we camped for 3 nights in december. harvey and susan were great, so friendly! the food was fantastic, the coconut fresh and the hammock incredibly relaxing. we also made use of the kayaks to explore the mangroves and took long walks on the beach.

Well, what can we add to the other rave reviews about Saladero? It's all true: this place is absolutely wonderful, the location is stunning, the food superb (try the guacamole!) and Harvey and Susan are wonderful hosts who really made us feel at home at Saladero. We stayed at the Beach House for 4 nights in december 2011 and very much enjoyed it. Saladero offers lots of possibilities for kayaking, snorkeling, birdwatching or just enjoy the beautiful view over the Golfo Dulce. The boat/kayak trip up the Esquinas river was also very beautiful with impressive mangrove forest.

For birdwatchers: although Saladero doesn't have an extensive trail system like some other Costa Rican forest lodges, the short forest trail was quite productive and we saw some excellent birds here like great tinamou, marbled wood-quail, ruddy quail-dove, golden-crowned spadebill, several antbird species etc. The garden is visited by fiery-billed aracari and of course the scarlet macaws. There was also a Tayra walking around that showed itself very well on a few occasions - absolutely amazing!

All in all, a wonderful place and very highly recommended!

The highlight of our 3 weeks family trip around Costa Rica were the 4 days at Saladero Lodge. We were happy to stay close to the phantastic nature, between the rainforest and the ocean with dolphins playing in front of us during lunch. We were lazy in the hammock and active by canoeing, snorkeling, fishing, hiking etc. We appreciated very much to recharge energies after all this activities thanks to the tasty meals with local flavors prepared by Paulina, Susan and Harvey and consumed together with them and the other guests. The beach house is furnished with much taste, very spacious and airy over the ocean.The sunsets there are overwhelming.

Saladero Lodge is very well equipped in all details and offers sustainable comfort adeguate to the remote site and offers even some luxury like cold beer and ice. Harvey and Susan are open minded friendly hosts and have created together with the family of Paulina a really unique place.

I stayed with my wife for 4 nights in the treehouse and had a fantasic time. It felt like being part of the rainforest listening to the birdcalls and watching troops of whitefaced monkeys pass by within 40 feet of the porch and pose for photos. Margit got good photos of the scarlet macaws perched on the porch railing. The grounds are beautiful to stroll with the sounds of howler monkeys not far off. The food was fantsticwith greatvariety prepared by Harvey, Susan and Pauline. My only regret was that we were not able to stay longer.