Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra)

Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra) Bed and Breakfast in Cartago Province, Costa Rica

8.6

Excellent(483 Reviews)

Bed and Breakfast in Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Reasons to book

Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating

Includes essentialsGarden, Kitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi and more

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About this bed and breakfast

Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra) is situated in Cartago, 43 km from Manuel Antonio and 42 km from San José. The bed and breakfast is child-friendly and offers views of the mountain, and guests can request dinner. Free private parking is available on site.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Fireplace

Smoking allowed

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Garden

Family friendly

Map of Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Available Rooms

1 Queen • 269 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

1 Single • 172 ft²

Sleeps 1

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Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra)

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8.6

Excellent(483 Reviews)

Bed and Breakfast in Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Reasons to book

Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating

Includes essentialsGarden, Kitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this bed and breakfast

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Fireplace

Smoking allowed

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Garden

Family friendly

Map of Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Available Rooms

1 Queen • 269 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

1 Single • 172 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

8.6

Excellent(483 Reviews)

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9.0

Jul 2024

Maravillosa estadía y trato amable. 100% recargado.

Acceso a la montaña y jardin. Los senderos están muy bien marcados y muy interesantes. El precio es super económico y cumple con las expectativas. Intimidad Poca gente Excelente trato Mucha paz

9.0

Apr 2024

Excellent service dans une ambiance super sympa et des sentiers magnifiques

Un accueil et un service exceptionnel vraiment. L’ambiance cool. Les sentiers superbes au départ de l’hôtel. Les repas de qualité. Le sourire de l’équipe. Merci

Je cherche mais je trouve pas.

10.0

May 2023

Exceptional

Everything, especially a beautiful quetzal and colibris in the garden :) Great place for few nights.

Be prepared for cold, but that is not a problem because in the place you will have blankets :)

10.0

May 2023

Exceptional

We really liked this cute little cabin in the mountains. It’s simple but very well done with love and care

9.0

Apr 2023

Vorzüglich

The location of Iyok Ami is wonderful. We were able to see Quetzales directly from the shared dining room. There are different hiking paths belonging to them, where you can enjoy the cloud forest. The hike to the waterfall was very beautiful and pleasantly challenging.

It was a bit cold in the night, but we had extra blankets, what made it work perfectly well.

9.0

Apr 2023

relaxing, replenishing

beautiful location in the middle of mountainous paradise, rustic home and great gardens; lovely homecooked meal and breakfast (pancakes!) the next day

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8.0

Apr 2023

A lovely hostel in the forest

A real 'cabin in the woods' feel, lots of exposed wood, creaky floorboards, a big fireplace, home cooked food. We loved it! The surrounding forest is gorgeous, endless trails to explore (but it's a high elevation, so take it easy) You'll need to wrap up warm (cold at night) and be prepared to see Quetzals from the dining room!

Private rooms didn't have locks (never a problem, but an easy thing to fix) No curtain on one of the three windows (would be good for insulation)

10.0

Feb 2023

Exceptional

this place has something like "genius loci" - once you are there, you don't want to leave. We arrive late in the afternoon and there was a tasty dinner for very reasonable price and the owner was exceptionally helpful to all quests and organised a quetzals tour and transportation for us, the days here were the best of Costa Rica

10.0

Feb 2023

Exceptional

Hotel owner is extremely helpful ans very friendly!

Prepare well for five degrees at night

10.0

Feb 2023

Amazing place for nature lovers

This very basic place but situated in exceptional place. If you are looking for hotel in this area you are also interested in quetzales, and here you can see them just from restaurant zone or from balcony. It's cloud forest on the altitude around 2700, so it's pretty cold and hotel is without heating, but they provide a lot of blankets, so it's ok. This place also give you access to well maintained trails in cloud forest, so need to go to National Park ;)

They have electrical heater for water and it's not the most powerful, so water is just warm even with low pressure.

9.0

Jan 2023

I would return

Right in the middle of the jungle. Back to nature very authentic construction ‘’rustic style’’ works for me. The exellent trout dinner expertly served by Elvia.

the Lodge is not heated untill they light up the fireplace on the second floor in the evening. Bring ‘’warm’’ clothes!

10.0

Jan 2023

Exceptional

Beautiful place, great location, very friendly

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9.0

Jan 2023

Very nice stay in the mountains

The hostel is located in the mountains surrounded by nature. You can hike a couple of trails through the cloud forest starting at the hostel. The staff is very friendly and attentive. Besides breakfast, they provide restaurant-like dinner for reasonable prices.

10.0

Dec 2022

Unique experience in the middle of nature

This wa overall an unique experience. arrive with warm fireplace and woke up to quetzel in the tree and fresh homemade gingerpancakes i travelled with two small kids and they loved it there .

cold at night so sweater up

7.0

Oct 2022

Good

The surrounding nature and trails through the forest are beautiful.

10.0

Sep 2022

Wonderful hiking trails and good food!

Staying at Iyok Ami was a great experience. The hotel has its own hiking trails into the cloud forest, so there is no need to go to the Los Quezales national park. We really enjoyed hiking here! The dinner was homemade and delicious. Yes, it gets very cold at night in the area, but the hotel has a fireplace and plenty of blankets. And the breakfast with a view is just incredible.

Due to the open fire it gets pretty smokey inside in the evening.

10.0

Jul 2022

Wonderful stay and if I am ever back in CR this is the first place I will go

Everything!! Brilliant place and super different from a lot of other places. They are out of the way but they will cook you meals for an extra charge, they also have different drinks you can choose from too. Its super cozy with fab music and a fire. They also have a ping pong and football table to play. The trails are fantastic and you can tell the area is full of wildlife!

Nothing! It is cold up there obviously but they provide enough blankets that it doesn’t matter.

9.0

Jul 2022

Superb

Beautiful location, walking trails and great host - very knowledgeable and making you feel welcome. I'll come back!

7.0

Jun 2022

Beautiful location, great hosts, but very rustic and cold.

The hosts are very kind and we enjoyed visiting with them. They were very flexible and accommodating with what they prepared for dinner and breakfast and both meals were really good. The location is really beautiful, but also very chilly (around 50 degrees Fahrenheit and raining). The only source of heat is a fireplace on the second level. We wished we'd had several layers of warm clothing with us! They provide ample blankets for the beds.

The bathroom attached to our room did not meet my expectations for a bathroom. The roof was leaking above the toilet, only cold water was available in the sink in both this and the common bathroom, and it was really cold in there.

7.0

Jun 2022

Lovely place but not for backpackers

The location is perfect for anyone interested in walking beautiful trails and seeing wildlife. The hostel has its own set of trails that you can do for free, or there are lots of other options for hikes and tour guides to national parks and areas where you can spot the Resplendent Quetzal. One of the staff members at the hostel, Daniel, was so helpful and did his best to find out information for us and make us feel comfortable during our stay. It would have been ideal if we'd had a car, but that option wasn't available to us as we are backpackers.

It should be noted that this hostel is not suitable for backpackers who don't have their own means of transport. The hostel is located off a busy road with no pavement, so it's dangerous to walk along, but there is no other option but to do so if you don't have a car. There are also hardly any buses going through the area, and you can't book onto them in advance, you have to wait on the side of the road and hope that they stop for you. We waited for a bus which never arrived and ended up having to hitch hike. There are also no taxis in the area that can help take you anywhere. Also, the hostel's location is wrong on Booking.com, so don't go by that map at all, go by the Google maps one, which calls it Iyok Ami Tours. We thought it was a different place because it was far down the road from the booking.com one and had a different name, but the Google maps one is the right location. The WiFi hardly worked the entire 3 days of our stay, so that's worth baring in mind before staying here. There is also no cash machine for miles, so if you have no car, no Internet and no cash, then you're going to be pretty stuck.

10.0

May 2022

Rustic budget accommodation at the forest

Great location and stuff Cozy common area (bring warm clothes though)

Sound travels quite a lot through the property

9.0

May 2022

This place is a real treat, not to be missed!

Beautiful remote cabin vibes with fireplace and Cosy quarters. Such wonderful staff who go above and beyond to make you feel special. So many stunning hiking trails, hummingbird that you could enjoy the nature just in this backyard for days! A great stop on the way to or from the airport as it was a close drive (yet felt so remote). And great dinner!

10.0

May 2022

Amazing place! 100% recommended! 👌

Amazing place! 🥰 There is a wonderful forest with hiking trails and waterfall. Some of the trails are challenging, but it worth it! Natural and pure as it is. Enjoy the nature there. Bedrich is a very nice host and help a lot with his Tipps, about where to go and what to see. You need to try food there, it is local one and so delicious! Especially the homemade drinks,like ginger tee or berry smoothie. It is fresh in the mountains and I could sleep very good, because there are a lot of blankets. 100% recommended 👌

10.0

May 2022

Exceptional

Great people, great place

Was a bit cold at night

10.0

Apr 2022

Cosy, good environment , good food and attention.

The customer service, attention and food was really really good.

Everything perfect.

10.0

Apr 2022

Excellent cloud forest lodge

This was the best place we stayed in in Costa Rica. Location is great with excellent views. We were interested in birdwatching and saw 4 quetzals very nearby. This is a small rustic lodge so don't expect luxury but the staff are excellent, the food basic but good and cheap and there is an excellent bookshelf and stacks of 70s/80s LPs for entertainment. Jairo, the birding/nature guide is excellent and very good value for money. Bedrich is also very friendly and knowledgeable. It gets very cold at night but there is a good fire and stacks of blankets in the bedroom. Wifi was OK for a place as remote as this. There are excellent walks from here but be prepared for steep climbs and descents. Like many other reviewers we would not hesitate to return - Thanks to everyone there

10.0

Mar 2022

Exceptional

What a wonderful experience! The amazing staff make you feel so comfortable and the food is fresh and delicious. All around this is a magical place and the staff make it perfect. The trails are readily accessible into the cloud forest which is stunning! Excellent value!

10.0

Mar 2022

Exceptional

Amazing place inside the forest, hospitality was felt in every detail, the food was pure love and local. Incredible place, one with nature! Perfect to relax and enjoy nature. Invite you to come back! Thank you for make it unforgettable!

9.0

Mar 2022

Superb

This is the first place in Costa Rica who made us wanna stay (we did had an extra night). The staff is amazing, they all have pretty souls and will make you feel at home. The hiking trails are beautiful and natural. The food is fine. The place is really pretty and respectful of the planet (and we loved the fire place). We'll go back there in a minute. Ho, and there is HOT WATER. After 5 months of traveling this is really nice xD (even if it's almost normal when you consider the temperature over there).

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FAQs

How much does this bed and breakfast cost compared to others in Cartago Province, Costa Rica?

The average price for a rental in Cartago Province, Costa Rica is R 1,340 per night. This rental is R 659 less expensive than the average.

Is parking included with this bed and breakfast?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra). For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this bed and breakfast?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this bed and breakfast. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra) pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this bed and breakfast is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra)?

We found 10 amenities for this rental. This includes kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, fireplace, smoking allowed, and parking.

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Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra)

Bed and Breakfast in Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Reasons to book

About this bed and breakfast

Amenities

Map of Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Available Rooms

Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra)

Bed and Breakfast in Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Reasons to book

About this bed and breakfast

Amenities

Map of Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Available Rooms

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this bed and breakfast cost compared to others in Cartago Province, Costa Rica?

Is parking included with this bed and breakfast?

Is there a pool at this bed and breakfast?

Is Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra) pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Iyok Ami (Madre Tierra)?

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