The first residence of the Alegre Collection
Casa Bosque Alegre · Laguna del Hule, Costa Rica
One nightly rate.
Meals, tours & transfers included.
A private escape on Costa Rica's northern slope, near the emerald crater lagoon of Laguna del Hule, where volcanic highlands give way to rainforest. Your stay includes meals by our in-house cook, three signature tours, housekeeping, daily laundry, tour transport and SJO airport transfers, so you can simply arrive.
- Breakfast & dinner
- Three signature tours
- Daily housekeeping
- Daily laundry service
- Transportation
From $595 per night for up to 4 guests · 4-night minimum · USD, plus 13% IVA
Header photo: Laguna de Hule, Bosque Alegre Wildlife Refuge (area photo, not the property) · Marlonmarinc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What's included
One rate, the essentials handled.
Your nightly rate covers the things that usually take the most planning. No meal reservations, no rental car on mountain roads, no booking tours one by one.
Breakfast, every morning
Start each day with a traditional Costa Rican breakfast, cooked in the house by Marisol, our in-house cook, with Costa Rican coffee, a fresh local juice and water. Meet gallo pinto.
Dinner, every evening
Unwind after a day outdoors with dinner cooked in the house by Marisol, our in-house cook. Dietary needs and restrictions are accommodated on request, and all food is sourced from local farmers and shops.
Three signature tours
Included with every stay of four nights or more: a crater-lagoon kayak and hike, a dinosaurs-and-hot-springs day, and La Paz Waterfall Gardens, with transportation and park entry. Three-night stays include your choice of two signature tours.
Daily housekeeping & laundry
Fresh rooms each day while you're out exploring, with nothing to tidy before you leave.
Daily laundry service included: leave your laundry in the home's laundry room in the morning, and it's washed, dried, and folded by the time you're back from your day's tour.
Transportation
Transport to and from your tours, plus airport pickup and return at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). No rental car or mountain driving needed.
Simple, transparent
One nightly rate in USD, set before you arrive. See exactly what's not included in our FAQ.
Breakfast, the Costa Rican way
Good mornings start with gallo pinto
Breakfast is traditional Costa Rican, cooked in the house by Marisol, our in-house cook. At its heart is gallo pinto: rice and black beans fried together with onion, sweet pepper and cilantro, seasoned with Salsa Lizano.
It's typically served with eggs, fried sweet plantains, fresh cheese or natilla (sour cream), corn tortillas and tropical fruit, alongside Costa Rican coffee, a fresh local juice and water.
Rates · Casa Bosque Alegre
From $595 / night
For up to 4 guests · meals, signature tours & SJO transfers included · 4-night minimum stay
- DailyBreakfast
- NightlyDinner
- 3Signature tours
- DailyHousekeeping
- DailyLaundry service
- IncludedTransportation
- +$95Extra guestsper guest per night above 4 guests, up to 10 guests. Children count toward guest limits; under-3s don't.
- $695Three-night staysper night for up to 4 guests (+$95 per extra guest); includes your choice of two signature tours
- Every 7th night freeWeekly specialEvery seventh night is on us, extra-guest charges included. Stay 14 nights, get 2 free.
Example 4 nights for 4 guests: 4 × $595 = $2,380, plus 13% IVA ($309.40) = $2,689.40 USD
Check availabilityPrices in USD. 13% IVA (Costa Rica sales tax) is added at checkout.
Payment: 50% at booking, balance 60 days before arrival (in full if booking within 60 days).
$500 refundable damage deposit (card hold, released within 7 days after checkout).
The setting
A lagoon inside a volcano
Laguna del Hule is the largest of three lakes in a volcanic crater on Costa Rica's northern slope. It is protected, along with Laguna Congo and the smaller Laguna Bosque Alegre, by the Bosque Alegre Wildlife Refuge, created in 1994.
From the lookout, the lagoon is a deep emerald bowl ringed by forested crater walls. A trail drops through rainforest to the shoreline, where toucans, howler and white-faced monkeys and, with luck, a sloth may appear.
The refuge sits between the Central Volcanic Range and the Caribbean lowlands of Sarapiquí, which puts cloud-forest waterfalls, river adventures and chocolate farms within reach of one base.
Casa Bosque Alegre is about 10 minutes from the refuge, and the crater kayak and hike is the first of our signature tours.
3Crater lagoons
1,150 mAcross Laguna del Hule
840 haProtected refuge
1994Refuge established
Sources: Visit Costa Rica (ICT) · Wikipedia / SINAC · Wanderflow
The Alegre Collection · Locations
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A growing collection of private residences across Costa Rica, from the volcanic northern plains to the Osa Peninsula.
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First residence
Casa Bosque Alegre
Pata de Gallo · Río Cuarto, Alajuela · near Laguna del Hule
Our first residence, near the crater lagoons of the Bosque Alegre Wildlife Refuge.
4 bedrooms · 3 bathrooms · sleeps 10
Pool · soccer court · basketball hoop · air conditioning · daily laundry
Full kitchen · kamado-style grill · gas grill · outdoor pizza oven · private trails
From $595/night · up to 10 guests
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Where we are
From the volcanic north to the Osa Peninsula
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