La Laguna del Lagarto Eco-Lodge

Una maravillosa experiencia! Precioso lugar Personal muy amable Comida deliciosa Senderos donde se puede apreciar flora y fauna en abundancia Cumplió todas mis expectativas!

Excelente!

It's a good place for bird watching but that's all !!!!! The food is terrible, it's a poor buffet for all meals and expensive for the quality. The room was awfull with a dripping smell and at 4am the room was flooded because of the toilet !!!! And nobody at the hôtel except the guard to help us. So we wait outside from 4am until 6.30am that somebody take care of the problem. I won't recommend this place too expensive for what it is. Also I don't recommend the boat tour. It start to late in the morning (8.30am), so you won't see nothing really interesting and the guide was sleeping on the boat !!!!! And for the night tour, the guide yells instead of talking softly so animals escape !!!!

This is great birding lodge, both on its grounds proper and the whole area around it. The rooms and public areas are spacious, clean and comfortable. The beds comfortable, the water hot and with pretty good pressure. Food is good and well done for the most part. The staff is phenomenally friendly, helpful and attentive. The feeders attract all kinds of interesting and not at all run of the mill birds. This was the only place on out trip that had an outside chance of my seeing an Agami Heron. I didn’t, apparently one had ben spotted a week before our arrival. (Two different Tiger-Heron species were super stand-ins.) The only downsides were no AC or Wifi in the rooms. I’d be happy to come again. Forgot to say: The lodge has two vintage Land Rovers still functioning, though exceedingly well worn. Took 78 photos for my son who models miniature R/C cars and he was ecstatic at being able to get rare details.

Een paar kilometer verder van maquenque maar een paradijs voor vogel fotografie. Het hotel is vrij simpel maar wel afdoende. Kamer/badkamer niet groot, geen airconditioning maar is ook niet nodig, wel fans. Het restaurant heeft zicht op de vallei en vogels, de (vaste) maaltijden zijn eenvoudig maar wel goed en niet te duur. Veel excursie mogelijkheden voor vogelaars maar die zijn niet goedkoop. De sfeer is overigens heel relaxt. Er was wat verwarring achteraf over de kosten van o.a. excursies maar dat is goed opgelost.

Had an enjoyable 2 night stay there. Went specifically to see the king vulture and had one visit the feeding blind after an almost 3 hr wait. Thought a shower would discourage the visit but one came. In the meantime the antics of the numerous black vultures kept us entertained. Plus, mealy parrots and other interesting birds added to the scene. Appreciated the varied birdlife on the grounds of the lodge seeing pied puffbirds, becards, barbthroats, and flycatchers not to mention toucans, parrots and others at the main feeder. A not-so-shy coati enjoyed the fruit. Spotlighting the lagoons near the driveway resulted in seeing two caimans with one about 4 ft in length. The last 20 kilometers or so to the lodge is quite bumpy but made for enjoyable birding including our first striped cuckoo! Our accommodations were fine. The ceiling fan made for good sleeping. Food was tasty. The staff quickly prepared an excellent chicken dish for my wife once our guide realized she did not eat seafood. The beer was cold. Yes, be prepared for rain. It was interesting that staff changed the horizontal limb at the main feeder so that moss and leaves made for a more naturally setting for photographing birds before they ventured to the center of the feeder where fruit was attached. Brown-hooded parrots were a main attractions at one time being a few feet from the porch and undoubtedly resulted in 100's of pics being taken by one group. Laguna del Lagarto is a wonderful place to bird. Staff could not have been more pleasing. The rough road is more than worth the trip.