Hotel Rincon de la Vieja Lodge — Hotel in Liberia

Overall had a great time here.

Getting up from Liberia is an interesting drive with some paved roads and some gravel. It costs us $50us to get there by taxi.

We stayed in a room with only a fan and found it was nice and cool every night in mid March. The pool was only busy on our check in and check out dates but I think we got lucky there. All staff are very friendly. Adrian is your guy if you have trouble with speaking Spanish.

Great place for birding with the lake on the property and the smaller lake right behind the lake cabins. You can hike to the waterfall and hot springs behind the property. The waterfall took us 2hrs total there and back. Once we passed the waterfall there was a TON of ticks so watch out for those. Once we noticed the ticks, we immediately turned back on the trail and headed back, we spent hours making sure each tick was off of our clothing.

There are mosquitos and tiny black flies that bite in the shade/evening so some bug repellant will do you good if you plan on sitting out. Lots of lizards, and iguanas.

We walked to the Las Pailas loop which took 45mins up hill. Then the hike there is 2hrs. Make sure to bring a lot of water and take breaks as it's usually 35degrees.

Breakfast was good, with toast, marmalade, margarine, cereal, fresh fruit, order the traditional breakfast each morning for eggs, gallo pino, and some pork options, yogurt some mornings, coffee, tea, water, and juice! Dinner is a paid option and it's the prices I'd expect. The food quality is really delicious. I'd highly recommend the garlic fish with mashed potatoes and vegetables 😋. Caesar salad doesn't come...

Stayed here without a car, it bck onto the RDLV national park and you can walk literally out of the gate and into the park, to waterfalls, hot springs etc. SO whilst location wise it is quite remote (particularly if no car... can't really walk to anywhere for food etc), it was great for what we wanted. Did 2 long (8 and 11 mile) walks from the lodge. The grounds are decent, very nice chilled atmosphere and very pretty sunsets to watch from your veranda. The pool is small but very inviting and looked nice and clean. Plenty of spots to chill with a cold beer around the grounds. There is a restaurant on site that does breakfast and dinner (maybe lunch? wasn't there during the day). The restaurant is OK, food is OK, don't expect great things. Very helpful and friendly staff, but felt a bit like it's the first time they have ever run a restaurant. Ran out of rum on our first night!!!!!!!! Cabins are BASIC but have a decent warm shower, a cupboard and the bed is fine. Ours had a double and 2 singles (we are just a couple) so actually had loads of space for us. Walls are timber and thin, earplugs useful just because of the frogs/crickets/monkeys/birds making a noise. No aircon in ours, but we had a fan that made a very annoying ticking noise. Nice veranda for chilling on. BRING GOOD INSECT REPELLANT - you are basically...

I'm truly surprise at the reviews of this place here. This place is a gem! We decided a last minute trip to Rincon de la vieja and since it was the end of year everything was booked. Then we came across this place and am glad we booked it. The staff was very friendly, food was yummy (breakfast was included)! The rooms are very very simple but cute and beds were comfortable. It was excellent for our one night stay. Obviously, this is NOT a luxury hotel, so the rooms only have the basics, but the surrounding areas are beautiful and it will definitely helps (in my experience) disconnect from the busy world we live in :) I will definitely recommend they add a little piece of furniture to the bathrooms to place toiletries/clothes, etc ||Please note the entrance is through a private property, so there is an entrance fee (about $1.50) per person 15 min or so before the hotel. Also, once you pay that fee you'll have access to the trails and areas around where you can do walks/hikes/biking. The entrance to the national park is just around the corner so this is the perfect place to stay to enjoy the park. I'd definitely recommend having a car. The place is kind of remote IMO and without a car might be difficult to move around. I'll definitely recommend for one or two...