Costa Rica's Hacienda Guachipelín Is a Family Fun Bonanza

[Shannon Farley]

Costa Rica is always great for family vacations, with its exotic wildlife, amazing nature, thrilling adventure tours, and of course, being the safest place to travel in 2016.

Families who travel to Costa Rica know that the charming Central American country is a fun, easy and safe family vacation destination. Costa Rica is not only a most recommended travel hotspot in the world; it also tops the list of safe places to travel in 2016.

Costa Rica is always a great place for families to travel with kids. You have incredible wildlife, rainforests and cloud forests, adventure tours, and live volcanoes. The country is known for its friendly people and good service, along with its commitment to the environment and to peace. And who wouldn’t want to visit the happiest country on Earth?

What makes Costa Rica so great for families is that each day can bring a different adventure: sighting monkeys, sloths and iguanas in the jungle, thrilling zip lining, river rafting, swimming by waterfalls, and hiking near a volcano, to name a few.

At family-friendly Hacienda Guachipelin in Guanacaste, there are plenty of activities to keep the whole family busy during the day and comfortable accommodations to spend the night. Besides being sustainable and as organic as possible, meals at Hacienda Guachipelin’s restaurant are delicious, abundant and varied. A huge breakfast is provided as part of the room rate.

The traditional Costa Rican ranch by the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano National Park, offers fun nature and adventure tours with one-day passes, which include lunch.

With Hacienda Guachipelin’s One Day Nature Pass, you can swim at waterfalls and natural volcanic hot springs, go hiking in the Rincón de la Vieja National Park, learn about ancient cultures on an archaeology tour, and see exotic wildlife in the ranch’s butterfly garden, serpentarium & frog exhibit. The dry tropical forest covering the western side of Rincón de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste creates an interesting ecosystem for many different animals and plants than you would see elsewhere in Costa Rica.

Hacienda Guachipelin’s One Day Adventure Pass gives you the best combination of Costa Rica adventure tours: zip lining, horseback riding, river tubing, and natural volcanic hot springs.

You don’t have to be a hotel guest to enjoy Hacienda Guachipelin’s Adventure Center, open every day from 8 am to 5 pm. Many day visitors staying in other Guanacaste locations come to the popular eco-adventure hotel for tours.