Santa Teresa is a hidden gem in the Nicoya Peninsula just a short 20-minute flight from San Jose. It is a small surfing beach town with a charm and aura that takes anybody’s breath away. The town offers all kinds of services including banking, medical care, supermarkets, and many unique shopping experiences. Surrounded by rainforest and the Pacific Ocean, there are plenty of activities for a colleagues, group of Friends or family to strengthen personal ties by experiencing exciting activities and places, enjoying amazing food and drinks, or simply relaxing by the beach and pool.

We recommend a 3-night stay at the hotel which allows for a combination of full and half day activities, three Costa Rican breakfasts served at the hotel, and three lunches and dinners. Following you will find the sections that provide the choices for each activity and restaurant that we are proposing. At the end of the website, you will find a fillable PDF for an application to the program where you will tell us about your group visit including proposed dates of travel and the number of guests and rooms and your interest in activities and restaurants experiences. Our hotel offers a range of accommodations and the best place to find pictures and descriptions of the rooms is in the hotel’s website at www.hotelsantateresa.com.

Anything is possible in the make-up of a trip like this. It can be for longer stays, include a special activity that the group wants to do or even arrange for special events. We’re here to collaborate with you on creating the experience you want and helping you with all details to make your stay the way you want it to be!

Check In: 2:00pm / Check Out Time: 11:00am

The client will present the credit card at check in to warranty the reservation.
Our FrontDesk department will request the credit card to check in at hotel.
In our hotel we accept credit cards, debit cards and cash.

Cancellations Policy

High season from January 04th to March 31st, 2023

The guest can cancel free of charge until 30 days before arrival. The guest will be charged the total price of the reservation if they cancel in the 30 days before arrival.
If the guest doesn’t show up, they will be charged the total price of the reservation.
The guest will be charged a prepayment of the total price of the reservation in the 30 days before arrival.

Low Season from April 10th to December 24th, 2023

The guest can cancel free of charge until 14 days before arrival. The guest will be charged the total price of the reservation if they cancel in the 14 days before arrival.
If the guest doesn’t show up, they will be charged the total price of the reservation.
The guest will be charged a prepayment of the total price of the reservation in the 14 days before arrival.

Peak season: Non-Refundable

From April 01st to April 09th, 2023
From December 25th to January 03rd, 2024
Minimum night stay requirement
Minimum stay requirements apply of 2 nights at Christmas, New Year. 25 December 2022 to 3 January 2023 / 2023 – 2024.

Children policy

Children of any age are allowed.
Children up to and including 5 years old can stay for free.
Children from 6 years old to 11 years old can stay for USD 40.00 per child per night.
Over 11 years old we are considered as adults $65 + taxes.

Non smoking policy

Hotel Santa Teresa is a non-smoking hotel, except for designated areas.
All rooms are non-smoking.
Pet policy
• Pets are allowed.
• All pets must have the necessary equipment to sleep.
• All pets must always be under the supervision of the owner responsible for them.
• The owners will be responsible for collecting the excrements left in the public areas of the hotel and the gardens.
• It is forbidden for pets to sleep on the furniture of the hotel and any expenses caused by damage or special cleaning that is required due to such a situation, will be borne by the owner of the pet.
• Pets cannot be inside the room when the owner is absent.
• Any damage caused by the pet is the responsibility of its owner.
• The space and tranquility of the other guests must be respected.
• Hotel Santa Teresa is not responsible for illness, death, loss, etc. of the pet.

We are proud to offer (which is included in the room rate) a full-service Costa Rican-style breakfast that includes a fresh fruit bar (brought daily from the country’s central mountains) and a breakfast plate served to your table with eggs prepared to order, Gallo Pinto (rice and beans), fresh white cheese and exquisite breads.

In the room you will find high quality cotton sheets and duvets, oversized pillows, top quality towels and toiletries. We offer a variety of rooms, including rooms with views of the ocean or the central courtyard with large balconies. All beds are Queen or King size.

The hotel is part of a mixed-use project that offers many services such as a bank, pharmacy, and fine clothing boutiques. There is an upscale supermarket close to the hotel.

The Malpais Canopy Tour starts with transportation from the hotel with a 25 minute driving time. An exciting activity with an experienced guide and helper will take you safely through lush rainforests and views of the Pacific.  Total tour is approximately two hours.

These beaches are unique and offer incredible beauty with a combination of wide open areas to some offering rocky formations and adjoining tropical rainforest vegetation. 

The excursions will last approximately two hours.

Offered at the Nantipa Hotel (located approximately 10 minutes from the hotel). Enjoy a state-of-the-art facility with a seasoned yoga and meditation instructor. Class lasts one hour and transportation is included.

Tour through the hills and mountains surrounding Santa Teresa in your own ATV. A guide will be provided, and last approximately four hours.

Lessons will be provided at Carmen Beach next to the hotel. A seasoned instructor will be present to provide guidance and maintain the group safe. The

lesson will last about one and a half hours.  While you’re there, the beach area around the hotel provides opportunities for great walks heading north to Santa Teresa Beach which is a 3 mile round trip, and heading south to the natural saltwater swimming pools that form during low tide in the Malpais beach some 300 yards from us.

As an extension to the Montezuma tour above, you can add a visit to Costa Rica’s first National Park.  It will add about one hour.  

The park contains an open green area were historical accounts on how the park was founded in 1963 and led the way to making Costa Rica contain a large percentage of land designated as national parks and conservation areas (over 25% of the total land area of the country).  This park fronts expansive rocky sand and deep blue water as this is the very tip of the Nicoya peninsula.  Across the channel and in full view from the park sits the Capo Blanco Marine Conservation key which has never been visited by man.

Montezuma is a half an hour drive from our hotel. Once you arrive, you’ll be hiking for one mile below a canopied tree-covered and shaded trail and arrive at the first waterfalls and bathing holes in the river. After exploring the waterfalls, your driver will take you on a short ride to have traditional fresh fish lunch by the sea in historical Montezuma. 

The entire excursion lasts around 4 hours.

Isla Tortuga sits in the middle of the Gulf of Nicoya and is reached using a 35 or 42 foot boat (depending on number of guests) fitted with twin-outboard engines.  The boat trip lasts about an hour in each direction.  The views are majestic, as the rugged coastline of the islands you are passing by drop almost vertically showing rainforest vegetation that covers the entire keys in the gulf, and streams that flow down and become waterfalls as they hit the ocean.  

Before you arrive at Isla Tortuga, you will make a short stop on one of many isolated beaches located in conservation-designated small mountainous keys. On the way to lunch at the beach in Tortuga, you will snorkel a rocky key that creates amazing currents containing colorful fish.

In Isla Tortuga you will be surrounded by a white sand beach where you will enjoy lunch with locally prepared fish and Costa Rican side dishes.  The beach provides rentals of lounge chairs and offers a bar, Wi-Fi, proper bathroom areas and water sports activities are also available.

This is considered a full day tour as it’ll last approximately seven hours including transportation to the boat launch area.

Whale Watching Extension (Seasonal)

During the months of August and September, humpback whales migrate to the Gulf of Nicoya looking for warmer waters and low depths to teach their offspring to swim.