31 stays and trips · Updated
It depends what you want from Central & South America. 31 stays and trips here are on High Vibe Vacay; the most common values are Connection with Nature and Inspires Awe and Wonder. Start with Nayara Springs, Belmond Hotel das Cataratas, Belmond Rio Sagrado, or filter the directory by value.
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Nayara Springs
An adults-only rainforest retreat at the foot of Arenal Volcano, with yoga and meditation among the trees, dawn bird walks and a sloth sanctuary.
Photo: Gabriel Resende Veiga / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Belmond Hotel das Cataratas
A historic hotel inside Iguaçu National Park, facing the falls.
Belmond Rio Sagrado
Riverside casitas along the Urubamba River in Peru’s Sacred Valley.
Belmond Sanctuary Lodge
A lodge beside the entrance to the Machu Picchu citadel, high in the Andes.
Las Casitas, a Belmond Hotel
Twenty casitas with terraces and plunge pools in Peru’s Colca Valley. MICHELIN notes days of hiking and birdwatching.
Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Punta Cacique
A resort on the Punta Cacique headland on Costa Rica’s Guanacaste coast.
Photo: Christophe Meneboeuf / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Costa Rica Escape with Tortuguero (K3Q)
Rainforest, hanging bridges, Arenal and Monteverde with the logistics handled.
GlobusFrom $1,889 pp, as of October 2026
Photo: Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Patagonia: Journey to the End of the World (SF), Small Group Discovery
Guided hikes in Torres del Paine with two nights at Hotel Las Torres, the Perito Moreno Glacier, and a naturalist-led hike in Tierra del Fuego.
GlobusFrom $9,634 pp, as of October 2026
JW Marriott Costa Elena Resort & Spa, All-Inclusive
JW Marriott’s first all-inclusive resort, opened in fall 2026 above the secluded bay of Playa El Jobo in Guanacaste, with a Mindfulness House and an on-property JW Garden.
andBeyond Vira Vira
A lodge on a private reserve on the Liucura River with views to Villarrica Volcano.
Arenas del Mar
A beachfront rainforest resort beside Manuel Antonio on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.
Awasi Atacama
A desert lodge in Chile’s Atacama, one of the driest places on Earth.
Awasi Iguazú
An all-inclusive rainforest lodge near Iguazú Falls, with private guided excursions and farm-to-table cooking.
Awasi Patagonia
Villas on a private reserve beside Torres del Paine National Park.
Awasi Santa Catarina
Private villas between forest and sea on Brazil’s Emerald Coast, with guided nature outings and an organic garden harvest experience.
Bahia Vik José Ignacio
A beach hotel on the José Ignacio coast, sharing Vik’s organic-garden cooking program.
Blancaneaux Lodge
Francis Ford Coppola’s original Belize hideaway, with river pools and thatched cabanas in the Mountain Pine Ridge.
Corcovado Wilderness Lodge by SCP
A rainforest lodge on 189 acres of the Osa Peninsula beside Corcovado National Park, with organic produce in the kitchen.
Estancia Vik José Ignacio
An estancia (ranch) estate near José Ignacio, with a large organic herb garden and garden cooking classes.
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo
A resort on a forested peninsula on the Gulf of Papagayo with a Wellness Shala for yoga and meditation.
Hotel Belmar
A family-owned cloud-forest hotel in Monteverde with yoga, horseback riding and hiking, an on-site juice bar and its Finca Madre Tierra organic farm.
Hotel Nantipa
A small beachfront hotel in Santa Teresa where the jungle meets the sand, with daily yoga at its Numu wellness space and sea-to-table cooking at Manzú.
Lapa Rios Lodge
An eco-lodge in its own 1,000-acre private rainforest reserve near Corcovado National Park.
Photo: nearsjasmine / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mashpi Lodge
A glass-walled lodge in a private cloud-forest reserve northwest of Quito.
Nayara Gardens
A rainforest resort at the foot of Arenal Volcano, with organic cacao experiences.
Nayara Tented Camp
Tented villas in the rainforest near Arenal Volcano.
Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
A Ritz-Carlton Reserve on a secluded Pacific peninsula where tropical dry forest meets the ocean.
Pikaia Lodge
A base for exploring the Galápagos Islands.
Photo: Gonzalo Baeza / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
The Singular Patagonia
A hotel in a restored historic cold-storage plant on a Patagonian fjord.
Photo: Central Intelligence Agency / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Tabacón Thermal Resort & Spa
Natural hot springs and a thermal river near Arenal Volcano.
T+L World’s Best 2026 · Best International Wellness Retreats
Tierra Patagonia
A lodge facing the Paine massif. Its all-inclusive packages include excursions such as horseback riding and hiking, and its Uma Spa lists yoga.
