We had a great stay at Pacheco Cabins! When you book this cabin, you get not only a place to stay in wonderful Drake Bay, but a welcoming and knowledgeable host in Erick, who also arranged several tours for us, met us on arrival and answered all of our questions over the course of the week. In the front of the cabin, you exit through Erick's office onto the main street of town (an easy going and friendly little place), convenient for restaurants, shops, and a short walk to the nearest beach. From the back porch of the cabin, you would never know you are in a town, with a peaceful view over the bay, a fun place to relax, watch the birds and lizards, and watch the local kids playing soccer. The room itself is spacious and comfortable.

Warmer showers and a screen door, maybe? But really, this place is excellent value for the money and we were delighted with it.

This is my second time staying here- last time was about 5 years ago. I drove with a rented car to Drake Bay- taking the small car ferry from Sierpe to Drake Bay- an amazing drive to be done with a 4 wheel drive high clearance vehicle, dirt roads, some areas paved, through the jungle. Drake Bay is not the destination for me- it is Sirena Station in Corcovado National Park. Being in Drake Bay eliminates the long boat ride from Sierpe. This place that I stayed is my favorite in Drake Bay because the view from the cabin is Drake Bay itself, you can see scarlet Macaws flying by and various other birds. The woman at the front desk allowed us to leave our suitcase in the office while we were gone for 2 nights staying at Sirena Station- and we kept our rental car parked on the street out front for the 2 nights- there is not off street parking- but everything was fine. This place also has tours that they run and offer. The meeting place for our boat to Sirena was down the hill- a short walk to the main beach, where all the boats come in in the morning to take everyone to Sirena. It is convenient, once the car was parked, we walked to dinner, and down the hill to the boat. Easy, great view, and you cannot beat the price for what you are getting, and storage of suitcases. My favorite Drake Bay place to stay.

No complaints

We stayed one night at the hotel and booked an overnight tour in the Corcovado national park the next day with Pacheco Tours. The organisation of both was very smooth, our host Erick also reserved our boat from Sierpe to Drake Bay. The hotel is near the beach and therefore easily reachable, and the room was clean, had an amazing view and AC. Erick also helped us in booking the overnight tour with our guide Breyner. The overnight tour was an amazing experience. Breyner walked all the trails of the national park with us, where we could see many animals, and Breyner explained a lot about them.

There are some rules that need to be respected when entering the national park, e.g. that no plastic bottles are allowed. It would be helpful to have this information a few days in advance.

We booked a tour to Corcovado, and the staff were extremely nice, allowing us to leave our car there for 3 days. The meeting point for the tour was conveniently located right next to the accommodation. Our room was sea-front, and the view was simply amazing. At night, you can hear the soothing sound of the ocean, which made the experience even more special. They were also kind enough to store our luggage while we were on our 3-day, 2-night trip to La Sirena. The room was very clean with a/c—exactly what you need for a comfortable stay, with a top-notch view. We stayed here the night before our adventure, and there's a lovely spot next door that serves a must-try 5 a.m. breakfast! Highly recommended! This is the perfect place to stay for tours from Bahía Drake!

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Beautiful view to paya colorada and the ocean, birds, iguanas, gekkos can be seen from the terrace. The owner was very friendly, met us upon arrival to the beach and took down our luggage on morning of our departure. We booked a horseriding tour which was wonderful, the rider guide was really kind and friendly, the whole way along and in the river and the waterfall was really something to remember, we saw a kajman on our way back. The horses were peaceful and well trained. The sorrounding area is natural, blacksand beach, woodland, trials alongside secluded beaches, real hangingbridges, friendly beachdogs, roads are not yet concreted. Monkeys, agutis, scarlet macaws, vultures can be seen. Corcovado nationalpark boundaries are close. Grocery store in front of the property. Good streetfood options on the beach.

The interiors of the room were not really tought through: the leather sofa isn't ideal in the heat and took up too much space. The size of the room would be too small for four people. The bed was on the ground and the gallerybed for two more people was elevated. Isntead of this setup, a normal double bed would have been nice, as the size of this room is the same as the other one for two people.

The cabin was terrific and we knew from the time of booking and email communications that we were in good hands Erick booked us on the "ferry" and met us at the (wet) landing to drive us 1 block straight uphill to cabin. Very clean, good a/c beautiful view. We also arranged the Corcovado Sirena day tour and Caño Island snorkelling tour through Pacheco tours. Both were fabulous highly recommend (small deposit electronically, balance in cash when we were there. Erick is fluently bilingual and a wealth of information - he knew options for travelling back to San Jose by bus and booked the ferry and connected us to collectivo taxi who took us to where we could connect with intercity bus. Drake is a little hillside town base from which to explore the amazing Corcovado reserve and marine protected area through very reasonably priced tours -- but make sure to book ahead, because the reserves admit a limited number of tourists and there were several groups we encountered in Drake Bay who were scrambling for last minute places or disappointed.

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Beautiful view, cabin very clean and thought was given to providing everything we needed. Erick was helpful arranging tours and giving advice before we arrived. Good value for money, very centrally located. Would definitely recommend. A wonderful part of our Costa Rican holiday. Enjoyed lounging in the hammock on the balcony feeding bananas to the birds and hearing the crash of the waves on the beach. Definitely go on the floating tour that was an amazing highlight for us! You basically hike into the rainforest and then float down a river.

The only drawback for us staying in cabin number 1 as honeymooners is that the door opens straight into the reception area so it wasn't ideal from a privacy point of view. Also nothing to do with this property but the boat from Sierpe was driven pretty dangerously on our way over with a young guy racing a heavily laden boat between some rocks in choppy seas. Coming from a professional boating family in the UK I wasn't impressed with the risks he took, but the ferry is not related to this company - just something to consider.

The location is great and the balcony is the best bit. The view from the balcony is incredible, and the hammock was so so comfy. The best way to relax. The cabin room was huge with so much space and the bed was comfy. Eric was so helpful with everything we needed - from sorting transport and the trips for us. The trips we booked through Eric was the national park tour and the snorkel trip. Both were the best parts of our visit to Costa Rica. We saw so much wildlife and our tour guides were incredible, especially the national park guide who was called Eric also. Absolutely incredible.

Amazing location, friendly and helpful staff, property looked after your luggage when you check out if you’re spending nights in Corcovado. Amazing view from the balcony of Drakes Bay and beach. Walking to your meeting point 200m away for all boat transfers to Corcovado and short walk to restaurant and supermarkets. Toucans and beautiful birds everywhere! Air con was great.

Basic room but was perfect for what we needed.

This is one of the most special places myself and my friend have stayed in our lives and we have travelled extensively. Firstly Drake Bay is unspoilt and beautiful, Pacheco Cabins are chilled with the most stunning views and wildlife all around. Erick could not have been more helpful and is such a relaxed and nice person. The cabins were immaculately cleaned, we had all we needed, it was a short walk to lovely restaurants (stunned by the quality of food there) and Erick met and took us to the boat. There was a breakfast truck outside most days.

Leaving there!! We will never forget it.