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 a
ccess 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.
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.
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.
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.
Trails
Our 20 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 5 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.
Birdwatching
Over 130 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.
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.
