Luna Azul Hotel - Hotels Nosara

LUNA AZUL is a charming Boutique Hotel, Health and Nature Lodge located in Playa Ostional on Costa Rica's northwest Pacific Coast. Its close vicinity to the world famous turtle beach of Ostional makes Luna Azul the ultimate place for the observation of the big ?arribadas? when hundreds of thousands of marine sea turtles are landing at night for nesting. You will never forget this unique experience again!

Luna Azul offers you elegant lodging in spacious bungalows, fine dining in their ocean view restaurant and all the amenities of our health center: Medical massages, homeopathic treatments, Reiki classes.

Number Of Rooms:	12
Shuttle Service:	No
Check In:	2:00 md
Check Out:	12:00 md
Main Activity:	National Park

Would you like to combine finest accommodation with adventurous activities in an unspoiled nature? Look no further than Luna Azul: Swing over the valleys on the longest canopy tour in the world, ride on horseback through lush mountains and along pristine beaches and finish your day with a rebalancing massage on the veranda of your bungalow. An experience you will never forget!

Bird watching
Besides the outstanding conditions for turtle observation, Luna Azul offers a very interesting bird and monkey life. Go on a hike through the tropical forest of the Biological Reserve surrounding the hotel and along Rio Rosario to the beaches - the Howler Monkeys will accompany you!

Beach and surf
Hotel Luna Azul is close to the very beautiful beaches of Ostional (1 km) with excellent surfing conditions and to Playa San Juanillo (3,5 km), 4 romantic tropical bays protected by a reef, 3 of them with white and one with black sand.
The excellent surfer?s beach Playa Guiones in Nosara is a 25 minutes drive from Luna Azul.

More activities

Some more of the activities we offer you during your stay at Luna Azul are:

• First class horseback riding (mountains, rivers, beaches).
• Mangrove tours by Catamaran (Crocodiles, birds , monkeys).
• Boat trips on the ocean (sea turtles and dolphins).
• High class deep sea fishing in San Juanillo.

Hotel Luna Azul is located about 1 km from Playa Ostional, the most important nesting site of the Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Latin America. Go for a night tour and let yourself overwhelm by this incredible spectacle of nature: Hundreds of thousands of females arriving in huge ?arribadas? during several nights, digging a hole in the black sand and laying their eggs ( 100 to 110 per animal) into this nest.
The biggest ?arribadas? normally occur from July to December. During these mass arrivals, thousands of nests of the animals having landed early are destroyed by the later arriving ones; for this reason the local people from the village are allowed to collect eggs during the first phase of each ?arribada?. Turtle ?arribadas? in Ostional are supervised by the national wildlife protection authorities.
Fortunately, the zoologists report that the Ostional population of this endangered species is stable or even slightly growing on the contrary of other populations in different countries. The fact that the beach of Ostional is also visited by other endangered turtle species like i.e. the huge and extremely rare Leatherback Turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea ), makes it one of the most important breeding places of marine turtles worldwide.
One of the Swiss owners of Luna Azul, having a specific education in Natural Medicine with a long experience in a specialised swiss practice, offers a whole variety of different treatments like:

• Bach Flowers
• Californian Flowers
• Reiki
• Medical Massages
• Homeopathy

Or just join a course in Japanese Reiki (2 days courses) to learn how to relax and to let your energies flow!