Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
When you book Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica, through our Virtuoso partnership, your stay includes daily buffet breakfast for up to two guests. Your stay also includes a $150 USD resort or hotel credit. You continue earning Marriott Bonvoy points and elite night credits. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability (upgrade excludes Casona Suites and Treetop Tents)
- Daily Buffet breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom, served in the restaurant
- $150 USD equivalent Resort or Hotel credit to be utilized during stay (not combinable, not valid on room rate, no cash value if not redeemed in full)
- Early check-in / Late check-out, subject to availability
Location
Ritz-Carlton operates with a service philosophy built on anticipating needs before they're voiced, tracking preferences across stays, and delivering high-touch hospitality that feels personal rather than scripted. At Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve on the Papagayo Peninsula, that philosophy meets one of Costa Rica's most secluded coastlines. The property occupies a forested promontory where the Pacific meets the dry tropical forest of Guanacaste, a landscape that shifts between green season lushness and high summer's golden grasses.
The Nacascolo district feels worlds away from the resort developments farther north. Howler monkeys call from the canopy at dawn. The air carries salt and frangipani. Playa Huevos stretches along the shore just 300 metres from the property, a crescent of sand backed by almendro trees where white-faced capuchins forage in the late afternoon. Playa Nacascolo and Playa Prieta lie within a kilometre, each offering different tidal moods and wildlife sightings.
Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport sits 16 kilometres away, a short transfer through cattle ranches and roadside fruit stands selling papaya and mango. The journey compresses Costa Rica's agricultural heartland into a 25-minute glimpse of Guanacasteco life before the forest canopy closes in.
The Papagayo Peninsula rewards those who venture beyond the resort's boundaries. Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, 24 kilometres north, protects one of Central America's last remaining stands of dry tropical forest, where jaguars still patrol and olive ridley sea turtles nest en masse during arribadas. Book a guided walk through Area de Conservación Guanacaste, a UNESCO World Heritage site 22 kilometres distant, to trace the elevation gradient from coastal mangroves to cloud forest, a biological corridor that shelters over 900 bird species and 10,000 insect varieties. Marina Papagayo, three kilometres south, arranges sportfishing charters and sunset sails that cut across the Gulf of Papagayo's calm waters.
On the peninsula itself, the Campo de Golf Four Seasons lies one kilometre away, an Arnold Palmer design routed through headlands and ravines where iguanas bask on fairway edges. Playa Huevos offers calm water for paddleboarding. The rhythm here follows the tides and the wildlife, not the clock.
The dry season, December through April, brings Guanacaste's signature brilliance: bone-dry mornings, temperatures climbing past 30°C by midday, and skies scrubbed clean by offshore winds. The landscape bleaches to straw gold, and dust devils spiral across the coastal plains. This is peak travel season for a reason.
May ushers in the green season, when afternoon cloudbursts drench the forest and the canopy explodes into leaf. Rainfall peaks in September and October, transforming rivers and waterfalls, though mornings often break clear and humid. The forest hums with insect life, and migratory birds funnel through in October.
November marks the transition back to dryness, a sweet spot when the landscape still holds its green but the rains taper off. Mornings are crystalline, evenings mild, and the beaches empty again.
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