Made it looked cold , nothing personal only one pictures !

Nice and clean

Food was served in a buffet style but you walk round holding a plate out for portions. It felt a little like Oliver Twist holding a plate out hoping for more. Although you could revisit the buffet as much as you wanted so there was no restriction but it wasn’t the nicest way to be served.

Set in the rainforest of Tortuguero it is in a beautiful and secluded location accessible by ferry boat from the mainland. We got the public ferry from La Pavona and left our car there. The pool area is lovely and there is a short trail where several guided tours visit to walk round each day. The rooms are nice, clean and bug free. Basic provisions, no coffee/tea facilities or fridge which we found useful in other places as we travelled. Reception were really friendly and helpful. Surrounded by animals, Spider monkeys were jumping on our roof, there are lots of birds, iguanas, armadillos and more all in the grounds. Tortuguero isn’t known for its places to eat out and we found eating at the hotel very reasonably priced and convenient.

no hairdryer

location and quality of tours

Stayed in December 2023

Organisation was very chaotic, felt a bit stressful. Meal times changed day to day. Wasn’t fully aware of the full board concept when I booked through booking.com, but was a nice surprise! Picture of the pool is of the neighbouring hotel, not Pachira.

The food was delicious. The rooms were really comfortable, lots of space. Activities were really fun. Met some incredible people. Jungle atmosphere is amazing, lots of wildlife. Staff were friendly.

Stayed in August 2023

Location, three lodges we rented all in good shape.

Foods were EXCELLENT! I highly recommend guests not to waste eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner in town. Terrible, waste of money, & expensive. We wasted our time & money eating several restaurants. We then decided to eat only at Pachira lodge all remaining meals.

Stayed in January 2023

food and catering

room size

There was no privacy because there were ventilation openings between the rooms.

The front desk was helpful.

Stayed in October 2022

Snacks could have been made available in the register office and possibly at the pool bar. Since it was a boat ride to town, having hot snacks available at the bar or chips and such would have been nice.

Nice Comfortable cabins and beds. Convenient location. Good hot breakfast. Adequate lunch and dinner selections.

Stayed in September 2022

Pachira lodge is setup like a camp, cohorts of guests are on a fixed schedule and anyone not on those schedules will find facilities are not convenient. You'll have a better experience booking one of their package offerings (not available on this site at the time of booking) It is an eco-lodge, but air-conditioning would be a huge hit for this place. If they could install solar on the roofs to provide that extra energy that would be a game changer. While a single fan for a room makes sense for an eco-lodge, a lack of wardrobe or storage for your belongings doesn't. Most staff don't speak much English, the management have very strong english. Information about the hotel itself is very limited, their website is not great. The floating restaurant and the pool shower were out of action.

The pachira lodge is set within beautiful grounds and a water taxi away from the noiser, dirtier town. The pool area is the highlight with wildlife frequenting the area. The trail walk although short is also very easy to walk and has plenty of wildlife. Staff go out of their way to make your stay pleasant. We arrived as a single party and had missed the scheduled lunch but they had set aside a meal and prepared fresh food for us when we did arrive. This was a delight as there wasn't food available on site outside of the serving times. Generally speaking the upkeep of the property was good, better than the photos even show and a small team of staff were out daily doing repairs and improvements.

Stayed in August 2022

Missing coffee in the room. Also a place where you could purchase snacks, water, etc. on the grounds. The pool was nice but very crowded and the waterfall feature needs repair.

Excellent location. Well organized meals and very accommodating staff.

Stayed in July 2022

The very thing allowing us to be close to nature also allows us to hear our neighbors alarm & arguments. If you like air conditioning, glass in your windows, hangars & irons, this is not the place. I’d also love to have a made to order meal option rather than buffets only.

As little barrier between us and the tropical rain forest as possible; we watched wild monkeys while in the pool, toucans from outdoor meals, went to sleep to the sounds of frogs & cicadas & woke to howler monkeys!

Some areas are not well maintained and need some updating. Food options are very limited

Location is special but hard to reach. The trails on site are very nice

Stayed in June 2022

The dinner was not great-it was buffet-ran out of food…..would recommend taking a water taxi to the main village and eating there.

Great location. Nice room, paper thin walls though-so can hear everything in the next room! Bathroom a bit small and dated, but clean. Friendly staff

Stayed in March 2022

It’s an AI hotel, which you will notice, even when not choosing AI. The foodhall is huge and the meals rather simple. No local food available. The stuff does not speak any English.

The venue is very nice!

like many places in CR we found the beds too hard. the meals were very basic without much variety—buffet style with a server masked behind glass.

Rooms are in the jungle, accessed by beautifully laid out elevated walkways. lots of wildlife sightings. We found the cleaning staff to be friendly. The lodge almost empties out some days as most people get up, eat and do tours.

Minor issue The food was okay. But repeated every other day for dinner. If you stayed more than two nights you got the same meal repeated.

facilities and location are great

Stayed in February 2022

Breakfast Staff not the most welcoming and friendly Rooms are nice but too simple to be that expensive No free hotel boat transfers to Tortuguero

Beautiful garden and walking trail Located in the middle of the jungle

Stayed in February 2022

Buffet food doesn't do it for me. The restaurant area felt a bit tired. Kind of holiday camp feel about it.

The forest walk was actually very good. We didn't expect much but nicely surprised by the experience. Pool area also very nice. Location good too albeit a boat ride from the village so isolated from bars and restaurants.

Stayed in February 2022

The lodge is a boat ride away from the town which means it's not possible to just mooch in and out of town, needs some planning (and $3 per person per ride). It's the jungle so it's bug central although the room is screened so that helps. There is a ceiling fan but the speed isn't very fast. It's not the easiest to get to, and it would have been really helpful to have had clear instructions sent by the hotel of the options to get there. And the timing restrictions (last boats etc).

Breakfast was good, lots of fruit and different hot options each day. We also had Dinner which at $13 per head (excl drinks) is a bargain. It was delicious. Rooms are large and lovely. It's a really beautiful location, it feels like you are staying in a botanical garden. So many birds and flowers. We saw (and heard) monkeys.

food was below average

location and grounds

The boat taxis costs 3-5 Dollar for one drive and you need to take them all the time. Beach and city is only accessible by boat.

The location in the middle of the rainforest and the noices during night. Food was also good.

Stayed in January 2022

The jacuzzi isn’t hot. The rooms that are attached don’t have a full divided wall. There’s an open gap at the end of the wall that makes noise travel from to room an issue. I could hear everything the other people next door were doing.

The breakfast was good and filling.

Beautiful enviroment

Stayed in October 2021

The breakfast was disappointing and I think it should be available earlier and later, because we did trips and it wasn’t available, we just got the left overs 😔.

Location was fabulous, the cabins were cute. Beautiful grounds and pool.