Rancho Humo Estancia

Really enjoyed Rancho Humo. A very personalized experience. We stayed two nights, with two rooms (one for my wife and myself, one for my two kids aged 19 and 17). Both rooms looked out over the wetlands, into the Palo Verde National Park and surrounding wetlands. TONS of birds flying all over the place. The rooms were clean, and as hard as it must be to keep bugs out they did a great job. The staff was the best part - Kenneth was just amazing. He was our 'majordomo' throughout the experience, checking us in, being our waiter, bringing drinks, making sure we got to excursions. He took my son to the closest small town to get some snacks (we didn't have a car). He even drove down into the owner's private wetlands to a tower the owner had built to watch the sunset with literally thousands of birds surrounding us! We are in the 'off-season' (7 total people at the hotel including our 4) but it isn't huge the way it is. Pretty much all positives. Let me see if I can even find a negative. The pool is just fine - small and hard to keep 100% clean (did have visitors like frogs, lizards, iguanas which my family loved, but some might not). It is pretty much in the middle of nowhere - which again I loved, but some might not. Overall I can't recommend it enough - 2-3 nights are probably plenty unless you are a dedicated birdwatcher, but we loved it and it was our first stop so a nice relaxing entry into CR and Guanacaste in general. The price was solid, even with 3X meals a day (fixed menu, but we liked it all!). Even the drinks were pretty darn affordable.