Parker Valdez

Review of GAIA Hotel & Reserve

Enjoying your morning coffee with a view of scarle...

Enjoying your morning coffee with a view of scarlet macaws flying through the valley below is an idyllic experience; that's how every day started for us at the Gaia Hotel. Having a private reserve and free daily tours is an undersold benefit of this hotel. The tour guide is a local and has a wealth of knowledge on a range of topics. The entire staff is excellent and a great example of the Costa Rican friendliness and hospitality we'd heard about. The grounds are well-kept and the pool is an Instagrammer's dream. As advertised, it was an adults-only experience. The concierge staff were able to quickly arrange the logistics of our tours and communicated promptly via Whatsapp when we were away from the reception. Though there was working wi-fi throughout the property, one minor critique was it wasn't fast enough to run Netflix in the room without some buffering; I'm not sure if that's even within Gaia's control. I'd come back here in a heartbeat!