Río Celeste, Cacahua Lodge

L’endroit exceptionnel situé dans les arbres de cacao

Nous avons beaucoup apprécié le confort, le lieu au milieu des arbres à cacao, le cacao Tour avec réels travaux pratiques super chouette pour les enfants (en espagnol), l'enthousiasme et la gentillesse de l'acceuil. A 2 minutes des activités tubing et ziplines super géniales!

Ca pourrait être top d'avoir accès à la petite cuisine le soir si c'était possible, il faut obligatoirement prendre la voiture sinon pour sortir manger. Mais je comprends que ce ne soit pas la proposition ici donc pas grave et je suis sûre que si nous avions demandé elle nous aurait aidé parce qu'elle était très soutenante.

La struttura è immersa in una piantagione di cacao, la nostra camera era semplice ma non spartana, ben curata nei dettagli, accogliente e pulita. La gestione è molto attenta e disponibile per ogni necessità. Ci siamo trovati bene e rifaremmo la stessa scelta, anche perché è a 20 minuti dal parco e questo la rende una buona opzione nella zona.

La strada per arrivare è parecchio dissestata e bisogna guidare con molta attenzione. Purtroppo la colazione non è stata all’altezza delle aspettative, non perché non fosse buona, anzi, ma è stata preparata al momento con un bel po di ritardo rispetto a quanto ci era stato detto, poiché noi avevamo l’ingresso al Parco Volcano Tenorio tra le 8 e le 8.40, abbiamo dovuto rinunciare a una parte e correre via e questo ci è molto dispiaciuto.

We were the only residents staying at this cluster of accommodation chalets, some 50 m or so from the road. It was very quiet indeed. The room is of good size. Location-wise, you'll be staying among cocoa trees which reach to your verandah, thus you won't see anything else. The free roaming resident dog will come to say hello, and he was way more interested in getting water and a rest in the air con than food.

Not the property's fault, but you'll reach the property by driving on an unpaved road that will make you feel sorry for your car. The cocoa plantation extends just a few metres from your room, and all else is either road or agricultural land, so not much else to do or see unless to drive somewhere else. The bathroom in our room did not have any shelves or a cabinet to put even the toothbrush, the sink has no lip to use, and the soap\bodywash\shampoo dispenser was missing, although the mounting was there. Hot water is via an electric instant heater which did not manage to go past lukewarm. But perhaps the most of note was the absence of anticipation for the arriving guest for the tiny fridge was not on, there were only two mugs and one set of cutlery, no water (tap was fine, we were told, missing the point of it being as warm as the outside temperature), a small pot with some coffee (most of it in clusters), and no other dishes. With restaurants quite a while away, and the on-site place not offering anything else than one single breakfast option, this is really not good enough. Communication with staff was via WhatsApp and whatever action was required (provision of glasses, cutlery or a change of batteries for the air con remote) was then carried out by a person from the village.