This is a wonderful small occupancy boutique resort. We stayed for 4 nights, 3 days. The hotel helped us from the planning stages. They helped book our national flight from San Jose to Drake Bay on Sansa (they even helped rebook the national flights after American Airlines changed our international flights), scheduled the taxi to the beach, and boat to the hotel. We were greeted with a smile and a welcome drink as we checked in. Nancy walked us through the schedule for our activities that we planned while the porters took our luggage up the 76 stairs to our room. Lunch and dinner are planned at the previous meal where you have usually 3 different options, all wonderful and made with local products.  Meals are held in a great outdoor room where you are encouraged to mix with other guests and overlook the bay while looking at different wildlife and beautifully manicured gardens from your seat. Our room was lovely with a spectacular view where we saw many different species of birds right from the hammock (room 12). Capuchin monkeys ran across the roof in the morning providing a natural wake up call around dawn. We did two tours; a snorkeling trip around Caño Island and a great hike through Corcovado. We also did an afternoon bird watching tour and a night tour. The staff was extremely friendly and very helpful.  I had dropped $60 while starting a hike and when we came back they figured out it was mine. Some things to note is that there are a lot of stairs to get to your room. All the windows in the rooms are just screens and you only have fans to keep you cool, it was fine for us. I think air conditioning would change the feel of the place and ruin the peaceful sounds of the jungle.

We are in the junior suite and there is construction next door. Pounding on metal starting at 7 am for two days. We are currently staying here if anybody has any questions glad to help.

Pros: Beautiful grounds. Super awesome employees. Food is good. Hit and miss probably depending on tastebuds. Room is super clean and very big.

Cons: Junior Suite is advertised with a view. There is a small view if you are standing up looking through some trees. If you are sitting down there is no view and pretty much solid foliage. The Junior Suite and the Penthouse Suite are up high with lots of stairs. Also, seems to be less wild life but it could be the constant pounding and sawing next door.

Most of the wild life seems to be centered around the main dining area.

Beautiful setting and would be a nice place to just relax but construction has very much effective our vacation.

We just returned from an excellent 5 night stay in the JR Suite and additionally my mother-in-law stayed in a Deluxe room. The grounds are absolutely stunning with picturesque views in every direction. There are beautiful tropical plants, trees, and flowers to admire at every turn as you walk on the paved pathways to/from your room to the main dining area or dock. The landscaping is gorgeous! We arrived via Sansa to Drake Bay airstrip and were picked up by the hotel and driven to the beach where we boarded a boat for the quick ride to Águila’s main dock. We were greeted by an American Crocodile sunning himself along the riverbank at low tide. Upon arrival, we along with the other groups of guests checking in, were given a welcome drink and seated at a table in the open air dining room for a “group style” orientation with Rebecca which was very impersonal because we were not traveling with any of the other guests in the group. I also thought it was inappropriate to discuss our private food requests in front of other guests. This is one thing I recommend they should do differently moving forward. It greatly took away from our initial arrival impression. I would have much preferred an individual orientation and check in just for my family for a more intimate and personalized customer service experience. That being said, the property is AMAZING and we loved the JR Suite. My Mother in law’s Deluxe room was very nice too. Every meal was delicious and the portions are very generous, almost too much food! We loved the typical Costa Rican style breakfast and typical Casado lunches and all of the fresh fish options at dinner. The chef is truly exceptional and we repeatedly commented amongst ourselves how good the food was. We have traveled all over and stayed in very high end resorts and the Aguila de Osa chef can compete with the best of the best! The waiters, Mimi, Rudi, and Enrique all provided stellar service and we enjoyed their company during our stay. Nancy is a STAND OUT employee who should be in top management! She is incredible and she exudes kindness, enthusiasm, knowledge and confidence that sets her apart. Her attitude is above and beyond and we enjoyed every interaction with her. We saw Scarlett Macaws each day and a highlight for us was the daily morning and afternoon visits in front of our room porch by the White Faced Capuchin monkeys! It was such a pleasure to observe them up close, jumping from roof to tree and drinking the water from the pink flowers in the tree by our porch! Incredible! We adored the beauty of the tropical wood used in the interior construction of the JR Suite and it’s 18’ tall ceilings designed to capture the ocean breezes. The room was always comfortable and cool. The housekeepers did an amazing job keeping everything clean and we had no issues with our room and never had any critters get inside the room (something I worried about beforehand). Tony, our guide on the La Sirena Station Corcovado trip was exceptional as well. Because of his skill we were able to see Squirrel monkeys, Spider monkeys, Tapirs, Peccary, Coati Mundi, Caimans, Crocodiles, countless exotic birds, and even whales tails coming out of the water on the boat ride! On a scale of 1 to 5 I give 10 stars for Tony, Nancy, the waitstaff & kitchen staff and the boat captains - THANK YOU so much! You are awesome! Adrian took us by boat one morning to beautiful San Josecito beach and I definitely recommend that. One thing I’d like to mention to future travelers, my husband and I both got pretty sick from drinking the tap water after the first day there despite the lodge having a good filtration system. We are now both on antibiotics to clear up giardia which is not a big deal but definitely an inconvenience. We do not like to buy bottled water because of the plastic but you may want to buy purified water at the Drake Bay grocery store as a precaution if this is of concern to you. All in all, I highly recommend booking a trip to Aguila de Osa! You won’t regret it!