El Refugio de Hadas y Elfos

It was a big cabin built in the woods with ample space for all four of us.

In order to function with the heating and electricity in the house I had to turn on a generator that recharges the battery every single day which resulted in a lot of noise pollution and work that I didn’t expect to do on my vacation time

La casa en el bosque. Muy linda. Para quedarse mucho rato mirando los árboles.

La cama de la pieza matrimonial era muy chica

The location is superb, in the middle of the rainforest, surrounded by tall trees and birds. The house has a very cool design, full of natural wood, double height living/dining area, reasonable kitchen, very nice beds, good water pressure, good set of utensils, toiletries provided for a relaxed stay. Hot tub (tinaja) was a plus, though it took a very long time to heat up. It is recommended to arrive on a 4x4 tall vehicle, the access could be very difficult. The electric-heating balance is rather delicate, make sure you can be there every evening early to run the compressor, otherwise the house looses power and heating. We had some difficulties with that since we were there for a wedding at Puerto Fuy and could not always be on top of the power schedule. Also, the compressor makes a lot of noise, so you don't want to use it too late at night - there are houses nearby and everyone wants peace and quiet. We had another issue not related to the upkeep of the house (accidental water pipe breakage on the street below), which put additional strain on our stay the first 12 hours, but was handled by the owner and the housekeepers. Overall very nice stay with some things to keep in mind while planning.

It would be nice to have some clothes hangers in the rooms, though I understand that for the most part people come here for trekking and adventure tourism mostly (in our case - wedding - they were absolutely needed). There was construction noise on the nearby property every work day 9 - 6, with cumbias and all the shenanigans.

The house was in a beautiful spot in the forest. We had ample room for the four of us. There is a huge outdoor space and had the weather been more cooperative we might have used but it was a little chillier in the forest than we're used to, so we stayed inside.

The house is a 20 minute drive deep into the forest on rough gravel roads which makes it an extra effort to get to and from it. We had a hard time understanding how to keep the generator running when the solar wasn't able to keep us powered but that could just be a language issue because we have limited spanish.