Jungle Hotel I really enjoyed this place! Its off the beaten path and actually in the jungle. Its mostly open-air, including the... read more reception, restaurant, and some bathrooms. The food was realy good, and all was served buffet style. The staff were really friendly. Megan and David, the owners, live on-site with their family. They are always checking in and making sure you are having a nice time. I stayed in the bunk rooms for 4 nights with a friend, and we had the entire room to ourselves. The mattresses seemed new and were very comfortable. They provided mosquito netting, which was nice. The room was small, but since there were just two of us we were fine. We were able to keep some of our wet things outside our door and hang things on a dry-line. The bathroom was interesting but was definetly acceptable. It had lots of stalls, but had a gravel floor and only cold water. There were plenty of hooks and shelves to put your things to change. There were some bugs in there, but its basically a covered outdoor shower. Think of it as a jungle adventure!

I was there to kayak, so the location was great! Right by the river so we used the hotel as a take-out for our class 3 day. theres a nice swimming hole at the river right by the hotel. Its a bit far from town but you can walk to a few places. Only downside was there was no wifi in the dorm rooms and no electrical outlets in the room that we could find. We just used wifi in the restaurant lounge area, which was fine, and they have plugs there.

We went on a nature hike with William, and we saw so many things! Monkeys, a sloth, lots of frogs, and other small bugs. He was very knowledgable. We also saw lots of birds and bugs just sitting in the dinning room. We recommend waking early to see the wildlife.

Overall great experience at this lodge. Just be aware that this is not a normal hotel, its more like a jungle lodge. I'm an outdoorsy person so I loved it. If you're a fancy person that's scared of bugs, you may not like it. You will meet lots of other travelers here and learn a lot about the wildlife and plants here. read less

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

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

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