Ocean View - 300 Meters to Beach - Apartamentos Iguanas

The property is beautiful with stunning views , Marga and James are amazing hosts , the pool is great with the amazing view of the ocean, hot water which is super nice and double plus lol ,location is a little tricky but with gps it’s easy to find !! Overall it’s a great place :)

Great place with nice ocean view (mainly from App#3), Marga and James are very kind.

Apartement are very clean and well equipped. Go down the stairs and walk 1 minute and your are on the beach ! Esterillos Oeste is a nice small village mainly visited by locals. We stayed for 6 nights with our 2 kids and we loved it.

Our one week stay at Apartementos Iguanas was very enjoyable. The property was clean and immaculate, and the views stunning. We used the pool daily, and it was wonderful. Marga and James were warm and welcoming and were available for anything we needed. We were treated with fresh bananas and coconuts from their own trees. The apartment itself was very clean, and had everything necessary, but I must mention that the bed was extremely firm, (a polite term for hard) and the couch and chairs also very hard and uncomfortable to sit on. Somewhat like sitting on a bench...... A few inches of memory foam could work wonders. 😬� Fortunately, it was such a beautiful area, and there was so much to see and do we didn’t spend much time sitting on the furniture! We loved the views of birds and wildlife (got a rare photo of a Kinkajou) from our balcony, and we sat happily there with coffee in hand almost every morning.

There were a number of small places to go for delicious meals in the immediate area, and we also prepared a few meals of our own. Marga kindly invited us over for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner with her family, but we politely declined, as it was our last night in Esterillos and our 50th Anniversary year, and we wished to dine out at the Los Almendros restaurant. Wonderful food! We would definitely go back, and are hoping to possibly do so next year, but please, some cushioning for our aging bodies would be sincerely appreciated.

Just completed a 9-day stay with my parents and what a fantastic choice we made! I had several email exchanges leading up to our final decision and it was perfect! James responded almost immediately to my every question and I just knew this was to be the right place for us! My dad has some health/mobility issues and I was concerned about the steps on the property. Marga and James couldn't have been more patient, or communicative, making sure we had all of the necessary information (even taking additional photos for us). He spent most of the time in the apartment but it was fine. We had Apt. # 3 and the views were ahhhmazing! Could even see the ocean from the bedroom! He did make it down to the beach a couple of days (you do need to be ambulatory for that) and the gorgeous pool and patio made for the perfect middle ground for dining or relaxing otherwise. My mum kept commenting the grounds at the house must have been what the Garden Of Eden looked like! Marga outdid herself with her green thumb and she and Russ certainly have a keen eye for aesthetics. We wanted a relaxing getaway and this location fit the bill! We did a grocery stop en route from the airport at one of the big stores and the two stores in town had everything we needed. Day trip pickups are available and if you have a car, anything is possible. The beach offered a nice mix of tide pools to keep you cool, surfing, and hours and hours of shelling and other unique beach finds. A walk down the beach in either direction left nothing more to be desired. Especially to the right and out to the point at low tide. We practically had the beaches to ourselves! We have travelled to many tropical beach locations and this one was the cleanest we've ever stayed in! It's obvious they take good care and work hard to have everything spotless for your arrival and make sure that everything continues to be satisfactory and in working order throughout your stay! They respect your privacy as their guests but we loved the family so much we wished we could have spent even more time together. (Especially enjoying Marga's delicious banana pancakes!) They are busy with their lives and the business but there was nothing we couldn't can't ask of them, at any time. I felt we may have been a bit higher maintenance than most of their guests but they never gave us the impression that anything was ever a bother. They went above and beyond in every way and we can't thank them enough! May our paths cross again soon!

This is a really nice place! The apartment we stayed at looked just like on the pictures, so you get what you see. It is a simple but nice and very clean place, and one can tell that a lot of attention has been put towards details and making things good and tidy.

The room has a balcony where you can sit and enjoy a very nice view (one can see the ocean and big lush trees and vegetation are right in front).

It is a very quiet place, the pool area is really nice, and the grilling area for guests is awesome.

The beach is a short walk away and the there are two supermarkets and a couple of simple restaurants within walking distance.

Marga and James are super nice and helpful and were always making sure we had everything we needed.

We had my 18 month old son with us. He is extremely active and fast and if you have a kid that age you can't loose sight of him because there are slopes and stairs and 'danger' of that kind everywhere. One also has to make sure that the apartment door out to the balcony remains shut. Not that for this reason I would not recommend this place. But it is something to keep in mind. Anyone else with older kids or no kids I can only recommend this place to.

I did not realize that there was no internet advertised with the description of the apartments. Without having realized this I asked Marga for the password for the Wifi. She said there was no password needed. I guess without any argument she would have shared her internet service. Unfortunately it never worked. Therefore I gave only 4 stars. Being fair I' admit that there was no internet offered, but nowadays it should be standard to offer this with a rental apartment. Other than that I would totally come back again!