Very quiet idyllic location, very sweet little cottage with 2 bedrooms and everything on and in it to have a wonderful stay. Small swimming pool and a covered seating area with chairs and hammocks. SO many hummingbirds and many more sorts of birds.

I had a fantastic stay at this beautiful property with my family. The house is incredibly confortable and well equipped with all you can need. the grounds are beautiful and Nano and his family very welcoming and available. Very much recommended!

This property is tranquil and very well maintained. The all wooden house is well designed, kitchen is well appointed for serious cooking if desired, screens fit well so you can wake to the birds in the morning. Hot water is plentiful and on demand, wifi works well. The furniture is comfortable and the hammock bird viewing room is wonderful - although you can view birds from every room! There is a separate gazebo cloaked in hanging orchids and a natural spring fed pool on the property but sufficiently apart for privacy. The owners are terrific and accommodating; Will return for much longer next time.

My husband and I had the great treat of spending a week at this very special property created by a very special family. Though it was just two of us, we opted to pay more and have the luxury of the absolute pleasure this house affords. Panoramic views across acres of thoughtfully landscaped gardens. A hamoc-filled gazebo where we enjoyed reading each day. Mindo is renowned for its birding and, though a guided birding tour is certainly recommended, an incredible array of bird life is enjoyed right from the windows of the living area or anywhere else on the property. After a couple of weeks in Quito and Cuenca, it was a huge relief and delight to ensconce ourselves here for a blessed week! Can't recommend enough! Just come prepared for mosquitos! Worth every bite I'm leaving with!

There are many places to stay in Mindo but you would be missing out big time if you didn't stay here--it's the only place you should stay! This place is incredible! It is an absolutely breathtaking property and house. We were totally blown away--the house was even more amazing than the photos! The house and property are so peaceful and infused with love. It was spotless-extremely clean and they provided daily basic housekeeping (emptying trash and sweeping) which was very nice. Marjorie and Nano thought of every possible detail you can imagine in a house and went above and beyond to make our stay incredible. Here are just a few of the many details they thought of that made our stay special: - local coffee provided-a total bonus! - fully equipped kitchen with everything you can dream of-griddle for pancakes, blender, potato peeler, it was even stocked with some spices, sugar, and olive oil which we really appreciated. They provided all our water too. - a TV room with bean bags, games and more than enough DVDs. It was such a treat for my kids to get to watch a movie every night. They also played most of the games too! - shampoo, conditioner and soap in every bathroom. - all windows were screened which was great as it meant we could leave them open at night for the breeze. We've stayed in a number of places without screens which means you can't leave the windows open. - homemade mosquito repellant made from natural oils. (Seriously-they actually made it! We were so impressed!) We can't say enough about how beautiful the house is. We wanted to live there! We also loved that the house was solar and off the grid. Every aspect of the house and their grounds has a low environmental impact, which we found really inspiring. They have done a beautiful job with everything on their grounds--there is a gorgeous spring fed pool, a gazebo with hammocks and a table and chairs for eating or writing and even a badminton net! My girls had fun with that too. They also offered us fresh eggs from their hens and three types of fresh lettuce from their garden. We loved it so much we wish we had stayed more than 3 days. It's easy to get to from town and not too far (we had a car but we walked to the butterfly farm and could have walked into town if our kids had been more up for it but it would be a longer walk to town.) Marjorie and Nano are also happy to help direct you to whatever activities in town you ask about. We relied on them to tell us how to get to the things we wanted to do like the butterflies, waterfalls and gondola ride. The final bonus was their kids. We have 6 and 8 year olds and our kids made fast friends with their 7 year old. They were almost inseparable for our stay there and that made it super special for my girls, not to mention easier for us parents that they had a friend to play with. Seriously if you are going to Mindo, stay nowhere else but here!

This Mindo house was the BEST rental location we experienced after spending over a month in Ecuador, and out of a dozen other rentals. A few things that should be emphasized: Hot water! Most rentals in Ecuador and most hotels and hostals say they have 'agua caliente' but most mean water that is not cold, and some even mean during specific hours. This house has very hot water, and lots of it, and even enough to comfortably take a bath in the lovely tile tub in the master bathroom. Quality house construction in the wilderness. You will find lots of fantastic wildlife outside and on the property with the creek on the property, birds and even watusi. If you go out at night with flashlights you can find some great insect life. Somehow, we never had any of those insects get in the house, despite the eco-wood construction and the fact that the house feels very much integrated with the outside and wildlife. The viewpoint 'Mirador'. This gazebo on the property had six hammocks. Even better, when we hung out there in the early morning or evening, we had no problem seeing 50 different types of birds and hearing even more. We saw many more birds from the mirador steps away from the house than we did over a week in the Amazonia. Hike to the waterfalls. A true highlight is when we were lucky enough to get a guided hike by Fernando to the nearest couple waterfalls. It was truly a jungle trek with beautiful flora and fauna and refreshing waterfalls. We were a little worried on our first drive out to the property as it is truly off the beaten path. You cross Mindo river and the rocky road even crosses a stream of water running over the 'road'. Only on later trips did we realize that the rough and creek-crossed rocky road is really just a half-hour walk to town, and about as good as other roads outside of Mindo. I didn't like the town of Mindo that much, but this property was really nice, large, clean and close to the butterfly farm and rock wall, waterfalls, and Fernando and Marjorie were very high service hosts.