Planning a trip to La Fortuna?
Skip the weeks of research.
Avoid expensive mistakes. Know exactly where to stay, what to do, and how to plan your La Fortuna trip with confidence.
La Fortuna is amazing, but it’s also easy to mess up.
Not only are there incredible hot springs, there are dozens of them, from expensive to free.
Which one is the right one for your trip?
Where do you find the free hot springs?
Should you stay at a hot springs resort?
Or should you stay at a hotel and get a day pass for hot springs?
Before you even get there, you have to make all the most expensive decisions.
Which airport: SJO or LIR?
Which hotel or resort fits your travel style?
Hot Springs: Stay or day pass?
Which tour company would we book? We’ll tell you…
From hanging bridges to ziplines, there are more options for tours and activities than you will have time for.
Which zipline location has the best views of the volcano?
Which hike gets you to the historic lava flows?
Which hikes are worth your time?
What are the pros and cons of each activity?
Once you start planning the questions stack up quickly…
Our goal for the guide is to give you what you need to answer all those questions yourself.
80+ Pages of Practical Travel Advice
Everything we've learned from our trips to La Fortuna, organized into one easy-to-use guide.
Know what to pack for your trip.
Which hotels are actually worth the money.
How to choose the right hot springs for you.
Where to find the secret free one.
Which tour companies are reliable.
Month-by-month planning advice for the whole year.
Honest Comparisons
Not just "What's best?"—but "What's best for your trip?" and how to make that decision.
Which airport: SJO or LIR?
Which hotel or resort fits my travel style?
What are the pros and cons of each activity?
Hot Springs: Stay or day pass?
Which hikes are worth your time?
Which company would we book?
Digital Planning Tools
Everything you need is one tap in the guide.
Interactive Google Map with every hotel, restaurant, activity, and viewpoint already pinned.
QR codes throughout the guide for instant access to bookings, directions, websites, and videos.
No searching, no copying addresses, no guessing. You can just scan, tap, and go.
Built for planning at home and using on the go, so your guide becomes a practical travel companion, not just something you read before your trip.
We were only going to Costa Rica once…
But that changed on our first trip.
We totally fell in love with the country and it’s people, and we’ve come back over and over again ever since.
On that first trip, we couldn’t find a lot of helpful info on how to travel Costa Rica.
So when we got back, we took the hours of footage we had shot, and and started making videos to answer the questions we had before our first trip.
We just learned from our mistakes.
We know we can help you avoid all the most common mistakes in La Fortuna because we’re dumb enough to have made them ourselves.
We’re not experts.
We didn’t think it would be a big deal.
Until it was. Our videos on YouTube became a smash hit, the comments and questions started rolling in, and after more and more trips to Costa Rica, we’re still going back.
We’ve had more questions about La Fortuna than anywhere else, and requests for an official Finding Mangos guide made us realize this would be a huge help to so many.
Stop spending hours bouncing between blogs, social media posts, YouTube videos, and Google Maps.
We've already done the research, visited the hotels, hiked the trails, soaked in the hot springs, and compared the options. This guide helps you make the right decisions before you book.
❌ Reading 40 blog posts
❌ Watching 25 YouTube videos
❌ Comparing 125 different resorts and hotels
❌ Wondering which activities are overrated
❌ Guessing how many days you need
Instead of This..
✅ One trusted guide
✅ One custom digital map
✅ One trip cost calculator
✅ One place for every major decision
✅ Confidence that you did it right
You'll Have This...
Travel with Confidence Guarantee
We created this guide because it's the resource we wish we'd had before our first trip to Costa Rica. If you honestly don't feel it made planning your trip easier, clearer, and less stressful, email us after your trip and we'll give you a full refund.
We made it really clear we’re serious about this right here.
"This guide helps you make every major La Fortuna travel decision with confidence."
This Guide Is Perfect For You If...
You're visiting La Fortuna for the first time.
You want to stop second-guessing every booking decision.
You want honest recommendations instead of endless lists.
You appreciate knowing the pros and cons before spending your money.
You like having everything organized in one place.
This Guide Probably Isn't For You If...
You like to spend your trip discovering everything spontaneously.
You aren't looking for recommendations or comparisons.
You're only spending one night in La Fortuna.
Be the trip planning hero.
Our guide helps you make all the expensive practical decisions about your trip, so you can spend less time stressing and researching and more time looking forward to La Fortuna.
Imagine this feeling: “it’s all booked, I know I did it right, and now we can just look forward to the trip...”
You’ve seen all the photos on social media.
We show you where to go to find those places.
And put it all on an interactive digital map to make it easy.
Free Lifetime Updates
As La Fortuna changes, so will this guide.
We'll continue updating recommendations, pricing, attractions, hotels, and planning advice. And you'll always have the latest version at no additional cost.
If you're anything like us…
Planning the trip is part of the fun.
At first.
But pretty quickly, the excitement turns into information overload.
One blog says one thing. Reddit says another.
Then you feel stuck with too many options and afraid to decide.
We created this guide to cut through all of that.
Not because our opinions are the only ones that matter—but because we've done the research, hiked the trails, and compared it all ourselves, and we’ll help you decide what’s best for your trip.
Our hope is simple: that you spend less time stressing over the options, more time looking forward to your trip, and arrive in La Fortuna feeling completely confident.
If that's what you're looking for, we'd love to help.
How It Works
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Right here on our website, you click the buy now button and purchase the guide.
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You will immediately get a confirmation email that includes a download link for you to gain access to all the resources mentioned here. The link will be active for 24-hours after the first time you click it.
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Clicking the link in the email will download the guide to your computer, tablet, or phone. Then it’s all yours.
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The Guide is loaded with every link you need to book your entire trip, with no googling or searching necessary.
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Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and go on your trip, showing everyone else what a great time you’ve planned for all of you.