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The hotel is very nice. We stayed in a standard Bungalow. The room is on the smaller side. The beds are comfortable. The air conditioning required frequent adjusting but kept the room cold once we finally figured out the right setting. We enjoyed the hot springs and large buffet breakfast every morning. All of our tour companies picked us up and dropped us off at the hotel . We had a really good stay and enjoyed all the adventure tours we had booked.

Tortuge Lodge is in a great location, it is directly across the river from the airport. Our Miss Evelyn Balcony Suite was spacious. Because our room was the last building of rooms we frequently had monkeys right outside of our room. The monkeys never came close and left anything we left on the balcony to dry alone. The hotel had one restaurant. It served all 3 meals. The food was good. We did wish that they rotated options on the menu by the end of our stay. The tours they offer and their excellent guides really make this place amazing. Tortuguero is amazing for wildlife! On the dusk hike at the hotel we say so many turtles, spider and bats. The laguna 4 tour was full of animals too. With Johnny we saw red macaws, clothes, crocodile, cayman, otter, butterflied, birds and lizards. All the guides were fantastic but Johnny was our favorite. He believed one or both of us were lucky because every tour we did was packed with animal sightings. Our main reason for traveling here was to see the sea turtles nesting. The standard nesting is great for actually seeing them lays eggs because the guide will make the chamber larger for better viewing. On our private playa 3 tour, we saw 6 turtles in 2 hours. We were able to help our guide study and tag 2 turtles that were nesting. We are very happy that we did both tours as they are very different experiences. We are looking forward to returning here with our kids in a couple of years

We had a great day but you don't need a guide for this if you have a car. The hike was pretty but the waterfall is a must see if in La Fortuna. The water was too strong to allow swimming in the pool around the waterfall but people were swimming down stream from it were the current was less intense.

Very informative and fun! it poured rain for most of our tour. They provided umbrellas which kept everything but our shoes dry. The tour guide was very knowledgeable. We had a great tour

I absolutely cannot recommend this enough!!! In the 2 hours on the beach we found 6 turtles. 2 were nesting and we were able to help study and tag them. We learned so much from our guide. On the hike out to the beach you can use a flash light to get to the beach. Once on the beach no light is used. the guides are amazing at locating the turtles in the dark. They taught us so much.

ZIp lining above the rainforest canopy was incredible! absolutely breathtaking! On the sky walk we got to see Howler moneys and an eyelash pit viper. The food at the restaurant was very good. Highly recommend this well oiled adventure.

You are taken to the beach and sat under a pavilion until your guide is notified of a turtle you are assigned to on the beach. once you get assigned a turtle, the guide goes back and forth until the turtle is actively laying eggs. Once they are actively laying you are moved to the turtle and groups of 10 rotate through. we had 4 total groups we shared a turtle with . the guide makes the laying chamber larger so that the laying is visible to the entire group once behind the turtle. Very cool to see and the reason we came to tortuguero

This is a beautiful hotel with the most gorgeous views of the ocean! Our room was large, bright, comfortable for my family of 4, and had the best views we've ever had. The pools were perfect, and one day we saw several monkeys hanging out down there. The front desk was very helpful with reservations and taxis, and whatever else we needed. Highly recommend!

This is a beautiful, chic hotel which perfectly accommodated my family of four. We loved all the outdoor seating options to enjoy the beautiful scenery and have a drink or a snack, and the pool was much bigger than we thought it would be from the pictures. The breakfast buffet was a highlight of our whole trip! The hotel is also in a great location to walk to restaurants and shops. Highly recommend!

The Manuel Antonio National Park Nature Hike was enjoyable. Although the park was much more crowded than it was twenty years ago, we still got to see a lot of cool wildlife and nature. Having a private guide made the experience better as he was very knowledgeable and helpful.

The Guided Visit to Nauyaca Waterfall was a good experience. We had a private tour in Manuel Antonio which was great because the guide pointed out many things and used a scope to show us wildlife. He also took pictures for us and gave them to us for free, which was a nice surprise compared to another tour where photographers charged for pictures.

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Night Walk was cooler than I expected. I felt very safe as we were in a big group and the path was paved. The guide went slow, so we didn't cover much ground but saw a lot of interesting things in the small area we explored. It was a nice experience, and better than a previous night hike I did elsewhere.

The Coffee, Chocolate & Sugar Cane Experience was surprisingly enjoyable. I was the one who wanted to do the coffee tour, and my family expected it to be boring, but they ended up enjoying it more than they thought. The tour guide was great and gave very good explanations.

The TreeTram, Hanging Bridges & Zipline Adventure was a highlight for me. I really loved the hanging bridges, although my family found them a bit shaky, but that was unrelated to the tour itself. The ziplining was great and the staff were very helpful, making sure everyone felt comfortable.