Canon de La Vieja Lodge

Lovely place great facilities, quiet, staff were really friendly, spa and hot springs were an added bonus!

Nature and bugs are inseparable. Still, the red ants crawling on the walls of the room were a little uncomfortable. The service was great though.

No hot water to shower for 2 days! Called the front desk on the 1st night they said housekeeping is off duty. Next day we were out all day for our adventures and when we returned still no hot water. 1st night dinner at their restaurant the whole lodge lost power for few hours. We ate dinner in the dark, it was kind of adventurous. Dinner was ok.

Best steak dish. All in one location. Close to rincon de la vieja and llanos del cortes

10 of us where shuttled here from our resort in Tamarindo. The girl at the tour desk told us 40 min to reach the lodge (1 hr 45 min but thats another story). The horses were adequate. We own our own horses so I was already to back out if the horses appeared abused but a little underfed but they were fine. My husband had the only lively one in the bunch. The 5 person only suspension bridge to the corrals was total unsafe due to the rusted parts. The non English speaking horse wranglers motioned for us to get off by the river and left us. Half the group went the wrong way. Next was the river tubing. By far the highlight of our vacation. We laughed so much. With that said, the 2 employees who led us spoke no English and basic instruction on how to tuck legs in etc would have been welcomed. Next was zip line. The whole tour we felt rushed but zip line was the worst. The photographer kept saying "hurry up " or "get going" the whole time. He was completely rude. Thankfully we were a group who had seen it all. The zip line leaders were sending people thru before the previous person was clear. Nerve-wracking. A few of the platforms and stairs were almost rusted through. Accident waiting to happen. The mud baths were fine. We weren't allowed to do the rock climbing/rappelling. God forbid we spend more time. No comments on why, just rushed us through. Overall not a bad day but lacking many safety standards. We did not stay overnight but the cabins looked cute

Absolutely love this place, particularly the views from the trails near the river.