Meals are wonderful! Staff are great, always available to help. Astoning nature surrouding the area!

Stayed in July 2024

Beautiful nature, delicious food, very friendly staff who mede sure our stay was nice and we had everything we needed. Lots of birds to see and monkeys. The property takes good care of the animals what was very nice.

Stayed in July 2024

If you are interested in nature, tranquility and the Atlantic Forest, this is a wonderful place to visit. The lodge consists of a dozen or so chalets around a small lake in the middle of the forest. The accommodation is rustic but comfortable. As it happened, we spent almost all our time out in the forest or watching the amazing array of colourful birds on the feeding table outside the restaurant and reception building. Stays are full board, with breakfast at 8am, lunch at 2pm, afternoon tea at 5pm and dinner at 8pm. A bell rings to remind you, in case you have lost track of time observing nature from the lodge's bird hide or purpose-built viewing tower high in the forest canopy. The food was truly excellent. All home cooked and including fresh salads and vegetables from the garden – and all delicious. The staff, led by Jeffrey, were wonderful. Jeffrey himself is knowledgeable about the local nature, including birds, so don't hesitate to ask him for tips. Two older family members joined us for the stay and also found the facilities comfortable. We could not have asked for more. Obrigado.

Stayed in July 2024

Chalets could use some maintenance, though appreciate that the hotel is within an environmentally protected area that presents some challenges. Food was decent, though could be improved for the price paid.

Staff, Location, Internet, Common Areas, Guided Trails / Boat Tour were the highlights!

Stayed in June 2024

Beautiful location with a lot of hiking options. Having so many birds around the Pousada area was also great. The staff was friendly and very engaging.

Stayed in March 2024

+ Most special location in the atlantic rain forest, all quiet with the sounds of animals surrounding you + If you don't have your own car, the best method of going there is the transfer organized by the hotel + The stay includes one hike through the rainforest per day. The hikes are really great, you get rubbber boots and will cross rivers and see lots of plants and waterfalls + Beautiful premises with a lake and swimming pool + Very friendly staff + GREAT food (3 meals per day plus afternoon tea)

Stayed in November 2023

Nothing of significance.

This review is based on an assessment, taking price/quality into account. The lodge is located near an unpaved road (doable with a normal car) within the Atlantic forest, bordering a large private reserve (that is accessible). Breakfast, lunch and diner are all excellent, freshly prepared (caipirinha are among the best cocktails I ever tasted). The lodge produces home made kombucha at a very reasonable price. Lodging is in spacious and clean cabins with a sufficient number of power access to charge several devices. Staff is overall very friendly and helpful (all in Portuguese but Google translate makes it easy to communicate for foreigners). The lodge contains a clean swimming pool, a large pond and a (short) trail. For nature photography, there are plenty of opportunities (mainly birds, amphibians, reptiles), just outside the lodge are trails into the forest. All in all, we found this a no brainer if you want to be immerged in the Atlantic forest at a very reasonable price. One minor thing: the hours for the meals are pretty late (8, 14 and 20h), especially if you are birding, it would be nice to have eg coffee and something to snack available earlier (but, again, very minor issue). Overall an outstanding experience, highly recommended.

Stayed in November 2023

The room room was smelly we think it might have been the amount of insect repellent you had to apply, the bed was uncomfortable and old , the sheets need not fit and were poor quality, the curtains were useless, there needs to be more general maintenance. It is only a 2 star

home cooked food was as good as had in brazil trip, the hike and swim in the pool was very interesting, staff were very pleasant they did they best , they have done a little trail but it would interesting to have camera trap and night cameras too see more wildlife

Stayed in January 2024

looks like chalés are not maintained for some time already, not very clean in general and very dark

very good area

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