Guest User
June 2, 2024
Ylang Ylang was amazing hotel. It was very secluded in Montezuma but direct on the beach and covered up in trees that are loaded with white faced monkeys, Holler monkeys and lizards/iguanas everywhere. The mosquitos also joined in the party in mass so got to have spray with you. The setting of the rooms and entire resort was fabulous. It was located such that you could get to several waterfalls. The Montezuma falls was nice. Not hard walk but did require some traversing over rocks and up/down trees and roots. My wife actually got her foot stuck between rocks and was not able to catch herself and landed full force on her shoulder. Just bruised but can be tricky. And my wife is quite fit and maneuverable so not an age or out of shape thing. The restaurant was amazing. The room rate came with breakfast and dinner. Anyone complaining about the food, amount or quality, is absolutely ridiculous. There are over 3 or 4 pages of selections of food for dinner. And my wife and I tried a different one each night and not a single one was short of amazing. They were all fresh and light. I had Mahi Mahi dishes mostly but all made differently. They had sushi which was really good according to my wife's brother and sister-in-law who joined us for dinner one night. One topic to consider though is the rooms are not air tight meaning you will have some critters to maybe join you at night. Not large iguanas or things like this. Just small bugs. So don't be surprise and should be expected for such an environment. We also did a horseback ride from right in from of the resort to a waterfall that flows right into the ocean. It was abou 3 hours total and only my wife, the guide and me. Most of the ride was direct on the beach but some was in the trees. It suggest pants but my wife and I wore shorts. Should've wore pants. The horses rub you up against trees/branches and we got nicked up a bit. Also can get raw with feet/legs rubbing against the saddle parts. But amazing ride and guide was super nice gentlemen. When we arrived at the waterfall, he cutup some pineapples and diced them up for us. I've never had more sweeter pineapple in my life than in Costa Rica. Highly recommend Ylang Ylang along with its location in Montezuma. We stayed in Santa Teresa after our Ylang Ylang visit and most of the tours offered by Nantipa in Santa Teresa originated in Montezuma (Horseback riding; Torguga Island Trip; Montezuma waterfall hike). So it is more expensive due to transportation. So if you want to do tours in this area of the country, I highly recommend you stay in Montezuma for a few days and do the tours. Then over to the Santa Teresa area for surfing or other things.