This is a great place to go with your family for action and adventure.

I'll start with the good, we've been ziplining at various different courses (in various different countries), and their waterfall course is the best we've ever tried. The guides are fun, and the scenery is amazing. Even though it rained for a good part of the last half of our tour, we had a lot of fun. It was pretty neat to go swimming in the waterfall pool halfway through.

We also did their high ropes courses.....very tough but once again very fun and the guides were hilarious. The last few courses may have been the most physically demanding thing I have done in a long time. It starts off pretty mickey mouse but gradually gets harder, but you can get off part way through if it gets too hard.

So now that we've shared the good, there were a few problems but if we knew in advance, I don't think they would have seemed as bad. First, no phone, no internet. So there is no contact with the outside world unless you go through the hotel.

Second, if you don't drive there, make sure you have your transportation out arranged before you get there. Trying to arrange once you have arrived is next to impossible (partly for the first reason).

Third, in the rainy season it rains pretty much all afternoon. Now, it gets light at like 5:30am so if you get up early and get going you still get a good potion of the day. But then you have the whole afternoon to do absolutely nothing, so bring cards, bring games...bring something to do. It is an adventure park....so if there is no adventuring to do there is nothing. This is one way it felt like prison.

Fourth, and the another reason it felt like prison, meals are served at a specific time. And no other food is available. If you don't wake up in time, or you are hungry in between meals, too bad. There is a reason though, all of the guides also double as your servers, cooks...etc so they are only available between tours. And you can't walk or drive anywhere close for food.

The fifth and final issue, and the last reason it felt like a prison is that all tips have to be made to the owner and she will distribute them. So it made it feel like they were slaves and you couldn't reward them for their great work. We still tipped some of the guides anyway at the end of the tours, we just wanted to give the tip to the ones we thought earned it.

So with all that being said, if you are forewarned about the pratfalls of the camp....then it's all right. But if you are going in expecting anything resembling a hotel, you will be disappointed, and maybe a little scared and stressed. It's a camp, not a hotel, with amazing tours, funny and personable guides and some great views. If you go in prepared for that, you will have an amazing time.

We had many pleasant surprises during our stay at this resort.  We decided to stay here our last night in Costa Rica because it was the closest of our chosen destinations to the airport.  We wanted to do the ziplining and my goodness was this amazing!!!!  The team was friendly, helpful, and I felt very safe.  I would reccomend that anyone in good health try this.  It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be and yet it was truly spectacular the incredible things you see and do.  Swimming in the waterfalls was outstanding!  This river and the surrounding jungle are more than I imagined!  A must do!!Lunch was incredibly delicious!  I was surprised that each person was offered their choice of fish, chicken, beef, or pork.  All was very good!  We were the only couple who stayed the night at this small resort.  We felt very special and not at all awkward about it.  After taking a dip in the beautiful spring-fed pool, we took a small hike on this fantastic trail.  We had not asked about the trail before we took it so we really had fun when we discovered beautiful orchards with oranges, grapefruits, bananas, and lots of other fruits.  We came around a corner and saw the well-constructed ropes course with a group of howler monkeys on one of the platforms. How exciting!  They all scrambled down when they saw us so we continued on the trail, down the hill, through incredible forest, along a gorgeous river.  One monkey stayed behind to yell at us and we got to see him up close.  No threat, we just turned away after a few minutes and he went his own way.  Lots of fun!!!  The whole hike was one amazing discovery after another.  Finally, the evening was truly magical!  We sat on the deck (which is built around a HUGE tree from which they hang bananas to attract all kinds of beautiful birds) and watched the sunset over the mountians. The view out to the islands in the gulf was breathtaking.  Having a five-star dinner was a great surprise.  We enjoyed our dinner so much we asked to give our compliments to the chef. I speak enough spanish to learn that Roja worked for Hilton and the Four Seasons before coming to this hidden gem of a resort.  I could not ask for better food!  At breakfast we were given fresh fruit "smoothies" along with a great typical Costa Rican beans and rice and eggs cooked to order.  All food and drinks were included in the price of our package.  A GREAT value!!!  Kim, Walter, and all of the staff were very friendly, helpful, and professional.  I would recommend anyone to treat themselves to this wonderful Costa Rican Experience!

My wife & I stayed here in the first part of December 2008 after spending 6 days on the Pacific Ocean side in a condo. The views were spectacular along with the wildlife. We saw a Toucan while sitting on the outside deck area. The food was wonderful and we got the opportunity to sit and talk with one of the owners, Barbara. We shared different stories about lodging since we are managers of a condo facility on the Central Oregon Coast. We had some great conversation about Costa Rica and what it has to offer. Barbara was a very nice host and we look forward to seeing her again sometime.
We did the night Zip-line tour and it was fabulous. What and adventure to go zip-lining in the dark. We also did the zip-line tour down the waterfalls. It was exhilarating and incredibly breathtaking. I got to take a dip in one of the waterfall pools about half way down. We have so many great and vivid memories of our stay at Hotel Vista Golfo. The grounds are really wonderful and the staff was so friendly and helpful. It was a vacation stay of a lifetime. Thank you Barbara and all the staff. We hope to see you again, we loved our stay with you!!