Costa Rica Blue River Thermal Resort

Flowers, Birds and Thermal Pool

Blue River Resort and Hot Springs is located in the province of Guanacaste. The resort is located in the Rincon de la Vieja rainforests. 

Resort Accommodation

Garden Walkway

Thermal Steam Cave

The garden area at Blue River hosts a variety of plants, flowers, birds and butterflies. The following pictures are just a few of the plants and flowers.

Bird of Paradise

False Ginger

There is a butterfly house located in the garden. This is a beautiful area to sit and watch the local butterflies.

Costa Rica Borinquen Thermal Resorts

Beautiful Costa Rica 

This was our fourth visit to Costa Rica. The area we explored this time was the province of Guanacaste in the northwest area of the country from Liberia up to the Nicaragua Border.

We rented a car from Avis and thought we had a great deal on insurance. However, when we went to pick up the car, we had to pay an additional cost for local insurance. 

Before driving to our first accommodation, we stopped in Libera for water, snacks, lunch food, and beer at Walmart, cash from the bank ATM, and a quick meal from McDonald's. We chose to fly overnight from Los Angeles, landing at the international airport in Liberia and arriving before 7 AM. 

We had booked accommodation at three Costa Rican thermal resorts before doing an all-inclusive resort on the beach. The first location was Borinquen Thermal Resort. Check-in at all our accommodations was not until 3PM with no exceptions. We were prepared and had our carry-on luggage with our bathing suits and sandals so we could use the pools until our room was available. We left our luggage in the car until we could access our room.

Borinquen Resort Accommodation

Thermal Pools

 Outdoor Wood Grill

Borinquen Resort is located on the side of a volcano. The rooms are either separate or attached buildings. This requires a lot of walking uphill or requesting a ride from the transportation vehicle.

 

Climbing the Hill

View from the Top