10/10 Excellent
Jeremy, Tunbridge Wells
Traveled with partner
Feb 12, 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highlights:
- Close up photo opportunities with coatis, spider monkeys, iguanas and peccaries
- Wide open and beautiful gardens to see hummingbirds, toucans, parrots and macaws
- Delicious and plentiful food
- Incredible staff who quickly make you feel part of the family
- Wide range of walking trails from easy to tough – especially the Pacific Trail that leads to a secret waterfall hidden from the beach
- At the junction of Golfo Dulce and the Pacific – so, opportunity to see pilot (and humpback) whales in season
We stayed in Ylang cabina, perched 120m above the Golfo Dulce, on the edge of the jungle. Fabulous deck for watching the spider monkeys playing in the nearby tree. Spacious bedroom and lounge area. So lovely to be able to hear all the jungle noises during the night through the netted windows as this is an eco-resort run by micro-hydro and solar, so there’s no aircon (or fridge/hair-dryer) but enough power to run a ceiling fan and lights at night.
What gives this resort its charm is the incredible ability of all the staff to immediately make you feel part of their family (special thanks to Glenda, Heylin, Mar and Felipe who all went the extra mile and are just charming). That and the many residents who’ve been coming back for years – who we got to know over Tico Sour cocktails at 6pm and the communal dinner (signalled at 7pm by a conch shell horn.
Jeremy
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024