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Cloud Forest Lodge

3.0 star property

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Breakfast, lunch and dinner served
View from property
Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, soundproofing
Hiking
Exterior

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
1 km al este del Banco de Costa Rica, Santa Elena, Monteverde, Puntarenas, 60109
  • Jardín de Orquídeas
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Monteverde Orchid Garden
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Ranario
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • La Fortuna (FON-Arenal)
    ‪146 min drive‬

Room options

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Euphonia Deluxe Suites

Euphonia Deluxe Suites

  • 80 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Junior Room

Junior Room

  • 100 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, soundproofing

Manakin Family Suite

  • 60 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, soundproofing

Manakin Double Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Monteverde

Located in Monteverde, Cloud Forest Lodge is in a regional park, within a 15-minute drive of Friends Meeting House and Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. .This lodge is 26.6 mi (42.9 km) from Lake Arenal.
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What's nearby

  • Monteverde Orchid Garden - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Monteverde Butterfly Gardens - 4 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde - 5 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Curi-Cancha Reserve - 6 min drive - 3.2 km
  • Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve - 10 min drive - 5.4 km

Getting around

  • La Fortuna (FON-Arenal) - 146 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Laggus Restaurant - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Café Monteverde - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Las Riendas Restaurant - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Tree House Restaurante & Cafe - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Restaurante Sabor Tico - ‬13 min walk

About this property

Cloud Forest Lodge

Lodge with free breakfast, near Friends Meeting House
Cloud Forest Lodge offers 25 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and complimentary bottled water. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. This Monteverde lodge provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 50+ Mbps. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, bathrobes, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 25 guestrooms. Your pillowtop bed comes with premium bedding. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
You can enjoy a meal at Endemica serving the guests of Cloud Forest Lodge, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include luggage storage, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Endemica - This family restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free local cuisine breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–9:30 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Endemica

Things to do

  • Hiking/biking trails

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Renovated entire property – December 2022
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 6 AM - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Destination fee: USD 10 per person, per stay. This fee does not apply to children under 1 year of age.
  • Additional fee: USD 10 per person, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

The listed mandatory additional fee covers the Monteverde Lodge & Gardens Conservation Support Fee that subsidizes local conservation and community efforts.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Cloud Forest
Cloud Forest Lodge
Cloud Forest Lodge Monteverde
Cloud Forest Monteverde
Cloud Lodge
Monteverde Cloud Forest Lodge
Monteverde Cloud Forest
Monteverde Cloud Forest Lodge Costa Rica - Santa Elena
Monteverde Cloud Forest Hotel Monteverde

Cloud Forest Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 74 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 74 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 74 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 74 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 74 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bird lovers will adore the dining room seating with hummingbirds, toucans, orioles, motmots and more easily viewable all hours of the day. Rooms are spacious and hot water in showers is fantastic! Thought we would have view from porch but alas no… it’s a lovely outdoor space but we didn’t use it much. Wood fireplace in lobby / dining area is wonderful way to warm up and dry out after hiking the were cloud forests. Observation deck provides stunning views of the sunset and lake with awesome cloud formations. We rented four wheel drive and it was reassuring to have it driving up the steep dirt road to reception. Staff is friendly and helpful locating guides for cloud forest tours and more. Pre-ordering breakfast was a nice touch to make sure we had food ready at 630a to make our 7a tour start time.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jaime

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brianna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing location, beautiful, clean rooms. lovely helpful staff and a wonderful onsite restaurant!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

LAURA

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great property, well maintained. Wildlife all around. Roads in the area are terrible, but that's not the hotel's fault..
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Hemant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vijay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location & View.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Sarah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I absolutely loved the dining experience here! The food was quality was excellent. I will say they do need have ventilation in their units as the condensation makes everything totally wet. Also, the drive up is unpaved and very bumpy. Get an all wheel drive rental. I do still recommend this place and I would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Liked: Amenities
Amazing, my first thought was there is no way a hotel at the end of this road, but what a lovely surprise.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

virginia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and great restaurant. Beautiful view from the restaurant and bar. The food was fantastic! There is fun wildlife all around the property, all able to be viewed while having breakfast! However, We didn't like that this was a zip lining property, on the surrounding hiking trails there were many cables strangling large beautiful trees and noisy construction due to zip line maintenance. The rooms did not have a refrigerator or air-conditioning or heating or TV. A ceiling fan would have been nice. These conditions made the bedding moist and smelly. If you are planning on doing a night tour, I would recommend doing it at a different facility. A pleasant stay overall.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious rooms. Quiet! Beautiful flora and fauna! Staff is super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barb

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The highlight of our entire Costa Rican vacation!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed two nights at this hotel in August. It is a beautiful hotel with lovely staff and setting. However - beware of hidden charges. We booked a family suite for a 2 night stay through Expedia. We are a family of 3 with a 14yo but when we got to the hotel they were expecting an infant and charged us an extra $52 per night supplement ($104 in total which was an unpleasant surprise). We had not had this problem in any other hotels during our trip so this was disappointing (hence the 4 stars vs 5). Neither Expedia nor the hotel accepted there was a problem with the booking system (other hotels we booked added an extra person supplement at time of booking through Expedia). We asked Expedia for the information we provided at booking in case we had made a mistake but were told this was not possible.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Odelia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pierre-Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

lara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We absolutely loved our stay. The hummingbirds were something else to watch at breakfast! The staff were very attentive and friendly and the food was amazing. A fabulous stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paarish

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Priya

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We recently visited Monteverde and had an amazing experience. The staff are very attentive to our needs and assist in a very timely manner. They are excellent with customer service. The restaurant views are just breathtaking as you can see Toucans, a variety of different Costa Rican birds, and zipliners. (One minor recommendation is the rooms need to be updated and there is a lot of space and not very good utilization...)
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Valke

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing views, beautiful property, friendly and helpful staff, spacious and clean rooms. Felt like a luxurious version of summer camp. Enjoyed everything about this hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alfredo

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Vicky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The grounds, service, room and restaurant were absolutely perfect!
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Sharon

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Isolated lodge
Lovely 2 night stay at the Cloud Forest Lodge. Very comfortable room and huge shower room. Missed having coffee making facilities in the room, but that’s a pretty minor issue really. Loved having cocktails on the restaurant balcony while watching the sun set and all of our meals in the restaurant were absolutely excellent. Customer service was spot on. We arranged 2 activities through reception: - A night walk, which unfortunately was a complete waste of money - Canopy zip lines, which was excellent and completely safe - although somewhat scary as it was extremely windy.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

lisa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Literally in middle of forest. Spotted Capuchin monkeys, an Agoati and a band of Coatis. Geat views from lodge restaurant which also served excellent food.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024