Life at Maravilla is relaxed and informal. From here you can explore the coastal rain forest, mango plantations and mountain trails on horseback or on foot or lie on your hammock on the veranda and li...
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Life at Maravilla is relaxed and informal. From here you can explore the coastal rain forest, mango plantations and mountain trails on horseback or on foot or lie on your hammock on the veranda and listen to the sounds of the tropics.
Maravilla is part of an estate that encompasses over 1500 acres. The small charming house is also used as a summer home of the family who own the hacienda.
There are four bedrooms located at the corners of a Hacienda house with a hallway
in between and two bathrooms. The comfortable bedrooms have twin beds and ceiling fans. Hammocks along the outside of the house are hung under a welcoming veranda.
A stay at Maravilla can be arranged for a minimum of two people, is usually for seven nights and the itinerary is very flexible. Normally you arrive into San Jose in the late evening and overnight at a hotel. The next morning you are transferred to the horsefarm where you are introduced to the horses before riding through to Maravilla and getting your first experience of the majesty and noises of the Gallery Forest.
Over the next five days you can enjoy a range of different half day rides returning to Maravilla for lunch or all day rides with a picnic lunch. In the northern part of the hacienda the terrain is picturesque, predominantly flat with gentle slopes and forested valleys. To the south you ride across savannahs, large mango plantations and explore some of the secondary Dry Forests. You can ride through the Mangrove swamps and estuaries to the Pacific Ocean, ride along the coast and onto headlands with spectacular views.
Throughout your stay you are accompanied by a professional guide who will help you identify the monkeys you might see or hear, also the spectacular tropical birds such as Trogons, Parakeets, Scarlet Macaws and Toucans. Maybe also coatimundis, iguanas, anteaters or crocodiles.
Staying at Maravilla you are at the centre of rural life. If you get up early you will see people ride to work and go about their life; when you are riding you may visit and meet with the people of the area. It’s a really lovely place to stay for a week.