This is a rather small lodge with lots of potential. It is located at the black beach area. Sure the place needs a lot of maintenance. Especially in and around the (huge) pool (lots of tiles were missing, not a single chair or pool bed was in order) and the rooms (shower). However the ambiance is truly charming: lots of flowers and plants, black spotted frogs in the morning, a lot of red eyed frogs after sunset and a friendly sloth using the power lines for freeway. The staff is friendly although a bit Caribbean tempered and the majority didn’t speak English. The water is scarcely heated by an electrical device in the shower. Making a clumsy move even caused a small shock! The reception is primitive and lacks a real cash register, so you should calculate in some time to check out.

It's a bit out of town which is OK. The rooms are very simpel but OK. It's all in a garden located which is nice as well. Food in the restaurant is a bit pricey but tastes good. You can look your valubales at reception (open form 6am to 9pm). The pool is good too. So over all you get a good stay for the money. We just had the feeling that there is no heart behind it - that it's all about the money. You also get Groups stopping by (Interbus) for Lunch/Dinner or to stay. Guess that's how they make the money and the individuals are but a bonus. We were greated and treated nice don't get me wrong. But we didn't feel at home or welcomed.

The most amazing thing of this hotel is the way they mix in the nature with the infrastructure. I didn't had to move to see most of the animals of the region such as the beautiful Red-eyed Treefrog. The food that I was served was very good and the ambiance of the bar gave a great feeling. The lodge doesn't have any gym or fitness center but when I ask about it, the manager brought me to his place where he had TRX, pull up and dip bars which is more than enough.

What can I say? Stumbled across this place on the 2nd day of my trip, while I was bike riding through Cahuita. I'd made reservations at another lodge and had run into a couple of issues so, I decided to keep my options open. This place is fairly unassuming from the front of the property. I was pleasantly surprised to find (basically) a botanical garden getaway, when I walked further on to the grounds. It was GORGEOUS. I was able to make a reservation, on the spot, for the very next day. The staff was very friendly, the rooms were spacious and clean, and the grounds were LOADED with regular wildlife residents/visitors; i.e. sloths, kinkajou's, basilisks, red eye tree frogs, dart frogs & agoutis. The owner was personable and beyond gracious. He even invited my boyfriend and I to stay at his personal home in San Jose, if we planned to stay there for a short while, before flying back home. I also found out from him that his lodge was the first one of it's kind to spring up in Cahuita, when no one was considering the area for tourism. So much so, that he was essentially given dead land, full of coral, that no one thought anything would be able to flourish from. It's ASTONISHING and almost comical to see what he has been able to do with this land. He's even used some of the original coral to construct the walls of the rooms. It's a genius idea! When you decide to leave the grounds... the first thing you see, as you walk down the gravel road, is a head on view of the the black sand beach! It's paradisiac! I really can't say enough about this place. :-). I'm so glad the owner decided to take charge and be as hands on as he is with getting this place into it's current shape, over the past year! A quick heads up however... it seems as though most hotels/lodges in Costa Rica require cash in order to receive the rate that's advertised (to avoid being taxed) so, make sure you have the cash on hand, or be prepared to pay a little more for you room.