We had a great trip but unfortunately had a f...

Costa Rica | Feb 7 - Feb 16, 2023

We loved the location of this hotel but it was run down and in need of a renovation. The gaudy, fake/cheap look of it reminded me of Orlando, Florida. We had a "superior" room on the 4th floor that overlooked an impoverished housing area behind the hotel. Room didn't feel clean and had mosquitoes in it. Toilet was the only one on our trip we could not flush toilet paper down. Ate at the "Congo" restaurant and got diarrhea (also the only time this happened on the trip). We actually ended up buying day passes at another hotel to get away from this one.

clean, comfortable and new. Tons of wildlife around the property and we especially loved the dining area that had floor to ceiling windows with bird feeders all around them. Magical! Our only complaint was that the room didn't have a TV. But hey, it was a sign we needed to unplug I guess!

wish we could have stayed here longer. I would move in permanently if I could haha Sprawling property with tons of resort exclusive activities mom and baby sloth sighting as well as toucans seen on property great view good food (expensive) clean no bugs (they spray twice per month for mosquitoes etc!) No need to leave the resort for anything. You will be comfortable and well taken care of here!

Standard. Clean. nothing special. Close to airport and all car rentals

In the heart of downtown. Do not stay here if you are trying to commute to the airport the next day as you will encounter crazy downtown traffic. Room was standard and comfortable enough for one night. There was a hooker working the corner 2 minutes from the hotel. Would not have wanted to walk around at night.

amazing! You'll never have a better experience ziplining anywhere else, I promise.

So fun! Especially the night walk. It creeped my husband out but I loved it! My husband wished there would have been more of a coffee tasting part of the experience like there was for the chocolate.

how could you not enjoy this?

Amazing! We had a private tour and saw so much. Took great pictures. It was the perfect way to get to know the area on our first day.

We saw a giant tarantula! Not much else that was exciting though lol. Everyone wanted to see pretty birds, sloths, or cats. Instead we saw some plants and a spider haha. What was worse was waiting for 10 people to look through the same telescope to see something tiny 100 feet up in the air (i.e. we looked for 30 minutes at one porcupine in some dark shadows).

I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. We kayaked and it was great to get some exercise but we never kayaked "to" anything. At one point we tied all the kayaks together and had to jump off (and later crawl back on) in open water. Needless to say this was a total cluster. Would have been nice to kayak to a beach to relax a little before kayaking back 30 min. Also the snorkeling spot had a lot of fish but the water clarity is poor. I have had much better snorkeling in Hawaii, for example. Big group. Food at the end was nothing special. Wanted to go back to the hotel but had to wait an hour for everyone to finish eating. Then long car ride back to drop everyone off on windy road.