Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
An understated central lodge on a Papagayo clifftop, orbited by villas and canvas treetop tents over the Pacific.
Ritz-Carlton Reserve · Papagayo & Guanacaste · Costa Rica
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because few places combine a lush rainforest setting with top-flight luxury like the Papagayo peninsula, and its case is only made stronger here: the Reserve is Ritz-Carlton's top-end product and it shows, in a standard of service that is extremely high and in-room comforts that are first-rate in the canvas treetop tents as much as in the villas — tempting to call the definitive word on Papagayo.
- On a clifftop of the Papagayo peninsula, Guanacaste; Ritz-Carlton Reserve house.
- Rooms, suites, villas and canvas treetop tents, some reached by a wooden suspension bridge across a ravine; pools for distinct moods; the large spa and wellness complex; the beach club by funicular down the hillside; a generous run of restaurants; racquet club, golf, surf and sailing off site.
- Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds four-star standing.
The neighborhood
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo · Papagayo & Guanacaste — © Four SeasonsPapagayo & Guanacaste
The Pacific north-west — the Papagayo peninsula's clifftop resorts and the beaches of Guanacaste. The zone also takes in Guanacaste's dry-forest hills, the car-free town of Las Catalinas, the river gorges near Bagaces and the surf at Tamarindo and Nosara; Liberia airport is under an hour away.
- The cliff and the beach club below, by funicular.
- The Papagayo golf and racquet clubs, minutes away.
- Liberia airport, about forty-five minutes.
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