Go With The Flow At Nalu Costa Rica's Newest Eco-Friendly Luxury Villa Retreat

Costa Rica’s expat community has the same story: one trip become two trips, one week the first time became two months the next, and before you know it, you’re living full time in Costa Rica. What makes this story quite different is what happened One family’s story changed quite a bit after the big move: after relocating with their two children on a nine-month trial run and living in Nosara for three years, a New York couple opened Nalu.
Nalu are architecturally impressive and Mother Earth-minded boutique villas in Nosara for yoga, fitness, and relaxation. The idea behind this stunning compound was to provide guests with the space, amenities, and luxuries to escape their everyday world and enter a place of peace, comfort, and inspiring natural beauty.

Two- and three-bedroom villas are available for rent at this a wonderful place for families, couples, and friends to come and reconnect with each other and nature. Nalu is harmoniously located within walking distance of the beach, restaurants, shops, and all that the little beach town of Playa Guiones, Nosara has to offer. Let the kids can run free, kick off your shoes, and just let go.

The villas and the fitness studio were designed by world-renowned architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe. Each villa includes a private saltwater pool, outdoor and indoor shower, multiple patios, lush garden, full kitchen (complete with a Ninja blender), spa bathrooms, luxurious linens, and beach towels. Open space design, high ceilings, and large windows create a wonderfully inviting home with a lot of natural light. The villas have only electricity-conserving LED bulbs and use solar power to both heat the water for showers and filter it so that it is safe for consumption, in turn eliminating the need for plastic bottles. Nalu also treats its own gray water and recycles it to water the abundant vegetation around the property.

Take a variety of yoga, kickboxing, and other fitness classes at the open-air fitness studio encompassed by dense plant life to feel like practicing yoga or working out in the middle of the jungle. Classes are open to the public, and the schedule changes each month, but expect classes like muay thai, TRX, jazz and hip hop, yin and restorative yoga, and vinyasa flow—as well as kid-friendly classes like kid karate—and equipment is provided.

Nalu is a truly unique place that will immediately feel like home for the duration of your vacation in Nosara. “Nalu” is Hawaiian for “wave” and also means “to go with the flow” (similar to the Costa Rican phrase, “pura vida”). The vibe of Nalu is simply that, to just go with the flow with a heart filled with eternal optimism.

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.