Just a 3 minute walk and your toes are in the sand!

Our family loved our 2.5 week stay at Makaira Mazara! The property was the perfect size, with plenty of space for us and the 4 kids. We rented the main house and casita so the teenagers had their own space, which was awesome! The pool and grounds are lovely and very well kept. The staff is so helpful and attentive. The kitchen is well stocked. We ate most of our meals at "home", especially breakfast and lunch. We hired a chef a few times too - Millena prepared beautiful food for us, using our fresh caught fish! Highly recommend her Tuna Carpaccio. I've traveled to Nosara many times and this house is in one of my favorite locations. It's a very short walk to Playa Guiones, and also a short walk to town (Beach Dog Cafe is so close!). Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort is close too - I went to a few morning classes during our stay (highly recommend!). We didn't rent a car but did get a golf cart and a quad to get around. Easy and more fun than a car. We did a few excursions - horseback riding (Boca Nosara Tours), quad tour, fishing (caught enough to last the whole trip) and a tour of SIBU Sanctuary (amazing day!). If you go in the rainy season, don't forget your bug spray! That's the only negative for me, but I'm a softy from CA where we basically don't have bugs. We had so much fun and can't wait to return.

Our family with 2 children spent 7 days here. Everything was clean with a great location. Fishing and surfing was perfect. The contacts were easy to work with. Definitely would return.

Wonderfully appointed house. Accurate description.

Check in / out process excellent and Annabelle, the local contact, was really superb.

Would absolutely stay here again.

Suffice it to say I look forward to staying here again!

The house has a beautiful approach, tucked in past the properties casita (you have the option to rent that as well) it was in back off the road and quiet. The most sought after spot on the property were the 2 chaise chairs under cover by the pool. The living room and TV itself was very small, but you won't be spending any time indoors anyway so it is not an issue. If you like Yoga, Bodhi Tree is so CLOSE, like a 5 minute quad ride away and they have community yoga for $15.00 every morning. You can easily get any fruit/produce you want on the side of the road- it is so fresh and cheap. All our meals out were fabulous! We had friends there so we knew where to go, but I imagine most places are good. I would suggest bringing a bandana to cover your face and even old ski googles to keep the dust out of your face if you only plan on getting around by golf cart and quads -we got one of each. We used the golf cart to get to dinner every night-even La Luna which is a good 25 minutes. The roads are awful, full of potholes and then they spray molasses down and get sticky,but it was part of the fun and you won't seem to mind it all. Pack the THINEST cotton clothes you own, it is 90 every day. I made a list for next year only to pack flip flops as far as shoes go. Don't wear $$ Reef flip flops to the beach without watching them, my sons got stolen the first day. You could literally wear a bathing suit all day, even to dinner and it would not even be weird. It is a VERY casual, laid back fun place. Our kids surfed a ton and they had so much freedom with the golfcart. Bring hair oil if your hair frizzes up b/c there is no hair dryer. The Mini Super in town (10 minute golf ride away)is small, BUT they have everything you will need. I would even bring ketchup, mustard, etc if you want burgers or dogs for lunch. There is a GREAT super mkt in the town of Nosara that has EVERYTHING, but that is a 1/2 hr away, but a fun way to see the other end of the town, it was a fun adventure. We stayed 10 nights and cooked in 2x, next time we will go out every night. Pack powder laundry detergent, dish soap,gargbage bags, bars of soap for showering unless you don't mind buying all that -I am glad I packed it all. We loved being away from the hustle and bustle at the quiet end, it was a PERFECT location. Ana was SO NICE and SO HELPFUL and ALWAYS available, she is great! The only negative was the hard bed, but listening to the monkeys at night made up for it by far!!!!!