Offbeat Costa Rica
Alajuela
Quiet corners of Costa Rica, shared by people who have been there. Filter by province or browse everything.
Las Gemelas
Twin blue waterfalls side by side at the end of a long, muddy guided hike through Bajos del Toro's pastures and forest.
Offbeat score 4 of 5Finca Dos Ríos
A farm in Bajos del Toro with a run of turquoise pools, a cave behind a water curtain and two different-coloured waterfalls meeting side by side.
Offbeat score 4 of 5
Bajos del Toro
A small farming valley between Poás and Sarchí with more waterfalls per kilometre than anywhere else in Costa Rica.
Offbeat score 2 of 5Catarata del Toro
A narrow, powerful fall plunging around 90 metres into the crater of an extinct volcano.
Offbeat score 2 of 5Blue Falls of Costa Rica
A chain of milky-blue cascades and pools next to Catarata del Toro, coloured by volcanic minerals.
Offbeat score 2 of 5Tesoro Escondido
A farm walk through blackberry fields to two blue waterfalls. Most visitors stop at the first and miss the bigger one upstream.
Offbeat score 4 of 5Cascadas Pozo Azul
A towering fall in Colonia del Toro with a steep jungle descent, crystal pools and more cascades downstream.
Offbeat score 4 of 5Poza La Presa
An easy family walk past a dairy farm to an old dam, a jump-in pool and a second cascade.
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Laguna Hule
A volcanic crater lake hidden in forest, close to the La Paz waterfalls but rarely busy.
Offbeat score 3 of 5