Nous avons apprécié le cadre et l'amabilité du seul personnel : Adrian. Adrian parle anglais et un peu français. Le lieu à beaucoup de potentiel qui n'est pas exploitée, c'est dommage.

Le petit-déjeuner qui ne varie pas, est très simple : café, œuf brouillé, pinto de gallo et petite coupe de fruits. Les coupures d'eau, le manque de clarté et d'honnêteté de la propriétaire.

Trees around the property

Water leaking on to bed. Ants build home in the room. Mosquitoes. No food access after breakfast.

It was quiet,peaceful and located in a gorgeous area. Many beautiful, secluded and safe beaches and hiking trails. The staff was so nice and welcoming. This is the place to relax and get in touch with nature.

Was really surprised from when we drove up to the parking lot, how beautiful and peaceful this place was. Felt secluded setback in the jungle. The garden, is beautifully maintained, with mature tall native trees and a lot of flowering plants throughout the property. We saw many species of birds early in the morning. The location is excellent for exploring the coast. Its about 1 km from the main highway and 5 minutes from the beaches Matapalo, and Playa Linda which are the prettier beaches. Manuel Antonio is a 20 minute drive and Dominical 15 minutes. Helene upgraded us to a beautiful Villa with kitchen, and a lovely patio. The villa is very large, clean, with private bedroom, new fans, and even an outdoor fan on the patio. Bathroom had lots of hot water. Towels were new. The pool and deck, both new updated, had new lounge chairs, and a new Rancho where breakfast is served. We really enjoyed the pool area, its a very peaceful garden setting. The property had many recent updates. Overall a great value. Was glad we discovered La Palapa lodge.

Size of rooms was lovely

Internet was iffy in places

We liked the somewhat remote location (not within the main beach towns) which was very secure and beautiful as the jungle location was undisturbed, very natural.

The kitchen could have had a bigger stove and refrigerator. A little more closet/ drawer space would have been nice too.

Loved the beautiful jungle setting. Rooms were very comfortable and spacious. Very nice breakfast and great coffee. Lovely waterfall a short hike from the property where you can jump into the water.

I chose the hotel because description said there was a restaurant at the property. I didn’t want to drive anywhere in the evening. However, only breakfast is provided.

There are mixed reviews for this property so let me try to explain what to expect. The hotel will offer a very basic stay in the jungle which can be a great experience if that is what you are looking for. The owner is gradually investing in the property to bring the facilities up to standard but this will be a multi-year project at best. The location will allow for day trips to Manuel Antonio national park and Dominical, and you will wake up with jungle sounds or with a large gecko in the room, which happened to us.

We stayed in many ecolodges around the world both basic and luxury, and see two main issues with this property. The first one is that the apartments/houses are dirty. It was not properly cleaned and sheets had stains on them and were ripped when we arrived. The maintenance backlog is not helping either. We stayed 3 nights and realize that it is an ecolodge so we were not expecting bedding and towels to be changed daily. But emptying garbage cans, sweeping the floor and making the beds are not eco unfriendly and important when it comes to hygiene in the jungle. The second one is that this is listed as a 4-star hotel. This is not a luxury hotel, and should not qualify for four stars. There is no overall service, breakfast is basic, pool is cloudy, apartments are dirty and not well equipped (two plates, a fork, and 3 glasses for a apartment for 5 people). The maintenance backlog is simply too big. This is a 1 or 2 star at best.