We spent five nights at Morgan’s Rock in January 2022. We had an ocean view villa with plunge pool. We booked this property because we were looking for a lovely place with a private plunge pool to relax, soak up the sun and warmth, eat good food and get a little exercise. Morgan’s Rock delivered on all this and then some! We were in villa 15 which is as high up and away from people as you can get. When we booked, we specifically requested a room with a ton of privacy even if it meant climbing a lot of steps! We got some exercise every day, and the resulting views and privacy were worth it. The villa felt like we were in a magical jungle treehouse: very comfortable in a luxury-meets-rustic kind of way. The bed was very comfortable, outfitted with an ingenious air conditioning canopy system. The shower had plenty of hot water, the huge bath towels were cozy, and the bathroom’s beautiful copper fixtures were unique and interesting. There’s a mini fridge in the room filled with various beverages (loved the local fruit kombuchas!), coffee and tea making things, and plenty of fresh drinking water. We loved our villa’s outdoor space: we spent many hours lying on the hanging daybed reading, listening to the ocean and hearing the bubbling of our plunge pool. A slice of heaven! Our villa’s deck was protected from the afternoon sun, breezy and no bugs. The sunsets were amazing. There are no shades on the windows, but we got into the habit of going to sleep earlier and waking up when the sun came up. Very unlike us, but it felt much more “natural” and we slept very well at night. We heard howler monkeys a few times but they weren’t obnoxious by any means. We saw a family of a mom, dad and baby climbing around trees outside our room one day – so cute! You will get the random 6-legged or 8-legged critter in your room, because you are in nature. Our villa’s wifi was generally very good for being in the hills of Nicaragua; we would say that if you want to stream videos, this might present a problem, but overall it was great for checking email, general web browsing, and making phone calls over the wifi network. The food was terrific: fresh, filled with local soul and prepared by an excellent chef. We are not exaggerating when we say that Morgan’s Rock had the best food of any resort we’ve ever been to: we felt like we were indulging ourselves and nourishing ourselves simultaneously. Breakfast was varied (see photo of the menu) – you could be there for ten days and not eat the same breakfast. We got so spoiled by the Nica Breakfast which seriously has the best chorizo we’ve ever eaten. Dinner always had a choice of four starters and four mains; we also included one dinner menu photo as a representation, but every evening it changed based on what’s in season and, in the case of the seafood, what got caught that day. One evening the chef said they caught a giant red snapper (presented on a platter for our inspection!), so we shared that – it was fantastic, served with a couple sauces and fresh vegetables. Another standout was lobster tails one night. We only ordered dessert once at dinner, mostly because we were so full by the time dessert came around. For drinks, we mostly had rum cocktails (loved their signature cocktail, which was a mix of rum and fruit juices) and wines by the glass. The dining room is pleasantly open-air, very comfortable, with beautiful sunset views. To a person, staff were fantastic – very friendly, conscientious, hardworking. If you needed anything, communication was done by WhatsApp so you didn’t have to walk down to reception. When we had any issues/questions these were responded to right away. We didn’t hang out much on the beach aside from poking around the water and rocks at low tide, but there are plenty of places to plonk down in a hammock and enjoy the ocean. We took random hikes/climbs all over the immense property, which will give you a good workout. We did two of the more strenuous climbs to the highest points, and the views were incredible! We also hiked on over to the farm and saw the chickens that produced our morning eggs, along with ducks and two parrots. If you can get there early enough you can visit the cows and horses before they mosey away to graze. Travel tips to get here from the US, based on January 2022 rules and regulations: since we were going to a resort in Costa Rica after our stay in Morgan’s Rock, we flew into Liberia, and Morgan’s Rock arranged to have a car and driver pick us up from the airport. In January 2022, travelers into Nicaragua needed a negative PCR test 72 hours before entry, which we did in the US and had the results on our phones to present. Because Costa Rica and Nicaragua have different criteria for vaccination/testing, you will have one driver in Costa Rica and one driver in Nicaragua; you will have to walk across the border and get stamped out and in to each country. It’s pretty intuitive to figure out where to go after you get dropped off (also there are YouTube videos if you really want to plan ahead!) and if you get really confused, people are friendly and helpful even if you don’t speak Spanish (we don’t). After we got cleared to enter Nicaragua, our second driver met us and took us to Morgan’s Rock. Morgan’s Rock also arranged our cars/drivers to our other resort after our stay. Another tip: because there are busses that cross the border, if you get unlucky and arrive at the border right after a bus or two (or three…from Nicaragua into Costa Rica we were very unlucky!), this will of course delay your crossing while the line of people snakes around for a couple hours. While we would expect that perhaps the busses wouldn’t necessarily follow their posted schedules with exact precision, it would be a good idea to check and see when the major bus lines are expected to arrive at the border, and make sure you get there before then! (All this to say that going to Nicaragua is a little more complicated, but please don’t let that dissuade you: make your vacation 2% more exotic and cross the border!) We love that the owners of Morgan’s Rock have invested so heavily in the community, not just in the immediate area, but throughout the country, which is really cool. Morgan’s Rock is a really special place, and we would 100% recommend it to anyone looking for their own “magical treehouse” vacation.…