Holiday review by Mr. James Roe

Name: Mr. James Roe

Date of trip: 26/01/2019

Number of people: 2

Early morning bird walk at Salva Verde and the visit to Curi Cancha reserve we’re special although we did not find the Quetsal bird but not for lack of trying.

  • Mosaic at Xandari Resort and Spa

     

  • Rooms in the rain at Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica © NMatthews

    Rooms in the rain at Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

  • Hotel Belmar

     

  • Corcovado Wilderness Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica © KarenCoe

    Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

  • Lunch by the pool at Corcovado Wilderness Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica © KarenCoe

    Lunch by the pool at Corcovado Wilderness Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

  • Main building at Chayote Lodge, near San Jose, Costa Rica © Chayote Lodge

    Main building at Chayote Lodge, near San Jose, Costa Rica

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Tribes Overall:

All arrangements worked perfectly and were well tailored to our interests and requirements

Tribes Service:

All good

Guides:

All guides were very knowledgeable and good at finding birds etc and identifying them. Particularly Ronald at salva Verde and George at Monteverde

Social & Environmental Responsibility:

In general all hotels and guides seemed very environmentally aware


The places you stayed

Mosaic at Xandari Resort and Spa

Xandari Resort and Spa

Costa Rica

Perfect for first night but we were a bit tired to appreciate it having taken four hours to get through immigration which was tough after a eleven hour flight.


Rooms in the rain at Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica © NMatthews

Selva Verde Lodge

Sarapiqui

Our room was poor being on the corner of a block of four and all others in the block had to walk past our room which was difficult. There were better rooms nearer the river which would have been better.
All made up for by the excellent guided walks.
Food was ok breakfast good


Hotel Belmar

Hotel Belmar

Costa Rica

Really nice hotel, lovely food and very friendly and helpful staff


Corcovado Wilderness Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica © KarenCoe

Corcovado Wilderness Lodge

Corcovado, Osa Peninsula

Room was good clean and comfortable it was a bit regimented in terms of being summoned to dinner at 7.00 sharp and told what time to have breakfast but as the guides doubled up as doing everything maybe it was neccessary


Main building at Chayote Lodge, near San Jose, Costa Rica © Chayote Lodge

Chayote Lodge

Near San Jose

Room was nice with amazing view over San Jose didn’t have long enough to do anything locally as pick up was 11.00 am the butterflies and humming birds were conspicuous by there absence