10/10 Exceptional
The staff was absolutely wonderful and friendly and the food incredible. The surrounding area was full of wildlife, especially birds.
We highly recommend this place.
Yamil O
Yamil O, 3-night trip
Rancho Humo Estancia
Mountain hotel in San Antonio with outdoor pool and restaurant
High in the mountains, Rancho Humo Estancia offers an upscale retreat. Savor local flavors at breakfast, take a stroll through the garden or hike and bike through scenic trails. With ecotours on site and laundry facilities available, this hotel is perfect for adventurous travelers.
VIP AccessExceptional
Popular amenities
- Pool
- Free breakfast
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
- Restaurant
- Air conditioning
Main amenities (12)
- Daily housekeeping
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Room service
- Terrace
- Air conditioning
- Garden
- Front-desk safe
- Self-serve laundry
- Concierge services
- Picnic area
Feel at home (6)
- Children's pool
- Private bathroom
- Garden
- Terrace
- Daily housekeeping
- Laundry facilities
$220 nightly
$249 total
Mar 1 - Mar 2
Total with taxes and fees
Why we love this property
Flavorful dining choices
Experience the hotel's restaurant and bar, plus indulge in free local cuisine breakfast. Couples can reserve a private dining experience.
Outdoor mountain hideaway
This hotel's terrace and picnic area complement its mountain setting perfectly. Active guests can explore nearby hiking trails or join exciting ecotours.
Room options
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Junior Suite
Exceptional
Highlights
Balcony
Air conditioning
Separate bedroom
Blackout drapes/curtains
Rainfall showerhead
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
In-room safe
- Garden view
- 710 sq ft
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps 3
- 1 King Bed
Family Room, 2 Double Beds
Highlights
Air conditioning
Blackout drapes/curtains
Rainfall showerhead
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
In-room safe
Daily housekeeping
- 581 sq ft
- Sleeps 4
- 2 Queen Beds
Family Room, 2 Queen Beds
Highlights
Air conditioning
Blackout drapes/curtains
Rainfall showerhead
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
In-room safe
Daily housekeeping
- 581 sq ft
- Sleeps 4
- 2 Queen Beds
Standard Double Room
Highlights
Air conditioning
Separate bedroom
Blackout drapes/curtains
Rainfall showerhead
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Daily housekeeping
- Garden view
- 414 sq ft
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps 2
- 1 Queen Bed
Standard Triple Room
Highlights
Air conditioning
Separate bedroom
Blackout drapes/curtains
Rainfall showerhead
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Daily housekeeping
- Garden view
- 493 sq ft
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps 3
- 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed
Standard Quadruple Room
Highlights
Air conditioning
Separate bedroom
Blackout drapes/curtains
Rainfall showerhead
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Daily housekeeping
- Garden view
- 423 sq ft
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps 4
- 2 Queen Beds
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About the neighborhood
Río Tempisque, Nicoya, Puerto Humo, San Antonio, Guanacaste
About this property
Rancho Humo Estancia
When visiting San Antonio, Rancho Humo Estancia is a great choice to consider. Guests can take a dip in the outdoor pool or grab a bite to eat at Rancho Humo Estancia, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other features include a bar/lounge, a children's pool, and a terrace.
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Rancho Humo Estancia - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Rancho Humo Estancia Reviews
Exceptional
9.8
Cleanliness
8.2
Location
9.8
Staff & service
9.4
Property conditions & facilities
Popular mentions
FoodRiverLunchRestaurantRoom10/10 Exceptional
At one with nature.
Friendly staff, good food and great views from.our room in a quite secluded area of Tempisque. Basking iguanas in the trees and birds singing all around.
Stephen
Stephen, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
the staff was super helpful
jeff
jeff, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Wonderful!/
Wonderful experience. A really unique place. It was worth the drive on the bumpy roads. Kenneth was awesome! Great bird watching
Mary
Mary, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
This hotel is a treasure! The rooms are large and lovely, the views of the wetlands spectacular. The food is beautifully prepared. We enjoyed the pool as well. The hotel offers several tours; we chose the wetlands by horseback tour. It exceeded all expectations. We just wish we had more time there!
Billie
Billie, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
What a beautiful place and surroundings! Kenneth is a wonderful host and guide. He was attentive to our every need and a joy to talk to. We are hoping to come back soon and spend more time.
Jacqueline
Jacqueline, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Incredible property. Magical and romantic rooms. All people working at the hotel were very sweet and accommodating. The food served is delicious home cooked meals. The nature around is breathtaking. Would definitely come back to visit!
Yuval
10/10 Exceptional
Book here if you want to see Palo Verde National Park. They also have tours on their own property and the river.
Make sure to understand the schedule for the tours to be able to take advantage of them. The hotel is a luxurious outpost, off the beaten path.
Susan
Susan, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
This place is off the beaten path, but we saw many unusual birds and we were treated like royalty. Large room with a sweeping view. Kenneth, our “guide” gets an A for customer service, and is a pretty good naturalist as well. Food was very good and reasonably priced as well.
John
John, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Do not be discouraged by the road to Rancho Humo, what lies at the end turned out to be a real gem.
This property is nestled up against the central wetlands of Nicoya peninsula on the shore of the Tempisque river and is a definitive location for birdwatchers from all over. My wife and I are not birdwatchers but booked this based on its remote location and its high marks from other reviews. We also booked in offseason so fortunately for us we were the only guests and the staff was so great to make us feel welcome and taken care of all week.
Be sure to let Kenneth make you feel welcome and attend to whatever your needs are and listen to his vast knowledge about the property and it’s animal inhabitants while on the safari tour. Also, Chef Kenya is an absolute magician in the kitchen so don’t miss her daily culinary offerings.
Will absolutely return one day, maybe not during the rainy season though… 😁
Patrick Nicholas
Patrick Nicholas, 6-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Loved staying here
Rancho Humo was perfect for us: comfortable and peaceful accommodations on the grounds of a working ranch with a nature preserve, so I experienced Costa Rica without feeling like a tourist...even if of course we did take tours, with Kenneth pointing out birds, monkeys, crocodiles, green iguanas (Ticos probably think I'm funny to be excited about iguanas), and even a very cute couple of Pacific screech owls peeping down at us from a tree right outside the front door which I would not have noticed on my own. I was born in Maryland but I never saw a Baltimore oriole before I was here! The staff were very welcoming, Ticos are lovely people.
Janice
Janice, 2-night trip
8/10 Very good
Room was nice. Air conditioner workedwell. Bed was comfortable. Restaurant with pool view and nature view was soothing and romantic in the evening. It is very remote. and relaxing. We went there for birding photography. Found out best time for that is in December. No entertainment or tv. Boat ride on Tempisque River was awesome.
Alfonzo Frazier
Alfonzo Frazier, 5-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Wonderful, helpful and knowledgeable staff. Good food. Nice pool area. Pool could use a little more cleaning of leaves, etc. but that didn’t stop us from enjoying it. Nice big rooms with high ceilings. A/C had to work hard to keep it cool. Fantastic river tour with our guide and constant companion, Santos. Would definately recommend!
Jerrold
Jerrold, 3-night trip
8/10 Very good
Very secluded for time away from the hustle.
Great staff. Is a 1100 acre ranch with free tours of birds and crocodiles. Riding tour to town and around ranch. If you are looking for a beach and noise then head elsewhere. This is pure ranch land and seclusion. Great for complete relaxation! Best to know some Spanish as they speak very little english but you will get by
calgary canada
8/10 Very good
Service is amazing
We spent two nights here and at first I was disappointed because I thought we would have easy access to Palo Verde National Park. This is not the case but Kenneth quickly eased my mind and set us up with a boat tour and bird watching. He was amazing and made our stay memorable. I am so happy we stayed here and it’s all because of the service we received. Highly recommend if you want to spend time in a small village ( less than 200 people) and receive unparalleled attention. The food was fantastic.
Deborah
Deborah, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Boutique eco hotel with fantastic birding
This was a wonderful stay in a remarkable place. The room was very comfortable with a balcony with a fantastic view. The food was excellent and the staff were really kind. The highlight was the "safari" with Kenneth, around the property to see birds. One of the best birding experiences we've had. Palo Verde was closed, but this allowed us to see huge flocks of birds in the wetlands right next to Palo Verde. We then walked around several times, as well. The road there is challenging, and it's remote - you have to eat at the hotel, because there's nowhere else. But it was the highlight of our trip. Secluded, beautiful, comfortable, and great wildlife.
Verified traveler
2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Very hospitable. Off the beaten track
I wasn't totally sold on this place when I first showed up. The building was very nice, but the weather was super hot, the area was very dry and dusty, and the mosquitos were so intense I wasn't sure how we'd be able to do anything outside for the 2 days we'd be there. This was on a trip in March where we had no issues with mosquitos anywhere else we visited.
But the longer we stayed, the more it grew on me and my family. The host, Kenneth, was very kind and helped us explore the area. On our first afternoon there, we saw a whole bunch of different birds within a couple hundred yards of the hotel door, including the most amazing little screech owls.
The food in the restaurant was very good, but it was the only place available. We managed to get by for lunch just on food we had with us (there was a small refrigerator in the room) and then enjoyed dinner at the restaurant.
The road into Rancho Humo was unpaved, but it was flat and easy to drive on, especially compared with other roads we drove in Costa Rica.
Verified traveler
2-night trip
6/10 Good
Great place for high-endish hotel.
Overall it was a good experience. Few things I wished I had known before I booked the place. Because it’s such a remote place there’s no other restaurants around that you’re stuck eating at the hotel. It’s gourmet food, very good but pricey, $30 per person do dinner, 25 for lunch. I should have asked ahead of time, so didn’t expect it to be that high. We had a beautiful room with balcony and wonderful view, watched birds passing by, starry nights so the room was worth the price. However, we didn’t have hot water the whole time,I really needed a hot shower one of the nights (we stayed 3nighs) after a long tiring day but shivered under a cool water. They never got around to fixing it. Also, no tv in the room which is strange, tv was one of the amenities. It’s a good location for going into the Palo Verde, hiring a boat to go across the river, totally worth the long hike, saw hundreds of birds in the lagoon area and other animals roaming the forest. Take lot of water. We would have hired a guide but didn’t work out.
Verified traveler
3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Amazing place, incredible service and wonderful staff. Not a typical hotel stay. It’s remote and on its own incredible property which makes it special. The staff is always available for your needs, the rooms are clean, beds are comfortable and food was delicious. Extremely satisfied with my stay.
Jae
Jae, 1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Me.gusto mucho la tranquilidad
Roger
Roger, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Staff delightful. Boat tour was amazing.
Enid
Enid, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The attention to our personal satisfaction was impressive. The Manager greeted us at dinner and went out of his way to find us a boat tour on the nearby river the morning we left. The room was spectacular with a huge window which looked out onto a large wooden deck and an uninterrupted view of the expansive wetlands and low mountains in the distance. At night it was dead quiet while the sky was ablaze with stars. There's also an iguana who lives next to the parking lot.
Verified traveler
1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Very unique property. Need to spend a few days to experience the full offerings of the property and surrounding area.
Verified traveler
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Wonderful property, friendly and professional Staff, excellent room, best food we had in Costa Rica. And the birding tour with the Jeep was really fantastic!
Verified traveler
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Rindum perfekt, das Personal hat sich super um uns gekümmert. Das Essen wsr lecker und die Touren in doe Wetlands und auf dem Fluss ließen uns viele Tiere sehen.
Verified traveler
2-night trip