La Loma Jungle Lodge and Chocolate Farm

Mi mamá y yo tuvimos una estadía excepcional aquí. Juan Carlos y Nick nos hicieron sentir muy bienvenidos e hicieron todo lo posible para que nuestra estancia fuera increíblemente memorable y cómoda. Hicimos el recorrido de bioluminiscencia y una caminata de un día por la jungla hasta las playas del lado norte con Roger, que estaba muy informado y era muy amable. También hicimos la gira de permacultura del cacao con el Sr. Kelley, ¡lo cual fue increíble! La comida era deliciosa, la habitación estaba limpia y era cómoda, ¡y las vistas eran increíbles! También hicieron todo lo posible para adaptarse a las muchas alergias alimentarias de mi madre, ¡y ella comió comida igualmente increíble en cada comida!

La Loma Review Ok let’s start with the good: - I love the sustainability aspect of this place. It’s truly admirable that la loma puts so much effort forth into that. - The lodging was beautiful. Absolutely picturesque and magical place to wake up in the morning. - The staff was very friendly and very easy to communicate with. - The view from the restaurant/lobby was amazing Now some constructive criticism: - while I understand that there are certain compromises that come with the sustainability mentioned above, being in the tourism industry also is going to include catering to a variety of individuals and especially at the price point and vibe of la loma, providing a luxury experience. - It should be stated and made abundantly clear that there isn’t really an easy way to leave the lodge outside of the tours offered by la loma. Once you get to the lodge you are more or less stuck there. - To that point there’s not a ton to be done at the lodge. I can appreciate that there is yoga offered although it was only at 8am and though I love yoga…8 am on vacation isn’t that appealing. There’s no pool or hot tub and as mentioned no beach so other than your room and the dining area there is not much variety within places to hang or things to do. - It should also be made much more clear that getting to your room is likely to be a trek up lots of stairs. It wasn’t a big deal for our purposes as we are both active and in good health, but if anyone who is older or has previous injuries etc is considering La loma, be very aware that getting places involves very steep and slick stairs with limited railings or support. - Some of the staff was not very accommodating or helpful. - There were multiple times we asked simple question about the local flora and fauna, food or other quite honestly simple questions that were met with “I don’t know.” Not “I’m not sure but I’ll check”. no response was forthcoming, or just flat out no answer. - We also had certain things we previously expressed be blatantly ignored by the staff. Upon our arrival we had had a very long day. Coming straight from a hiking trip and a 17 hr travel day with delays we pre communicated that we just wanted to go straight to the room and go to bed. Upon our arrival we reiterated that fact and were met with “yes after dinner” when we clarified that we didn’t even want dinner we just wanted to go to sleep they reluctantly agreed to let us take dinner to go only after giving us a rundown of all the tours offered. - There were also little things that just weren’t noticed ex. Taking a very long time to bring more water to the table when we were out or dragging on time between courses of meals which kept us in the restaurant longer than we wanted to be there. - Both boat drivers and the taxi driver they assigned us were standoffish, rude and untimely. - The food was high quality but had gaps. - While they do a good job of asking you for dietary restrictions, it’

We stayed 2 nights in the Rainforest bungalow. Beautiful open air cabin with a great view. The staff here is amazing, friendly, and willing!! We very much enjoyed Kelly’s farm tour. He was amazing and extremely knowledgeable. Do not miss out on la Loma