What’s Included in an All-Inclusive Surf and Adventure Package in Costa Rica
Costa Rica all-inclusive surfing at Lamangata Luxury Surf Resort is a surf and adventure vacation where one package covers your ocean-view suite, gourmet meals, personal surf coaching with video analysis, and a choice of eight other adventures, from waterfall swims to wildlife hikes, so you can experience the best of Costa Rica in luxury.
Imagine a Costa Rica surf vacation where you wake up to the Pacific from your terrace, swim a few slow laps in the infinity lap pool before your first wave, and come back from the beach to a gourmet dinner with edible flowers from the garden.
It sounds almost too easy for a surf trip, especially if you’ve always pictured the rough-it version, the “I’ll live on rice and beans and sleep under a mosquito net” kind of week. Lamangata keeps the wild Costa Rica you came for, the jungle and the waterfalls and the breaks below Dominical, and sets you above it all in what one travel writer called “a jungle oasis perched high above the canopy.”
So your mornings go to the waves with a coach watching your pop-up, your afternoons go to a waterfall or the pool, and a chef, a driver and your own planner handle everything in between. You fly home a better surfer who spent the whole week being looked after.
What is an all-inclusive surf and adventure package?
An all-inclusive surf and adventure package is a Costa Rica vacation with your suite, your meals, your surfing and your adventures included in one stay. At Lamangata, that’s the Surf & Adventure Package.
Your mornings start with Costa Rican coffee on your terrace, ocean and jungle spread out below you. Then you head down to the Pacific. It might be your first time on a board or your twentieth year of surfing. You’ll surf as much or as little as you like, whenever you like, and spend the afternoon swimming below a waterfall or stretched out by the pool.
Every meal is chef-made. Tell the kitchen what you love and what you’d rather skip, and the gourmet cuisine quickly becomes a highlight of your day.
At night, the firepit is lit and the stars come out over the jungle.
With only six suites and a small team, you arrive as a guest and leave as family. Your week is bespoke to you, down to when you surf and how often, and stays start at only three nights.
Everything the Surf & Adventure Package includes at our surf resort in Costa Rica
The Surf & Adventure Package includes everything you need for a surf and adventure vacation in Costa Rica, so all that’s left to decide is how you’d like to spend each day.
Your accommodation: Your ocean-view suite opens onto a private terrace with 360-degree ocean and jungle views.
Three gourmet meals a day: Every meal is chef-made, with non-alcoholic drinks included and much of the fruit grown right on the property. Tell the kitchen what you love and what you’d rather skip. If you’d like to learn to make empanadas or ceviche, a cooking class is yours on request.
Welcome drinks and sunset hors d’oeuvres: You’re greeted with a welcome drink when you arrive, and every evening the hors d’oeuvres come out as the sun sets over the Pacific.
Surfing or an adventure every full day: On each full day, you choose a surf session with Junior or one of eight other included adventures. After three surf days in a row, you’ll spend a day on land.
Post-surf video analysis: Your session goes up on the big screen in the afternoon, where Junior shows you what your back foot was doing (it had plans of its own).
Surf equipment: You’ll ride Firewire surfboards, with a board matched to your level.
Chauffeured car service: A private car and driver takes you to every surf session and every adventure, and your board rides along with you.
Your Experience Designer: Your Experience Designer shapes each day around what you want, when you want it, whether that’s a surf session every morning or a slow day by the pool.
Getting here: On stays of six nights or more, your round-trip airport transfer is included too!
What a typical day on a Costa Rica surf vacation feels like
A typical day at Lamangata starts slowly, with breakfast on your terrace and a warm-up in the infinity lap pool. Then Junior takes you to the beach break with the best surf of the morning for your level.
Depending on the timing of your session, we can even arrange a gourmet lunch brought straight to you on the beach. You stay close to the water and keep working on your pop-up.
You’ll watch your session back with Junior whenever it suits you, after lunch or in the evening if the afternoon belongs to a waterfall. You can surf hard in the morning, then swap the afternoon for “a jungle adventure, a waterfall swim, or just a hammock and a view,” as founder Debbie Gruelle put it.
Between sessions there’s plenty of time to relax. The pool looks straight out at the ocean, and the teak-floored yoga studio is yours on request when you’d like to stretch out a surf morning. An open-air massage room waits for the afternoon your shoulders ask for one.
By sunset, you’re back by the pool with the view running from the jungle all the way to the Pacific.
Surf lessons for every level at our luxury surf resort
Surf lessons at Lamangata work for every level, because Junior coaches you where you are, whatever surfing experience you arrive with.
Junior is Lamangata’s head surf coach and Costa Rica’s 2024 national longboard champion. His coaching program, with the surf coaches alongside him, follows the Pool-to-Ocean Method. Every session starts with your pop-up in the infinity lap pool, where the water is calm and your coach can see every move. Lamangata’s track record is that 99% of guests stand up before the end of their week.
You’ll surf four beach breaks within 15 minutes of Lamangata, so each of your surf sessions lands on a wave that suits you. Dominicalito’s smaller, rolling waves are a beginner-friendly place to find your feet. Experienced surfers looking for more power head to Dominical Beach and Playa Hermosa. You can see them all on our beach breaks page.
As one lifelong surfer put it in a TripAdvisor review, Lamangata is “just lux enough to take the hassle out of your surf trip experience.”
Eight adventures on the Pacific coast included with your surf package
Beyond surfing, your package includes eight other adventures. On any full day you’d like to spend on land, you just pick one.
You can swim below Nauyaca Waterfall, only 15 minutes from Lamangata, or walk the Whale’s Tail, a sand spit in Marino Ballena National Park that appears at low tide. Hacienda Barú Wildlife Refuge takes you into the rainforest on foot. A chocolate tour or coffee tasting makes for the gentlest morning on the list.
You can also hike to Uvita Waterfall, climb Rocas de Amancio at low tide for a view down this stretch of coastline, or spend a lazy day on local beaches. The shops and cafés of Dominical are a short drive away. If you’d like more, horseback riding, ziplining and white-water rafting can be arranged too. The full list is on our excursions page.
Is an all-inclusive surf retreat in Costa Rica right for you?
A surf retreat week at Lamangata is right for you if you’ve always dreamed of surfing, or learning to surf, on world-class beach breaks with the jungle all around you, and you’d love to do it in luxury. It’s just as right if you’ve surfed your whole life and you’re ready to sharpen your surfing with a national champion in your corner.
It’s a perfect fit for:
- Beginner surfers who want to learn in warm water, starting in the pool and moving on to gentle beach breaks.
- Advanced surfers who want to level up with an expert coach and video review, with an ocean-view suite to come back to.
- Families where some of you want to surf and the rest want the waterfalls, wildlife and other adventures right on this coast.
- Honeymooners who want adventure woven into romantic excursions, with a beautiful ocean-view suite to share.
- Friends traveling together who’d like the whole house to themselves, like a private villa with a surf coach included.
If you’re bringing the kids, our Family Fun Adventure Package builds a week around the whole family, from little ones to older kids. And if you’re planning a honeymoon, our honeymoon getaway is designed just for the two of you.
Tell us your dates and how much of the week you’d like in the water, and we’ll shape the rest around you. Stays start at only three nights.
Frequently asked questions about Costa Rica all-inclusive surfing
What’s included in the Surf & Adventure Package?
The Surf & Adventure Package includes your ocean-view suite, every meal with non-alcoholic drinks, welcome drinks and sunset hors d’oeuvres, surfing with Junior or one of eight other adventures each full day, post-surf video analysis, a chauffeured car to every activity and a dedicated Experience Designer. On stays of six nights or more, your round-trip transfer is included too.
Is the airport transfer included?
Yes, on stays of six nights or more your round-trip transfer is included, from San Jose (SJO) or Quepos.
What’s the minimum stay?
The Surf & Adventure Package starts at three nights, and you can stay as long as you like beyond that.
Can a beginner book a surf package in Costa Rica?
Yes, the Surf & Adventure Package is a lovely way to learn to surf as a first-timer. You’ll practice your pop-up in the infinity lap pool before your first session, and Junior can start you on the smaller waves at Dominicalito.
What costs extra on the Surf & Adventure Package?
Wednesday night is dinner out in Dominical at guest’s expense. Massages and guided yoga sessions (daily yoga too, if you’d like it) can be added, along with horseback riding, ziplining, ATV tours and white-water rafting, all at an extra cost.
Is Lamangata a surf camp in Costa Rica?
Lamangata is a boutique surf resort in Costa Rica on the southern Pacific coast near Dominical. Your week has serious coaching in small groups, with a suite, a chef and a driver around it.
When is the best time for an all-inclusive surf trip to Costa Rica?
You can surf the south Pacific coast of Costa Rica all year. The dry season runs from December to April. But the surf keeps coming through every month, so the best time is whenever your calendar opens up.
How does Dominical compare to Tamarindo or Nosara for a surf trip?
Tamarindo is the liveliest surf town in Guanacaste, and Nosara is known for the long beach break at Playa Guiones and its yoga scene. Dominical, on the south Pacific coast, gives you beach breaks for every level within a short drive, with rainforest and waterfalls close by, and it’s the stretch of coast Lamangata calls home.
Is an all-inclusive surf trip good for solo travelers?
Yes, a solo surf trip works beautifully here, because your coaching, meals and transport are all handled and a small team looks after you from your first morning. You can read more in our guide to solo travel in Costa Rica.
What’s the cancellation policy?
All bookings are 100% non-refundable. A cancelled reservation converts into a one-time stay credit valid for 12 months from your original arrival date. Full terms are on our FAQs page.
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