Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort Member of the Cayuga Collection

Beautiful location and for the most part the service was great. First the pluses ....beach is super and the staff down by the beach was friendly and welcoming and they do a great job of creating safety (lots of lifeguard drills it appeared!) and overall the sense of a lovely vacation feel. There are golf carts to take you everywhere on the property, which is pretty necessary as the property is steep and quite spread out. You just give a call and someone shows up in minutes. Many of the drivers have a great personality, just made it surprising when a few of them seemed not friendly--and for us there was no need to speak English--I was always happy to try my Spanish! Ditto for the staff in the main restaurant--some were friendly and welcoming and a few others were all business and not very welcoming or patient. On with the plus items...the beds are very comfortable, rooms are private and quiet, and the policy of free mini bar snacks (with free restocking) is wonderful! The monkeys and iguanas --and sloths--on the property are terrific. There is a dinner in the beach restaurant on Wednesdays, Sats and Suns and since we were only there for the Wed dinner, I wish that the staff at breakfast had reminded us of it and also, there could be a small guide in the room that would include the beach dinner evening schedule as well as a map of the nature trail --with distances. We wanted to walk it ourselves, without their guide, but didn't have a good sense of the overall length of the trail. There was a little sense that they wanted to encourage us to sign up for their guided (for a fee) walk. The food in the main restaurant was good, but not exceptional and the dinners are quite expensive. The breakfast has many choices and again, it's good but not exceptional--but nice that it's included in the room price. Overall, however, it's a lovely place, clearly the nicest place to stay in Manuel Antonio, but also quite pricey, which you know if you're reading this! Trip.com had the best price by far, at least for November.

This resort is absolutely amazing. Surrounded by the luscious rainforest of Costa Rica, it provides home to so many variety of animals. Every day we were greeted by the white face monkeys, the property was filled with numerous sloths, iguanas, and we saw a mini Costa Rican capybara. Beachfront access was also a highlight. Alex, Alexis, Randell, Brian, Jorge, Christian, and Karen made us feel so welcomed as if we were family and the entire staff were very professional and friendly. I also love how they provide private shuttle service for the guest to go off site which gives you a sense of security. I would recommend this resort to anyone!!! PURA VIDA😊

Amazing staff. Everyone was so kind, happy, and incredible. Beautiful resort with great access to the ocean and tons of wildlife thank you to everyone there for making our stay so wonderful!