Shanti Spa at Hotel Makanda — walking to the treatment rooms past the carved door

Shanti Spa · at Makanda by the Sea

Serenity, found.

A spa tucked into the Manuel Antonio rainforest, above the Pacific.

A multi-level sanctuary in the treetops — treatment rooms open to the sounds of the jungle, an herbal sauna facing the ocean, and time that moves a little slower.

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Choose your path

Your choice tunes the booking message we prepare for you. Our team confirms every request personally, based on availability.

The spa in the trees

A sanctuary built into the hillside, story by story.

Shanti sits on its own terrace above Biesanz Bay in Manuel Antonio — ocean stones, native wood, bamboo and shells, with rooms that stay open to the sounds of the rainforest. Treatments end the way they should: warm tea, a deep chair, and the Pacific filling the whole horizon.

Treatments are built on what grows here: Costa Rican honey and ginger, cacao, volcanic clay, seaweed and aloe. Facials add Germaine de Capuccini, the Spanish skincare house trusted by five-star spas.

Staying with us? Treatments pair naturally with a night in the treetops — your therapist can meet you minutes after check-in.

Adults-only
Inside Makanda by the Sea
Open daily
Costa Rican botanicals
5.0 on Tripadvisor · Travelers’ Choice 2026

The Shanti Spa hall — carved wood panel and root-wood tables under warm light

Treatments

Choose your experience.

From deep-tissue and couples massage to lymphatic work — start with the outcome you want, and your therapist shapes the rest around you. Duration and pricing are confirmed with your reservation.

Deep tissue massage at Shanti Spa — the therapist’s hands at work

60 or 90 min

Deep Relief Deep tissue

Slow, targeted work for areas that hold tension.

Treatment room with a Buddha, prepared for a Swedish massage

60 or 90 min

Reset Flow Swedish massage

Full-body rhythm to soften stress and restore ease.

Twin massage tables under the pebble palm relief — the couples room at Shanti Spa

60 or 90 min

Couples Escape Couples massage

A shared reset shaped for presence, connection, and calm.

60 or 90 min

Grounded Heat Hot stone therapy

Warm river stones and steady pressure, until the body goes quiet.

The open-air jungle shower at Shanti Spa

60 min

After-Sun Ritual Sunburn relief & recovery

Aloe and lavender to cool the skin and put the day right.

Treatment room with a floor-to-ceiling window over the ocean

60 or 90 min

Lymphatic Lightness Lymphatic drainage

Gentle, rhythmic strokes that leave the body feeling lighter.

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Oils and lotions are chosen for you at the start. Also available: cupping therapy, 30–45 min.

From the Costa Rican pantry

Wraps, glows & facials

60 unhurried minutes · built on Costa Rican honey, cacao, seaweed and volcanic clay

Ginger & Honey Glow

Raw cane sugar, fresh ginger and Costa Rican honey — a warming exfoliation that leaves skin soft and circulation humming.
60 min
Chocolate Wrap

Cacao’s warmth to firm the skin and lift the mood — the sweetest way to spend an hour without eating a thing.
60 min
Seaweed Wrap

Mineral-rich seaweed to detoxify, restore elasticity and bring skin back to life after long days in the sun.
60 min
Organic Facial

Coffee-and-vanilla exfoliation, volcanic clay, and a slow facial massage — the garden, applied to your face.
60 min

Our facials are built on Germaine de Capuccini — the Spanish skincare house trusted by five-star spas worldwide.

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Grown in Costa Rica

The pantry is the rainforest

What grows here is what works on you.

Honey and ginger, cacao, volcanic clay, seaweed and aloe — the oils and lotions come from this coast, and your therapist chooses them with you at the start. Tell us what you like — sweet, sharp or cool, gentle or deep — and the ritual is blended to match.

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Treatment room at Shanti Spa — a botanical mural of banana leaves above the massage tables

Spa day and programs

The carved herbal sauna with its stone column and ocean window

Spa Day, private

The whole spa becomes yours — herbal sauna, whirlpool lounge and an ocean-view dining terrace served from the Makanda kitchens. Build your own menu of treatments for the group.

Private takeover · parties of 6 to 10 · ocean-view dining

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The stone hot tub dressed with tropical flowers

Half-day programs

Three to three-and-a-half unhurried hours, composed as one arc — Shanti Signature, Deep Relaxation, or Digital Detox. Exfoliation, wraps, massage and stillness, finished with the ocean.

3–3½ hours · three programs to choose from

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The jungle keeps the time here

Three stories of stone, wood and water, hanging over the bay.

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Staying at Makanda

Make it a stay.

The rooms hang in the same treetops as the spa — wake to the ocean, walk down in a robe. Treatments are open to day visitors, too.

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The jungle will wait for you

Tell us what your body needs — we’ll take care of the rest.

Choose your experience
Start with the outcome you want.
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One message on WhatsApp — date, time, treatment.
We confirm your time
Or suggest the nearest time — we reply the same day.

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Inside Makanda by the Sea — Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, minutes from Quepos Adults-only · day visitors welcome Requests answered the same day +506 4010 4337 reception@makanda.com