Our family stayed at David’s home in Esterillos Oeste in July 2019. We were very happy with the courteous and helpful advice we received from David prior to traveling to Costa Rica. The gracious hospitality continued once we arrived at the beautiful home and met with Javier, the property manager. The house was perfect for our large group with several families that traveled to celebrate graduations! Everyone had their own suite…and were so happy! Plenty of bathrooms and space to move around. The rooftop was a favorite place to gather and enjoy the beautiful ocean view, hangout with the iguanas, see the macaws fly by every day and visit the resident juvenile sloth on the back hill. I think we even saw lemurs in the tree one afternoon on the hillside! The pool was a perfect way to cool down each day after being in the ocean.
Some of our family’s highlights included fishing with William where our ‘fisherman’ caught 15 mackerels…enough fish to feed all of us for 3 nights plus giving fish to William and Javi! Our ceviche was the best. :) Javier traveled with us on a (must do!) monkey boat ride through the river ways and we enjoyed a delicious lunch at Manuel Antonio. The was just a short walk from the condos and nice for boogie boarding, surfing and family soccer games. David recommended surfboard rentals from Brett, who had everything we needed and was super nice to work with.
At the home, a huge pantry and kitchen with all necessities for cooking (on every floor), a nice gas grill as well as a couple of trips to Masxmenos grocery store in Jaco enabled a full week of in-house meals, saving a lot of money for our large group.
It was also very helpful to have washers/dryers on every floor of the home, as we were able to pack less clothes and return home with suitcases full of clean ones!
We would highly recommend this home to families traveling. We felt safe and cared for by Javier. If we needed anything, he was just a quick text away and super helpful. Thank you David and Javier for making our Summer 2019 one to remember! Pura Vida!!