical tips, and advice on who should book.

“Our family (16, 14, 4, 2) really enjoyed the hot springs and kids section as well. It is a very cool tropical place, we bought the 2 meal option and it was pretty much the exact same food for both meals in the buffet and thus not fresh at all. We were in La Fortuna for 8 days and this was the only food we bought that we were not really impressed by. The Springs are worth the day pass.”

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3.Mineral Hot Springs Full Day Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 135 reviews · 1 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $47Best value

Review of Paradise Hot Springs in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, with pool details, meal advice, prices, practical tips, and who should book.

“I went only for the afternoon and the evening, and I really enjoyed the relax. The baths were nice and warm, some of them really hot and we stayed there only a few minutes. There is a towel provided with deposit, changing rooms and showers and lockers available.”

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4.Arenal Hanging Bridges, Guided Walk, Hot Springs Optional

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 80 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $87Top rated

Review of La Fortuna’s Arenal Hanging Bridges tour, with guide-led forest walks, wildlife spotting, transport, pricing, accessibility, and booking advice.

“Andreas was a great tour guide! Very knowledgeable about the local flora and fauna. Didn’t hesitate to stop the group to look for animals. We saw lots of snakes and frogs!”

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5.Arenal Volcano Combination Tour: Zipline, Tubing and Hot Springs

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 48 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $176

Review of La Fortuna’s 4-hour zipline, tubing, Maleku Village, and hot springs tour, with practical advice on price, pace, and suitability.

“Amazing experience. We did the zip lining/ rappel and tubing down the rapids plus hot springs at the end. So much fun. We have done zip lining several times in the past and these lines seemed really fast. The tour guides on both experiences were amazing. The tubing in the rapids has been the highlight of our trip so far. My group was my family of six ages, 21, 23, 24, 43, 44 and my mom 67! The compassion that was shown to my mom on the rapids is un heard of. She flipped over (which most of our group did) and one of the tour guides said “(Mama) I’m…”

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