Great service, great Eco-lodging experience in this less-touristic part of Costa Rica Great service and welcome by owner Meghan, offering many tips on the region and always available to make the stay... read more more pleasant. Good breakfast and dinners. No pool but a wonderful river swimming experience. A tour of the surrounding forrest is offered with a guide working at the hotel where we could namely spot slothes and monkeys. Do not expect luxury but a very good eco experience read less

loved this Eco lodge We spent two nights at Chialmate Rainforest Eco lodge, our first visit to Costa Rica.

the location was fantastic, rooms basic... read more but what you expect in an Eco lodge.

Very close to nature and loved the walks into the rain forest so easy to access.

we saw, 3 & 2 toed sloth, white faced capuchin monkeys, silky anteater sleeping, blue jean frogs,green black dart frogs, lots birds, insects, army ants, leaf cutter ants, Basilisk lizards. variegated squirrels , also lots of fire flies at night, and morning and evening the call of howler monkeys was great to hear.

any tour expects you to wear closed toe shoes, this is the same all over Costa Rica, so make sure you have walking shoes or trainer at least.

We enjoyed swimming in the Sarapiqui river next to the bridge.

make sure you use infect relent in the day as well as night

Staff we very pleasant and Wilhelm guided walk in the forest was fantastic.

make time to visit the Nature Pavilion to see a fantastic variety of birds, the chocolate tour did not impress us very much.

USA dollars are excepted everywhere, even in local supermarkets.

when travelling home via San Jose airport beware, everything is very expensive, do not wait to buy coffee most good at least twice the price, and cost us £12 for a burger. More read less

Wonderfully relaxing We had a wonderful couple of days here, the location next to the river was great for bird and wildlife... read more watching, and the accommodation was comfortable with plenty of outside space to relax. David and Meghan, the owners were friendly and helpful, as was William who was an excellent guide for the tour around the area. Their whole ethos and how they contributed to the community and wider projects was very interesting and something we admired very much. As well as a walk through their forest and bird watching, we went swimming in the river and also white water rafting (arranged by Meghan) using the company based opposite the retreat, so a five minute walk. This was well organised and great fun, it lasted a couple of hours with a stop half way for freshly prepared melon and pineapple - good value too. The food at the retreat was freshly prepared and very good All in all, a very relaxing, enjoyable stay in a unique environment. Definitely recommended! read less

We loved our stay here... Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat is a family run sustainable tourism project dedicated to rainforest conservation and contributing positively to the... read more surrounding community. (note: I plagiarized that sentence but it's accurate nonetheless.)

We got a recommendation to check this place out while on a snorkeling tour in Quepos. We spent our first 5 days in Costa Rica at a resort and were eager to see more of the country side over the last 3 days of our stay.

This jungle retreat is on the beautiful (and very clean) Sarapiqui river.

Meghan and David (proprietors) were really great; we loved the location of their place and the accommodations. We especially appreciated (and admired) their dedication and connection to the surrounding community.

Our kids were enthralled by their night jungle tour and seeing the neighboring chocolate plantation.

Meghan also arranged zip lining and white water rafting activities that our kids are still taking about (the guides were excellent hosts to our kids and their scientific knowledge of the local animals, plants and ecology was very impressive).

We loved our stay here... read less