Does Casa Colibrí Esmeralda have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Casa Colibrí Esmeralda pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 10 kg per pet.

How much is parking at Casa Colibrí Esmeralda?

On-site parking is available at the property.

Where is Casa Colibrí Esmeralda located?

Located in the mountains, this family-friendly villa is within 6 mi (10 km) of Arenal Adventure World, El Salto Fortuna River, and La Fortuna Park. La Altura Viewpoint and Costa Rica Chocolate Tour are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Casa Colibrí Esmeralda Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026

10/10 Excellent

Cory B.

7 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent property

Clean and well looked after

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne W.

11 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing place!

The place was quiet and beautiful. We spent the mornings and some afternoons enjoying the pool, jacuzzi and backyard. We saw a family of monkeys while enjoying, a sloth and many beautiful birds. I would recommend a car as this place is about a 17 minute drive from La Fortuna. Definitely worth the drive!!! We will definitely be back.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

17 Dec 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

We just left La Fortuna after spending 6 nights at Casa Calibri Esmeralda. It was absolutely beautiful. The infinity pool overlooked a jungle. We saw hummingbirds, toucans, green parrots, and other birds. There is a hot tub that works great. The Kitchen was well equipped. WIFI was strong. The patio was covered so if it rained we could still sit outside. There was a pool bathroom as well. The location was great. Far enough from La Fortuna to feel like you are in the rainforest, but close enough for all the restaurants, sodas, and tours. The groundskeeper took us to see a sloth in a tree on the property, which was great. We did not have a rental car. We used a taxi and uber to get to town. Only issue we had was uber wouldn't reliably pick us up from the property, but no problem getting back. There is a bus stop right outside the gate to the property if you are bold enough to use public transportation. We recommend using the WhatsApp. We communicated with drivers directly to arrange rides. We had a wonderful time and highly recommend this property.

Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Barbara B.

14 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Home

This home was awesome. Very clean, beautiful tropical surroundings when sitting out on the expansive deck by the pool and hot tub. The bedrooms and bathrooms are very spacious, and the beds were comfortable. The house is about 10 minutes from La Fortuna which I preferred for the peace and quiet. Highly recommend!

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Helen M.

9 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Family stay

Property overall is amazing! The location is wonderful with wildlife right outside the door. But if lacks sufficient furniture to seat everyone and doesnt have dressers or any bedroom furniture to unpack for longer stays. There is a lovely town to the left away from La Fortuna with a meat market, bakery, and fruit and vegetable stand that are wonderful!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracey G.

6 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The most beautiful home I’ve ever rented.

Our stay was amazing. I could have stayed another week. Most relaxing stay we’ve had anywhere. We loved that it was a little ways away (10-15min) from the busy touristy town of La Fortuna. It’s a gem. The sodas nearby are delicious and so affordable. There wasn’t anything we didn’t love. Now think I need an infinity pool and a pool guy back home. Haha. And there’s a sloth!

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew M.

22 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful VRBO near La Fortuna

The home was beautiful & we all loved the pool. The surprise bonus was getting to see the baby sloth on the property.We appreciate the property owner taking the time to find the sloth and walk us over to see him. Our teenage son also loved they had poker (chips and all) and so we played that each night we were there. We highly recommend this property!

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy S.

27 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent!

We loved this house! The pool in fantastic. So quiet and peaceful. Loved having the forest in our backyard. Kitchen is large and well equipped. Beds are very comfortable. We saw tucans and many other birds from the pool. Highly recommend! Would stay here again. Pura Vida!

Stayed 6 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nikki S.

29 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great getaway!

This place was amazing! The outside pool and hottub area was a hit with our teens. The guy cleaning the pool pointed out a sloth hanging in the trees right in the backyard. We also spotted another one the next day. I cant believe I can say I relaxed in the hottub watching a sloth hang from a tree. It was the coolest thing! It is about 15 minutes from town but I would have rather been there than in town. La Fortuna was way to busy for us. I would 100% stay there again!

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

nancy c., Wisconsin

14 Jan 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

beautiful property, great location!

The home is beautiful and just out of town so a car is needed. Very clean and well maintained. We had limited cell coverage so had a hard time accessing our email for the check in code-so suggest to print/write down before you arrive. The groundskeeper was very friendly and showed us 2 sloths! We would definitely stay here again!

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Geoffrey M.

4 Feb 2024

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Sloths!

Very clean house, about 15 min drive from town. Not easy to find at night the first time. House and pool are great. Wish for more seating inside. Everything was so clean pool included. Quite location. Friendly gentle man showed us sloths on the property. We truly enjoyed our stay.

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

amanda s.

14 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful, clean, responsive host!

The introductory videos and pamphlet were a huge help. Wonderful recommendation for a local guy who made our trip equally successful. He was even able to communicate with our VRBO host and arranged for a last-minute dinner to be brought to the home. It was delicious homemade Costa Rican food with an accessible swimming pool and we even saw a sloth in the backyard. I would absolutely recommend this location. It was safe and a perfect part of La Fortuna.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shelly B.

20 Apr 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Property

This was such a nice stay. The home was great and very well built and stocked with all you need. it was so nice to sit outside, enjoy the pool and the lush surroundings. The care taker came and showed us the local sloth and we had a nice walk around the property. There are 2 other rentals but they are all very well separated. You opulent tell anyone else was around and each back yard:pool area was very private. We lived out time there.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Candy C.

24 Jan 2024

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Great upscale vacation rental

This two bedroom home was very comfortable. Everything that you need was supplied with the exception of food. The views from the backyard were exquisite. The backyard pool with a negative edge was very inviting and was cleaned every day. A plus...spotted a sloth in a tree right behind the house. Highly recommend this property.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barton L.

13 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very enjoyable stay with a beautiful view

We stayed in several locations in a recent trip to Costa Rica. This was by far the nicest property we stayed at. Having a river behind the property made for a relaxing background noise. A lychee grove outside of the house was an added treat. An endless supply of towels was appreciated. The kitchen had everything we needed to cook with. There were a few ants around but being in the jungle you want to see wildlife, not just sloths and monkeys. We would gladly stay here again!

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Per J., Sunnyvale, CA

12 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house near La Fortuna

Overall fantastic house for a family of 4. Great pool -- spent a number of afternoons by the pool after hiking during the day. Nice and private with excellent view. Good place for spotting birds. Kitchen and bathrooms are very nice. Pretty close to La Fortuna, about a 15 minute drive. Takes about 35 minutes to drive to the Arenal park. Grocery store within 5 minutes drive. AC, laundry and wifi all worked great. Highly recommended.

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Liz H.

10 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy

Gorgeous home outside of Fortuna

Spectacular home with a pool outside of La Fortuna. Not within walking distance to stores or restaurants which was not ideal. Otherwise the house was gorgeous and the pool was out of this world. Do not try to find the house at night. We tried during the day and the directions from the listing sent us 15 min away from the home. We were able to contact the host and eventually find the property but it wasn’t easy. Otherwise I would recommend.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Corinne S.

4 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

First trip to Costa Rica

This house was a wonderful choice for 3 nights in Arenal. The setting couldn't have been more magical, with a large deck with an infinity pool backing up to a jungle with a stream flowing through. It was so nice to have the private pool, which was incredibly clean. The 2 bedroom house was plenty spacious for 4 adults, one of which uses a wheelchair. Absolutely no issues with accessibility, including with the bathrooms. The kitchen was large and well-equipped and the ceilings were high. There was not a ton of seating inside, but we didn't want to spend time inside anyway. It was more enjoyable to watch for birds and other creatures in the backyard jungle. There is a resident sloth, which was exciting. Our hosts were very nice and attentive. We did have a little issue with the electronic code for the front door on the first day, but it got resolved quickly. The only slight drawback was that it felt a little further from our planned activities than I expected, but I would still stay there if I were to do it again.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alicia G.

18 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best VRBO we’ve stayed in

Arnaldo did a great job communicating with us before our arrival and even sent detailed check in instructions with videos, however, the electronics were still a bit tricky to figure out but we did do it. Other than that, the place was amazing. They have everything you could think of including a swimsuit spinner to dry your suits faster. The space was perfect for our family of 3. The outdoor living space was like a resort of our own. And from that deck, we saw the 3 toed sloth eat and move branches, we saw iguanas, frogs, & birds of all sorts. The grounds keeper was always excited to point out the sloths to us. There were 2 on the property the week we stayed. We knew the house was a little out of town and it had an amazing view and jungle like feel. It did make meals out a little complicated when doing tours but we just ate at the house on the days as we didn’t want to drive the curvy road at night. And one tour company wanted to charge us an extra $40 to pick us up at the house. We had a rental car so we just met them at their office instead. Overall, we will stay here again if we ever return to La Fortuna. We loved it so much we didn’t want to leave and head to our next town. And when we did arrive at the next place, we really missed Casa Colibri Esmeralda.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Phalla M.

23 Sept 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Everything was great and was better than the pictures showed. My wife and I stayed here for 6 days for our honeymoon and will definitely be staying here again. Armando was great and even helped book excursions and private chef to come to the house.

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca D.

10 Sept 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We had a great stay here. It was the perfect balance to the other half of our vacation in Tamarindo. This place was beautiful and the outdoor space was so peaceful and exactly what I wanted from Costa Rica. The roads are definitely a little difficult to navigate at night so make sure to check in before it gets dark. We were happy we did.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael D.

30 Jun 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazingly perfect house.

This property exceeded all of our expectations. A spotlessly clean private paradise. Sitting at the pool watching birds and the sloths in the morning was a great wat to start the day. Close enough to town to be convient, but far enough away to feel like you're in the rain forest. Could not have picked a better spot.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patrick B.

8 Sept 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Would love to visit again

Great place. We would love to come back.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Annie C.

13 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, location

Disliked: Check-in, listing accuracy

Beautiful, but had it's challenges

This house is certainly beautiful - however, we had a few relatively significant issues. Upon arrival (at midnight), the key lock did not work and we could not access the rental. A locksmith eventually came during our stay and fixed the lock, but we had to rely on leaving a door/window open for 1.5 days to ensure we had access. A few days later, we woke up to the water turned off without warning. This may be the water companies fault, but we were not notified and had to shift our plans as it was out for 5-6 hours. Arnaldo was very responsive, but overall these challenges really put a damper on our 4 day stay.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Drew B.

14 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Private and Perfect La Fortuna Property

We just left La Fortuna after spending 4 nights at Casa Calibri Esmeralda. I cannot say enough great things about this property!! It was absolutely stunning. From the time we walked in, we were amazed. There are 3-4 properties here but all individual homes and far enough apart to be private. The infinity pool overlooked total green space. Large trees where we saw a toucan and other birds. Every morning a groundskeeper cleaned the pool (before we even woke up). Kitchen was well equipped. Filtered water and ice was great! The patio table was large and covered so if it rained we could still sit outside. There was a pool bathroom as well. Everything was brand new in the house. The location was great too. Far enough from La Fortuna to feel like you are in the rainforest, but close enough for all the restaurants, sodas, and tours. We even were able to get restaurant recommendations from the host (Trevesia restaurant). Finally, our last morning, the groundskeeper took us to see a sloth in a tree on the property. He was so low in the tree we could almost touch him! Super excited about that!! Amazing end to our time in La Fortuna.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

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