Safari tents were amazing. They are set 25 yards from the beach and you can hear the waves all day and night long. It is not exactly roughing it in these tents - they were so comfortable with a beautiful bathroom attached in the back! The hosts are so great and have wonderful suggestions and advice for the area.

The sleepy town of Matapalo is great for anyone who wants to get away and check out for a few days!

Andrea & Ludwig are great hosts and their staff (the cook, Alex, the masseur) were wonderful. Sleeping in those safari tents was like sleeping right outside in the nature but with much more comfort. The food cooked by Ludwig and his cook from Peru was excellent. Although we enjoyed our stay at Bahari one has to know that accommodation and the meals are pricy, both quality is very good.

This unique little gem location has all the potential to be a true treasure...a lovely quiet beach, remote but easlily accessed, wild-life; but there's a broken down pavillion with a obivioulsy soggy broken down massage table littering the beach, other small stuctures also littering the beach creating homes for mosquitos--Lovely and gracious owners who are too busy with their personal life to know if they are coming or going...cooks that don't show for meals that are scheduled...and outragously priced meals (no menu to guide us) when they are finally prepared. 150.00 for dinner for two with a bottle of wine (which the owners wife had to run to the store to get- not a vintage Bordeaux) and continental b'fast. I would recommend to others but plan to eat elsewhere and go for the peaceful beach experience and conversation, NOT service.

We intended to stay 2 days in Bahari beach in Matapalo beach, but ended up staying 5 nights. I was not sure to write this review not to let the secret out, but the beach is absolutaly stunning and completely desserted, except for the people staying at Bahari beach and a couple of other folks, staying or living in the "village" of Matapalo. We had tent 2 with views directly over the beach, which was excellent. We found just the luxuary, we were looking for ( clean tent and fully equipped bathroom, excellent food, swimming pool, etc) cooked by our host Usi from Austria who did everything to make our stay very pleasant. Its informal but personal knows exactly how to give you your own space and be present at the same time. I Note that obviously the place is very humid as your tent is straight on the beach. If you cannot cope with that, you can better stay away. would with no doubt recommend this place to stay several nice and enjoy the quite beach of Matapalo and spot some wildlife now and then. We hope this place remains as untouched and unique as it we found it during our three week trip in Costa Rica. This was definitely one of the most special places we stayed !!