LAPA RIOS LODGE Costa Rica

Split down the middle by two mountain ranges, Costa Rica covers some 12 tropical zones, and although it accounts for 0.03 per cent of the Earth’s surface, it is home to more than five per cent of the world’s wildlife species. When you stay at Lapa Rios – one of

National Geographic’s Unique Lodges of the World – this environmental bounty is on your doorstep: think vast tropical rainforests, active volcanoes, more than 10,000 species of plants and 230-plus types of mammals.

This part of the world is where ecotourism was born, so it comes as no surprise that Lapa Rios, perched on the Osa Peninsula, continues the tradition with a luxe twist. The goal of any stay here is to remind guests just how wild and wonderful the world really is; to encourage blue-sky ideas by putting you under actual blue skies.

Daily team-building activities include helping with development projects in local communities; hiking with expert naturalists who offer interpretations of the region’s biodiversity, and dolphin spotting. There are also workshops detailing local and regional sustainability projects, held in the breezy, palm-thatched main lodge encased by rainforest. laparios.com

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