Pachamama Jungle River Lodge - Punta Uva

We arrived without a reservation on a Thursday. Since we loved our cabin and the short walk to Punta Uva Beach, we asked to extend our stay to 4 nights. The hostess and her assistant were wonderful of making us feel at home! We greatly appreciated the laundry services offered on site and safe parking for our motorbikes. Highly recommend this lodge because of its location away from busy Puerto Viejo, the easy beach access and the jungle wildlife experience. We saw monkeys, Toucans and Parrots on the property right from our porch. Really loved the early morning sounds from so many different chirping birds and howler monkeys in the distance. The corner store was convenient for Cerveza. Restaurant Arrecife offers tasty dinners right at the Beach.

We enjoyed our week long stay at Pachamama. We were in the large cabin the first night until a smaller one came available our second day. The cabins are located in the jungle, wildlife all around - howler monkeys, birds, roosters. 😁 Breakfast was excellent and served on our balcony every morning. Secure parking, in-room safe. Pachamama is right across the street from the beach and located conveniently close to Manzanillo, Arricefe, Punta Uva and Puerto Viejo - lots to see and do everywhere! Great restaurants all around!

This lodge is on the coast road from Manzanilla (good jungle walk ) and Puerto Viejo (bit busy for us). Near the lovely Punta Uva beach. Everything is off this road and it is very easy to get around this flat road on cheap bike rentals. The road is however quite busy and none of the bikes have lights making night time cycling uncomfortable. This matters for those without a car as there are not many restaurants within walking distance. Although there is the excellent Selvins. There is a small shop just up the road. Punta Uva beach is a short walk and makes for a lovely early morning walk, plenty of bird and animal life to be seen. Great for swimming. The lodge is set in lovely gardens, the cabins all being well separated. We had the smallest of the cabins, which was little tight, but was equipped enough for us to prepare a couple of dinners. The place was clean and well looked after. The lady who looked after us is a delight. She gave us a lift to get our bikes and also took us to the Great Green Macaw sanctuary herself. A very worthwhile trip to see these magnificent birds. Overall absolutely fine place to stay. Would be better with a car but we managed without. Note, cash payment is expected. ATMs can be hard to find so stick up while you can.

First, they charged us for holiday week when the holiday is 10 days away. For the money, you can get MUCH better places closer to the town and activities. They do not include breakfast or coffee. This is a basic camp - bare minimum accommodations. I would not recommend.