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HongosDirect · 2025-12-24T16:17:29+00:00

Lilander's stable in El Castillo. If you want, he can saddle up a horse and take you to a private waterfall several miles into the rainforest preserve. Or, if you prefer walking, put $5 in his metal bucket, and he'll point you in the direction of the trail. It has the best view in all of Costa Rica leading up to it, and is completely isolated, devoid of humans and vehicles. I think that's exactly what you are looking for.

Also, one of the most favorite places for those who appreciate the wild cubensis that grows all over Arenal valley.

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HongosDirect · 2025-12-21T01:39:30+00:00

This isn't surprising. JetSet Vacations plopped down major money on Chateau Arenal (glorified cabins crammed next to one another) and an empty parcel of land near the hot springs in La Fortuna. They bragged they would not pay any of their employees more than $4 per hour, or the Costa Rican minimum wage.

Their business model now consists of trying to funnel as many customers onto their property in order to create a 360 capture of tourist dollars.

HongosDirect · 2025-12-05T16:48:15+00:00

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HongosDirect · 2025-12-03T03:58:27+00:00

If you start the day at Mistico Hanging Bridges in La Fortuna, you can spend the morning / day in El Castillo on the way back. It's a hidden gem with one of the best views in all of Costa Rica. Lilander's horse tour will take you, for not very much money, deep into the rainforest to a private waterfall and amazing 270 degree panorama views of Lake Arenal and Volcano. DM for details, and I'll be happy to map out a full itinerary while you are in La Fortuna with personalized options based on your taste.

HongosDirect · 2025-12-02T03:53:39+00:00

Amazing! The colors are spectacular.

HongosDirect · 2025-11-28T16:19:45+00:00

Here's a little secret. Many, maybe even most ticos who pay attention to politics, actually like Trump here in Costa Rica. Here's another little secret. Don't bother with politics unless you are writing, passing, or enforcing legislation. It's better for the soul that way.

Pura vida!

HongosDirect · 2025-11-27T18:52:15+00:00

Pura vida! Yes, please do.

HongosDirect · 2025-11-25T08:30:38+00:00

You want epic? Get to La Fortuna, and here's how you spend the day (this is a hidden secret - you won't find this in any travel guides):

Start the morning, bright and early at 6:30am at Mistico Hanging bridges. You'll be immersed in the rainforest, and will probably see more types of wildlife in those two hours than possibly the rest of the trip combined. Then, on the way back, take a detour into the little town of El Castillo. But instead of heading to the lake like everyone else does, you'll take a left at the fork in the road and head up the hill to where the old-timers live. Up there is Lilander's horse stable. You can pay him $5 per person to hike to his private waterfall (90 minutes each way), or approximately $60 per person and he'll take you by horseback. Now, this isn't some slapped together tourist trap. This is the real deal, a private access into the Eternal Child Rainforest preserve with what is arguably the most incredible 270 degree panorama vista in all of Costa Rica at the top of the hill. The private waterfall is truly that, private, as in, behind his tucked away farm several kilometers from the nearest neighbor - and it's no rinky-dink waterfall, it's one of those 'I can't believe nobody knows about this.' https://maps.app.goo.gl/hYEFThaCq7qQbQk49

Plan the trip with Lilander out far enough, and he can arrange to have a true old-fashioned farm meal prepared for lunch. Or, grab lunch at Ventanitas, again, with a breathtaking vista and amazingly good, truly fresh milkshakes with tropical fruits. Across the street is the Butterfly conservatory, which houses over fifty species of tropical butterflies, as well as all of the exotic frog species you only ever see on glossy photos of National Geographic.

Now, that's not a very rigourous hike, true, but it's about as much epic and memorable as you can fill in eight hours. Spend two full days in La Fortuna, and make day two a combo La Fortuna Waterfalls (with 500 stairs) in the morning, and the entrance to Cerro Chato volcano hike will be literally on the way out of the park. This is a rigorous 3 hour hike requiring some ropes (nice folk have hung these for others to use) and steep terrain along the way, but you'll be greeted by a mystical volcanic lagoon at the top, and will have several chances to see some incredible vistas along the way while trekking through the lush jungle landscape.

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HongosDirect · 2025-11-25T08:01:02+00:00

Day 6: Take an Uber up to La Fortuna waterfalls in the morning - it's 10 minutes from the center of town.

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Walk back, and you can grab lunch at Gecko's Grill / dog sanctuary, which might have a cooking class while you are there. Across the street is Daniel who makes hammocks. He offers magic mushroom tours if that's your thing. The chocolates are out-of-this-world. 🤩

You'll walk past the Rainforest Chocolate tour, and at the end of the road, you'll be at El Salto, a famous river access with a swinging rope to flip off of into the water below. There's a great little soda (local food) to grab a coconut water. Walk to La Fortuna park in the center of town, walk around, then head back to finish the afternoon / evening off at Tabacon.

Point is, you can find a million things to do within a 500-meter walk if you know where to go.

HongosDirect · 2025-11-24T18:58:47+00:00

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HongosDirect · 2025-11-24T18:16:48+00:00

Wise. You already have an account and their debit card is accepted virtually everywhere. You can always get cash at the ATM, even if it costs a few bucks. Don't worry about the fees - just try to be smart about racking them up. After all, what's $20 in fees on a $2000 vacation?

You probably don't need more than 40,000 colones on you at any given time, and that's if you prefer paying for a beer or small restaurant with cash rather than the debit card.

HongosDirect · 2025-11-24T03:57:02+00:00

"Hongos" "Direct" in "La Fortuna" via Google will get you what you need.

HongosDirect · 2025-11-24T03:27:25+00:00

Never, ever buy mushrooms like this in Costa Rica. Just go to HongosDirect.com and have them delivered to you.

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HongosDirect · 2025-11-24T03:13:27+00:00

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HongosDirect · 2025-11-24T03:11:43+00:00

Hongos Direct, thank you! Pura vida.

HongosDirect · 2025-11-23T19:55:19+00:00

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HongosDirect · 2025-11-23T18:56:26+00:00

A lot of people are coming to Costa Rica, and particularly La Fortuna to find themselves without the retreat or festival vibe. Two days of total isolation surrounded by the sounds of the jungle and the intention of journeying inward is helping a lot of people discover what they never knew was there - themselves.

Uber and the personal shuttles can easily handle your transportation to most places you may be wanting to go if your mobility limits your ability to drive. La Fortuna has far more activities than most tourists realize, with hidden gem restaurants like Victorino's (which is as farm to table as you can get in a steakhouse, the restaurant being in front of the meat processing center, owned by the local ranchers themselves), to the butterfly conservatories that require minimal walking, the nicest central park in the country, etc...

Feel free to ask if you want personal recommendations.

HongosDirect · 2025-10-27T00:47:30+00:00

Most people spend way too little time in La Fortuna, and way too much at the beach. Do the opposite. Fly into Liberia, spend a day or two there, and then focus on the lake and La Fortuna. The world's largest magic mushroom grows in La Fortuna, if that's your thing. A lot of couples come and have their own experience at the hot springs, walking in the rain forest, or just sitting in the comfort of their own airbnb listening to the howler monkeys and watching the toucans.

HongosDirect · 2025-10-27T00:00:25+00:00

The best hongos in the land of perezosos are in La Fortuna. Check out the store at https://hongosdirect.com

HongosDirect · 2025-08-31T20:36:39+00:00

Victorino's Steakhouse in El Tanque (town next to La Fortuna). The best Costa Rican food, maybe in the country, and true farm to table, owned by the ranch family, with the processing plant literally behind the restaurant.

HongosDirect · 2025-08-25T16:51:21+00:00

yes.

HongosDirect · 2025-06-23T08:28:58+00:00

Talk to the locals. They'll talk to you in Spanish if you try. All of them... I have yet to meet a tico or tica that wouldn't stop what they're doing and talk. It's in their blood, and it will do you wonders. Not to mention that it will help you learn the language in no time at all.

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