Aninga Lodge

This is glamorous rustic! Very comfortable rooms in a jungle! Food, bar & pool are 5* in our minds! Steven @ the bar was first rate! Seeing sloths and spider monkeys up close and personal were incredible! It's worth the 90-minute boat ride to get there!!

Amazing grounds after finally getting there. Planes, trains (not really), automobiles and a BOAT. You must take a boat to get here and back.||Unfortunately it rained the entire time for the two days we stayed there. It was still beautiful. The real "Rain Forest" . ||The service here was amazing.||The rooms had no glass windows, only screened openings. Air was free flowing, and so were the sounds of the rain forest. There is no a/c, no heat and no TV.||There was a beautiful turtle-shaped pool.||As for the food, the first day lunch buffet was very good. They had chicken breasts and pork tenderloins, along with a pasta bar. First night dinner was beef and fish, also good. There was no decent dessert. Probably a good thing because I would probably eat too much of it.||Next morning breakfast was good. They had an omelette bar.||Second day lunch buffet was not so good. They only had chicken thighs and drums. Dark meat only. I'm not a fan. The only saving grace was a great flan.||I forgot what we had the last night...lol But we did have that omelette bar the day we left.||There is a nice 2-mile walking tour through the rain forest, which was really cool.||We did see some monkeys frolicking in the trees and a whole bunch of exotic birds.||Our stay was really nice, but unfortunately it rained the entire time and it was supposed to be the dry season. Oh well.

What an amazing hotel in such a beautiful place. A window into nature- such a variety of wildlife on your doorstep . Great service, wonderful rooms and good food. Best part was the tours taken with the tour guide George- who was a font of so much knowledge and who took care of us so well. It couldn’t have gone any better. A lovely man who won our hearts ♥️

My wife & I recently stayed at Aninga Lodge for 5 nights - our second visit to this property. We experienced a little more rain than normal in early December but the staff were thoughtful & wonderful and made our stay a very nice experience. Special thanks to Barbie & Emilie in the office, guide Brandon, boat captain Carlos, and our lovely cleaning lady, Anna. Also great to see boat captain John again and the restaurant staff were terrific. Also thank you to Deikel in the reservation office for all her help and fast communication. These folks were all wonderful to deal with and the location is amazing to see wildlife and to walk on the Pachira Lodge (sister property) trail, right next door. We are already planning our next visit to Costa Rica and Aninga Lodge will certainly be part of our plans. We highly recommend this lodge in the Costa Rica rainforest!

This place is in an astonishingly beautiful setting. You have to know going in that you’re entering a jungle in a rainforest in one of the wettest climates in the world, so everything you have will get wet and nothing will dry. Even clothing that doesn’t get rained on will become damp. It’s just the natural effects of the environment. You will be in awe of the surrounding wildlife and jungle. The howler monkeys wake you up in the morning with wonderful calls that sound like brewing Keurig machines. The wildlife and plant life here offer the best of Costa Rica - sloths, monkeys, and iguanas galore. The lodging, food, beds, and amenities are not the best, but the setting makes up for everything and then some.

My husband and I had a great time at Aninga lodge! The lodge is beautiful and rooms are all nicely separated with lots of windows (just screens, no glass) which is awesome to hear the wildlife. We stayed 3 nights. The tours and guides were awesome! Johnny was our main guide and we really enjoyed his knowledge, especially regarding tortuguero town where he grew up. The lodge was very accommodating to our vegan diet and made us special dishes in addition to the buffet. We had planned to go to cerro tortuguero but unfortunately the trail was recently damaged and closed, so we made it a spa day and had very relaxing couples massage and spa time. Was a great stay and I highly recommend!

Aninga lodge was wonderful! Lots to say about our 2-night tour we booked directly through the hotel, with round-trip transportation from San Jose. Went with my little family of six (2 parents, 4 kids ages ranging from 4 to 15). Weather: We came in late September and the weather was hot, humid, but it did not rain during our stay more than a brief light sprinkle. We were quite sweaty most of the time we were here, but it was worth it! The lodge was not very busy during our stay because it is the low season for most of the country. Animals: We saw sloths right by our little cabin, there were spider monkeys in the area every day, and we watched a turtle laying eggs on our night turtle tour we did! Saw crocs, caiman, birds, lizards, monkeys, sloths, crabs, big spiders, and more while here. Food: Buffet meals. Us and our kids loved every meal and we always had more than enough to eat. After we left the last day multiple people in our group had stomach issues, we are not sure if we ate/drank something bad at breakfast at the lodge or at lunch at Ceibu restaurant. Rooms: No A/C, screen windows with curtains to close at night. The ceiling fan was on whenever we were in the room and was enough to make it mostly comfortable. We had two cabins for our family of 6, and in one of them the ceiling fan was noticeably weaker so that room was less comfortable. Nice bathrooms with hot water. Pool: We were in the swimming pool a lot. Perfect temperature to swim in for a long time if you want. Yummy virgin drinks at the bar that we tried with the kids ($5 each charged to your room). Tours: All the tours were fun. The morning boat tour to see all the animals was amazing, the guides find so many animals! The night turtle walk was really cool because we could see the turtle laying eggs, but a lot of it was walking and waiting in the dark (lots of sweating!) until the guide could let us see stuff - kind of hard to keep the kids happy while we waited in the dark. The Tortuguero town tour was our least favorite, but it was nice to be able to be on the Carribbean Sea beach for a bit. We skipped the Tortuguero Hill tour so we could have more down time to swim and relax. Highly recommend staying here!

After a long transfer from San Jose (and that road through the Banana plantations!) your boat trip to the lodge gives you a taste of the wildlife extravaganza to come!||||I'll echo earlier reviews, rooms are comfortable, spacious and do the job admirably. I liked the concept of just insect grills and no windows, no a/c & and a ceiling fan. Good functional bathroom. Very helpful & professional staff ||Bearing in mind, there were three tour groups of 20/25 people there were never any real issues. Pool area with a bar was a great place to relax after all the wildlife watching.||Our guide, Harvey for our two night stay was outstanding, degrees in Botany & Ornithology his depth of knowledge was unbelievable. If I were to come back I would defiantly book an extra night, loved it! Thanks folks.||No need for an alarm clock, just wait for the dawn chorus courtesy of the local population of Howler Monkeys!||Highly Recommended.