The Waterfall Town Costa Rica Keeps to Itself

Past La Fortuna, Past the Crowds

Most first-time visitors to Costa Rica book La Fortuna and call the waterfall box checked. Two hours further into the mountains of Alajuela, Bajos del Toro is doing the same thing quieter — no tour buses, no ticket lines, just a small town wrapped around powerful waterfalls and rivers so blue they look retouched. Catarata del Toro drops into a volcanic crater you can hike down into; Pozo Azul's water holds a color that seems to come from somewhere other than the sky.

Small on Purpose

There isn't much of a town here — a few sodas, a handful of family-run lodges, farmland climbing the hills in every direction. That's not an oversight. It's a place that has managed to stay exactly the size it wants to be while destinations an hour away have grown into full resort corridors.

The Spirit We Built Around

Our Costa Rica Collection is rooted in that same idea — nature and Pura Vida without the performance. Bajos del Toro is the version of the country that doesn't need to convince you of anything.

Curated for the journey.

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