Part 1: A Natural Treasure to Visit
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In San Bernardo de Bagaces lowlands, in our Guanacaste Province, there is an incredible and maybe called “the only one” for many visitors. Its name is “Río Perdido Hotel & Thermal River.”
It becomes more special, due to the elevated peninsula, formed by two converging canyons. This means that the cold-water-river “Río Blanco” (White River) joins the thermal waters of “Río Perdido” (Lost River), making a final “touch” in a third tributary.
An interesting data is that the trees that grow in these canyons are huge, because they have an annual nutritive, mineralized water source. They grow up to 10 times more than the dwarf trees that are on the dry soils located in higher lands. These big trees can be as tall as the same canyon. This is a wonderful experience in sight!!
In the rainy season, when all the foliage is plentiful and green, the canyon practically disappears from the eyesight. In addition, a bird flying over the same canyon could not be seen due to the plentiful river’s camouflage. It is indeed a lost river… This is the origin of its name: “Río Perdido” (Lost River).
This natural treasure was greatly inspiring this project’s development. Several years were dedicated to work in order to make this place accessible to the visitors in a sustainable way in which its natural beauty would be never endangered. It joins all the key elemental services in one main building, with three areas that cover less than the 1% of all the nature reserve. It uses almost all the existent trails, avoiding the deforestation. Next week, we will be back with the second part of this interesting project.
Photo by: Río Perdido Hotel & Thermal River
