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Standard
bungalow
Every
bungalow consists of one or two bedrooms with private
bathroom and a terrace. The four-person bungalows
have a living room with a fully equipped kitchen.
All the rooms offer a spectacular view of the valley
with its cloud forest covered mountains. A walking
trail system provides access to the nearby nine
hectare private cloud forest reserve; some bungalows
are only 50 meters away, others are inside the forest.
| Terrace
Every
bungalow has its own terrace situated at the southwest
side, combining the warmth of the sun in this temperate
climate with a view that enables you to oversee
the valley and primary forest. Ideal for bird watching
from a comfortable chair. The terrace is covered
so that neither fog nor rain will disturb you.
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Bedrooms
All
the bedrooms offer a beautiful view of the surrounding
mountains. Large glass windows, some 6 meters wide,
give you the impression of sleeping in the forest
itself, under the brightest stars. All Standard
rooms have queen-sized beds, goose-feather duvets,
heating, mini bar, coffeemaker, Satellite TV, Jacuzzi,
hairdryer and safe deposit box. |
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Living
room (four-person bungalows)
There
is a lounge with electric heating, a satellite television and an enormous
window that enables you to view spectacular sunsets. Next to the dining table
there is a fully equipped open kitchen, with stove, coffeemaker, fridge and
warm water, for those who want to prepare something on their own
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Suite
The
Suite is larger and has additional to the standard
rooms a fireplace, a sunken Jacuzzi with two large
windows and a private forest garden with its own
trail. Breakfast will be served in the Suite, on
it’s terrace or in your little private forest garden.
| Restaurant
services
We
provide
breakfast à la carte, which is included in our rates,
from 7 A.M. onwards in our light-filled dining room
or in the early morning sun on the terrace. Lunch
can also be consumed at our restaurant. For dinner
there is a typical Costa Rican restaurant with very
good local food just 500 meters up the road. It
is possible to order dinner to be served at your
own bungalow.
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Pick-nick
If
you want to take the lunch with you on a walk or
trip, just let us know, we prepare delicious lunches
in an old-fashioned pick-nick basket to take with
you.
| Playground
For
families with children we have besides special rates
and 4-person bungalows also a playground in the
open air, so parents can sit at a table enjoying
the beautiful view, while the children play next
to them.
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Tours
We
offer tours in the surroundings with our own English
speaking guides. Don’t miss our quetzal and bird-watching
tours, furthermore the are excursions to the surrounding
National Parks (Los Quetzales and Tapanti), the
Cerro de la Muerte (Costa Rica’s second highest
peak with its unique Paramo vegetation and amazing
views) or a ride on horseback to the waterfalls.
If you want to make a reservation in advance (recommended)
we can send you our rates. Otherwise just ask at
the reception upon arrival.
Laundry service
Washing, Drying and Ironing
Delivered before
11 AM ready before 7 PM same day
Delivered after 11 AM ready next day before
10 AM
In your Lodge you can find a laundry bag to put your clothes in, and a
check-list.
Massages
We offer massages in your bungalow, day and night, seven days a week. All
massages include consultancy and nutritional information. Jocelyne Veilleux,
our therapist, speaks fluently English,
Spanish and French. It is recommended to make a reservation at least two days
in advance.
Trails
Our
nine hectare private cloud forest reserve has an
ideal trail system for bird-watching and the lodges
are directly connected to these trails. The trails
are made in the most natural way to minimize the
impact on the forest and its inhabitants. Our forest
is under protection of the Minae and only visitors
staying at our lodge have access to the forest.
Almost
4 km of trails guides you through different types
of primary forest with a crystal clear mountain
stream, as well as various stages of regenerating
forest. Orchids are flowering in the rainy season
(August-November) and the beginning of the dry season
(December-January). Many green bromeliads thrive
on the forest floor while the red ones crown the
canopy some 40 meters above you in this realm of
the Quetzals.
Bird
watching
Over
80 bird species have been counted in this region, most of them you can
encounter just walking on the trails or sitting comfortable on your terrace
overseeing the nearby canopy and the adjacent mountains. Here you will find
yourself in the clouds, with parakeets and hawks flying below you. The
different primary forest types as well as the stages of regenerating forest
alternated with clearings make this area ideal for bird watching. We provide
Quetzal-tours into the valley.
The birds
The
reason for many to visit the cloud forest or even Costa Rica is to see a glimpse of
the Resplendent Quetzal. But the forest has a lot more to offer; red-tailed
hawks, acorn woodpeckers and long-tailed silky flycatchers rest in the canopies
of the old oaks, wood-quails walk in front of you on the trails, black guans
and emerald toucanets move through the dense vegetation just above you and
mixed flocks of treerunners, flycatchers and redstarts surround you. And this
all accompanied by the beautiful metallic sound of the black-faced solitaire.
Have a look at the bird-checklist of this region.
Mammals
A
variety of mammals can be found here, although it is not that easy to see them.
The diversity of species, especial the larger ones, is possible thanks to the
interconnection of the many national parks and reserves in the region.
In this way the Los Santos Forest Reserve is connected directly to the cloud
forest corridor that reaches from Cartago in the Central Valley to the Barú Volcano in
Panama. This allows you to
encounter species like the tapir, cougar, peccary, ocelot and deer in this
region. But you are more likely to see porcupines, squirrels, capuchin monkeys
or tayras.
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