2020-03-01_Wanderlust

Joshua

Roper;

Alamy

102 wanderlust.co.uk March 2020

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LAPA RIOS

Lapa Rios lodge sits on the edge

of Corcovado National Park – the

largest tract of primary tropical

forest on the Paci‡ic coast of Central

America — and there’s nowhere you’re more

likely to see jaguars. Or ‡ind jungle suites with

better from-the-bed views: over rolling,

rainforest-swathed hills to the shimmering

blue Golfo Dulce. The lodge generates its

own natural gas (from kitchen-scrap-fed

pigs), has a solar heating system, grows its

own fruit and vegetables and has been

supporting local schools for over 25 years.

Bungalow doubles from £675 per night,

full board with transfers; laparios.com

COSTA

RICAN

ECO-STAYS

SEVEN OF THE BEST

The UN’s newly crowned environmental Champion of the

Earth o ers sumptuous, sustainable wilderness stays –

in a string of extraordinary eco-lodges

WORDS ALEX ROBINSON