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Lapa Rios

Most rooms run 1,061/night.Here's when it's worth it — and when to avoid.

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April 2026

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Score
75 / 100
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Avg Rate
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Best Week From
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Temp Range
76.3-84.9°F
Crowds
Med
Rain Risk
Med
Why April

April is the transition month and it catches most visitors off guard in both directions. The squirrel monkey infants born in February and March are now increasingly independent — troops are large, active, and visible in the lower canopy fringe, and this is the last reliable window for the birth-cohort sightings before the infants mature. Trail conditions are still mostly navigable in the first two weeks. The Golfo Dulce shifts as southern hemisphere humpbacks begin their approach toward Osa waters in the final days of the month.

What's possible this month
Watch squirrel monkey infants now mobile alongside their mothers in the last weeks before the birth cohort matures
Run the four-monkey walk while dry-season trail conditions still hold across the full reserve
Day trip to Corcovado in the final reliable dry-season window before trail conditions begin to deteriorate
Surf the Pacific-side point breaks as April swell builds from the south and crowds remain thin
Conditions
🌞 Warm 84.9°F days💧 High humidity🌅 12hr daylight
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Weather window is closingApril can arrive in either direction. Some years the dry season holds cleanly through the end of the month; others see the wet season arrive by the second week. Once it turns, it does not reverse. If dry-season access to Corcovado is important to your trip, April is the risk month.
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