Heart-warming, illuminating, and inspirational The rain forest embraced us. The staff cared for us. The guided tours opened our eyes to the rich flora... read more and fauna of our environment. And we were inspired by Meghan and Davis's dedication to both preserving the local rainforest and to also helping the local community to join in the effort. We stayed there for eight days, not wanting to venture elsewhere. But locally we did guided walks, daytime and night time. We also rafted and rode on boat tours. And we engaged in daytime work shops in cocoa harvesting, organic gardening, and ethno-botanic gardening. I loved just sitting on my patio, reading and listening to the river, the birds and monkeys, appreciating the dappled sunlight on the palm trees. The food was excellent, other guests were engaging, and the coffee was great! read less

Scenic property! We loved Chilamate! We are a family of 5 with 2 teenagers and 1 tween. We stayed in... read more 2 rooms, next to each other. Our kids, including the adults, loved the beauty of our surroundings. Our rooms were next to the river. The sound of the river lulled us to sleep at night. Next to our rooms were ample decks with plenty of hammocks, a mini fridge (it came in very handy), and plenty of outdoor furniture. It was very peaceful. Megan, her family and staff, go out of their way to make you feel at home. They were personable and professional. They really care about their guests. One day we had an insane down pour with wicked lightening (it was beautiful, our kids had never seen anything like it before) we decided to wait out the storm in the parking area, Meagan made sure to send umbrellas for all of us. Also, my husband wasn’t feeling well one night, Meagan’s husband sent tea to our room to help him feel better.

Breakfast was delicious. Dinner was also very good and reasonably priced.

On the property tour we were able to see toucans, humming birds, poisonous frogs and many other creatures.

We felt welcomed and very safe during our stay.

Chilamate Retreat is a unique place! Thank you for a memorable stay!

Pura Vida! More 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

Great ! Highly recommended ! We loved our stay there.

Excellent installations, food and services.

Meghan and William were of great help... read more to arrange activities and suggested tours we appreciated very much (river duckies, chocolate tour, organic farm tour). read less