Gaia Hotel & Reserve

Stayed at Gaia for over a week and it was amazing! The staff were incredibly helpful and kind. The location was beautiful, with lots of wildlife on the property, and it was easy to access both towns (Quepos and Manuel Antonio). I did the spices tour, the National Park tour, the mangrove kayaking tour, and the macaw tour on the property, and all of them were fantastic. Highly recommend this place, I will be back!

We absolutely loved staying here! Everyone was so welcoming. The views are stunning from all points of the hotel. They even gave us a free upgrade, which was a great perk for our wedding anniversary celebration! We saw so many animals on the property and enjoyed swimming in the pool. The food is so delicious. We would recommend this to anyone coming to this area. They have free shuttles to Manuel Antonio and guided tours through their hotel. The best part was of course seeing the scarlet macaws on the property! We loved the manual Antonio tour- for those who love animals and nature, this is very doable and fun!

This was the 5th hotel that we’d stayed in on our honeymoon Costa Rica travels. I can honestly say the stay from start to finish was the best I’d ever experienced. We were greeted with much help and a refreshment at reception. Our concierge, Catalina was extremely helpful and helped us with any questions/needs. The rooms, studios and grounds are perfect… the hotel has its own reserve with trails so wildlife is on your doorstep… beautiful to wake up to. All the staff are soo friendly and go above and beyond to help you with any of your needs… Johnny makes the best cocktails… Abraham is welcoming and helpful with luggage/golf buggy drop offs and pick ups. He is also informative for local amenities for travels. Although the hotel has everything you need and the food is out of this world… breakfast, lunch and dinner. Totally recommend the fine dining menu with wine to compliment each dish. We can’t thank Gaia Hotel and Reserve enough for our stay and we will look to come back and stay here again in a couple of years time. Thank you again, love Colleen and James XX PURA VIDA ❤️🇨🇷🙏🏼

My husband and I had a wonderful 5 days at Gaia. The hotel is tucked away on the hillside with a wonderful view of the ocean, so it’s very private. Views from the hotel pool and restaurant were particularly beautiful. There is a scarlet macaw reserve on the property, so we saw several during our stay (sometimes flying by when we ate our breakfast!), as well as a sloth and squirrel monkeys. If physically able, we highly recommend doing the free scarlet macaw tour with Clarence that Gaia offers to see even more wildlife. Since it’s a steep walk up to the hotel, there’s a golf cart service which is very timely, but something to be aware of. If you don’t have a car, there isn’t much within walking distance of the hotel but they offer hourly shuttle service to Playa Espadilla (main public beach). Concierge made it extremely easy to organize transportation and excursions so this was not generally an issue for us (thank you, José!). Breakfast is included in the stay and delicious, but we also ate a few dinners at the hotel when we didn’t feel like venturing out which were quite good (personally would recommend fish dishes). As you may be able to tell, the best part about our stay was the people. Our concierge, José, worked very hard to schedule a last minute excursion for us in (addition to helping with much more) which we so appreciated. Since the pickup for this excursion was at 5 am, he also arranged for us to pick up breakfast on the go from security. Clarence was not only our guide for the scarlet macaw tour on the property, but also our tour of Manuel Antonio park that we booked through Gaia. He is an INCREDIBLE and knowledgeable guide, and would often spot things other guides couldn’t see. We were very grateful to have him as our tour guide. Abraham, Andres, and Robert were also all very kind, as were all other hotel staff members whose names we didn’t catch. When we checked out, José knew that we were going for a long drive to our next destination and provided us with a bagged lunch to take. We haven’t had anyone do something so thoughtful at any other hotel we’ve ever stayed at. Truly unparalleled people and service in a beautiful location, and for a reasonable price— we’ll be back if we return to CR! :)

First, any negative reviews I have seen to date are just not fair. This is a boutique hotel in the woods. If you are looking for Luxury 5 star snooty resort then you are not booking correctly. This is a 4 star very nice resort. Staff was amazing. Pool is adequate for the hotel type. Wildlife is good. We saw a sloth, macaws, iguanas, squirrel monkeys all on property, however this is not a zoo. There is no guarantee of anything. Staff was amazing and food at restaurant was also good. We had a 2 bedroom villa which was very nice. Power went out a lot but never impacted our stay as it comes back on quickly by generator. Again you are in a remote location not Beverly Hills resort. Know what you are booking ahead of time and don’t complain over little things. We have been to Costa Rica 3 times and have stayed at multiple different places. We have stayed 5 star in La Fortuna and Osa but this was also a great time. Thanks to Johnny who was amazing at pool and restaurant.