Prepare For The Adventure of a Lifetime

Getting to all of our properties is easy. Our hotels and lodges can arrange all domestic transport for you including flights and ground transfers. Travelling between Cayuga Collection hotels? The team at Cayuga Travel will help you plan it all. Find more information on our dedicated Getting Here page or Chat with us.

Yes. In almost all parts of Costa Rica the drinking water is safe. The same goes for when you stay at any of our Cayuga Collection hotels and lodges. Our properties have their own water filtration systems – that means you’ll get 100% safe, potable water from the tap and you won’t find any single-use plastic water bottles nor plastic straws in sight.

If you don’t speak Spanish, don’t worry. At the Cayuga Collection hotels and lodges we speak excellent English. Apart from in the most rural areas, you should have little problem with language barriers — and we will be happy to teach you a bit of Spanish at our hotels as well!

All of the hotels and lodges that are operated by the Cayuga Collection are independently owned by individuals who share our sustainable philosophy and have a vision of preserving their natural surroundings and supporting their local communities.

The Cayuga Collection is named after Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York. Cayuga’s founders, Andrea Bonilla and Hans Pfister, both studied at Cornell University which sits on the lake’s shore, earning their degrees in Hotel Administration in the 1990s.

Costa Rica is the ultimate tropical getaway. Home to rainforests, cloud forests, active volcanoes, and both Caribbean and Pacific beaches, the opportunities for exploring – or relaxing – are endless. Despite its small size, Costa Rica holds approximately 5% of the world’s biodiversity, making it a dream destination for wildlife lovers too. Sloths, monkeys, scarlet macaws, toucans, quetzals and more are easily spotted in the wild.

Getting around is also hassle-free. Domestic, carbon neutral airlines like Sansa connect all the regions of Costa Rica. The longest internal flight route is under 1 hour. Roads and highways are well-maintained too, and driving between destinations is unlikely to ever take more than 4 hours.

Importantly, Costa Rica is also considered a safe travel destination. We don’t even have a national army!

At the intersection between two oceans and two continents, Panama is a narrow country, but one packed with culture, tropical beaches, Latin spirit, history, nature and wildlife. And making it all the more appealing is the fact that it’s still widely unexplored. With far more to see than just the famous Canal, Panama is an excellent destination for off the beaten path adventure and undisturbed relaxation.

Nicaragua is Central America’s hidden gem, easily reached directly or from Costa Rica. It’s only recently coming into its own as a tourist destination and still feels gloriously undiscovered. If you’re looking for an off the beaten path kind of escape, Nicaragua is a land of sprawling beaches, sleepy surf towns and picturesque colonial cities – Granada, on the banks of Lake Nicaragua, being the oldest on mainland America and one of the prettiest in all of Latin America. When adventure calls, you’ll be able to get your adrenaline fix by boarding down a volcano.

Carbon offsets are voluntary donations that can be made to compensate, or offset, greenhouse gas emissions from transport, electricity use, and other sources. In an effort to promote sustainable development and tourism, the Costa Rican Ministry of Environmental Affairs has created a program in which tourists can compensate the carbon emissions from their international flights by investing in programs that preserve and reforest natural areas within Costa Rica. You can find more information on the program’s website (http://www.fonafifo.go.cr/) or ask us!