Stay longer..... We loved our stay here for many of the reasons indicated by others. I would encourage readers to stay here... read more a little longer than they think they need to. It’s relaxing and fun to be here. The rooms, nature, people, food, activities made up a perfect package for a one week’s stay. Most guests cruise in for 2 or 3 days, and that would be great, but we were really glad we allocated 6 nights to stay in this special place. read less

Amazing retreat in the rainforest with Chilamate We love Chilamate so much we returned on our recent trip. We visited 3 years ago and just got... read more back from a 10 day kayaking trip with Selva Whitewater. During our trip we stayed with Chilamate again and our only regret was that we didn't stay there more nights on our kayaking adventure around the various parts of Costa Rica. Megan and her family are just wonderful hosts, the location is amazing, the rooms are wonderful, and the food is simply incredible. We stayed in the loft near the walking trails in the back and it has tons of space, complete with recent remodeling and an incredible deck from which you can watch the birds, animals and listen to the jungle. In addition to outstanding accommodations, service and meals, Chilamate is taking the high road to help preserve the natural habitat, minimize environmental impact and supporting classes for the community and children in the area. I highly recommend staying there, and taking advantage of their staff naturalists who provide guided day and night nature walks in the jungle. Thank you Chilamate for making our recent trip memorable! 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

Rustic rainforest charm We arrived late in the evening and couldn't appreciate how amazing the location is. Our first morning didn't dissapoint, we... read more woke up early and my 9 year old daughter and I couldn't wait to explore. So a 5.30am we set off for a walk around. Within seconds of leaving the very clean and comfortable room we had spotted numerous birds and 2 species of poison frogs. Set right on the banks of the river and at the edge of the rainforest make for ideal wildlife spotting. Locally you can also visit many great attractions like rafting, chocolate tour and bird watching tour all of which I would recommend. The retreat offer there own rainforest walk and the guide has amazing knowledge and even better eyesight he spotted frogs smaller than a fingure nail and a sloth with its baby in a tree about 30ft up that it took us 10mins to see. The meals are all prepared fresh and are very tasty with local dishes and refreshing fruit. The staff are all very friendly and helpful. The relaxed family atmosphere is fantastic and would recommend this place to any families with young and old kids. read less