Most wonderful and inviting lodge!! Our favorite in CR!! I'm sorry I haven't reviewed Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat sooner - we stayed there in early April, 2017. The staff... read more were wonderful and the food - delicious! After very full days, we enjoyed having dinner there rather than go back out since it was so tasty and a good value. Lots of options for vegetarians, as well. The lodge supports local and international educational efforts (there was a HS group visiting while we were there) and is close to all the natural spots in the area. One highlight of the visit was a walking tour with their naturalist, William, who was incredibly knowledgeable about what to see and where to find it. Everyone was very friendly and helpful - I just can't say enough about this wonderful place. More read less

A wonderfully relaxing place to stay! I stayed at Chilamate Eco Retreat for a week in February 2017. I was staying in one of the bungalows,... read more and was very well looked after by Meghan Casey and her staff. Everyone was extremely friendly and helpful and did everything they could to ensure that my visit was comfortable and to arrange trips and activities for me.

The Eco Retreat is quiet and relaxing - you can spend many hours swinging in a hammock on your verandah, but there are also plenty of things to do and places to visit.

While I was there I visited a cocoa plantation, went on guided tours through the rainforest, did a cooking class, went on an ethnobotanical guided walk, and visited several wildlife parks. You can also go white-water rafting and go horse-riding.

Meghan was very good at arranging transport for me and she really made me feel at home. It was a wonderful visit and I can highly recommend it. More read less

Fantastic, do not miss it Carolina enchanted us with her lively and engaging story of chocolate growing and production. The opportunity to watch and then... read more taste the chocolate at each stage was great. The project is self funded. asking for donations from visitors and the shop sells goods, including chocolate, which supports the local economy so you must buy something here to support this fantastic project. If you are in this area you should not use this wonderful experience, you will not regret it. 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