Luna Nueva Lodge

Facilities

• Dining: Meals are served buffet-style, with guests helping themselves to the extensive selection and eating together. The food is superb - much of it is organically grown at the Lodge - with delicious fresh fruit and Costa Rican dishes
• Communal areas: The Lodge has luscious gardens landscaped with waterfalls, fountains and stone walkways, offering blissful corners to get away from everyone. There's a meditation area underneath giant bamboo, plus an observation platform with 360-degree views (including Arenal Volcano)
• Internet Access: WiFi is available in the main lodge
• Swimming Pool: There's a beautiful spring-water pool, and a solar-heated Jacuzzi
• Spa Treatments: Massages and other treatments are available at the spa; massages can also be arranged (with advance notice) on the open-sided balcony
• Recreational: Guests are invited to join a free tour of the farm which includes a visit to the biointensive garden, where plants and herbs are grown for the restaurant. You'll also learn how the animals add to the sustainability of the farm, and finally be shown how the composting and biodynamic systems create a more fertile land
• Weddings and Celebrations: Not suitable
• Meetings/Functions: The Lodge can accommodate meetings for up to 25 people; projector, screen and WiFi are available
• Disabled Access: One room has been adapted for wheelchair use and there's a wheelchair accessible rainforest trail
• Pets: Not accepted
• Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, Russian and some French

Environmental Policy

Environmental measures include grey water treatment, recycling, custom-made furniture from recycled materials, organic soaps and shampoos.

Social Responsibility

Luna Nueva Lodge lies alongside The Children's Eternal Rainforest - a growing area of 54,000 acres of pristine forest being preserved for children of the future, by children from 44 countries around the world, and initiated by New Chapter, the parent company of Luna Nueva. There's also an experimentation area with native species of trees and forest restoration treatments, and the Lodge maintains trails to be used by ecotourists, students and researchers.

When to go?

The Lodge is beautiful all year round. November to April are the best months for sunshine, but note that December to March is high season and Arenal gets very busy (though Luna Nueva remains tranquil). The ‘Green’ season, from May to September, is a great time to visit: it’s sunny in the mornings - and this is when you should get out and make the most of the surrounding area - and rainy in the afternoons. For 2 weeks late June, early July, there’s often a Veranillo - 'little summer' - when the weather temporarily improves. The rain can be strong in September and October.

Author's tips

Unwind, relax, explore the rainforest and the farm, and then bring a book and lie in a hammock. This is a place where you’ll want to spend a few days - at least 4 days, maybe a week.

Features include:

• Organic produce
• Vegetarian menu
• Breakfast
• Lunch by arrangement
• Dinner by arrangement
• Garden
• WIFI internet
• Outdoor pool
• In room treatments available
• Jacuzzi/hot tub
• Meeting rooms
• Disabled access
• Airport Transfers