Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 8535-1898; guiasdegreytown@yahoo.com; contiguo Muelle)
Located next to the dock, this
cooperative of professional, accredited local guides offers tours to Old Greytown and into
the Reserva Biológica Indio-Maíz. Prices are set and work is shared among all the guides.
Gobierno Rama-Kriol
( 8549-3272; donde Alicia McRea, Barrio Rama)
The official representatives of the
Rama community are able to organize tours deep within the Reserva Biológica Indio-
Maíz. Expect to pay around US$170 for round-trip transport to Makenge and US$15 per
person per night for food and accommodation. Ask for Alicia McRea in the Rama neigh-
bourhood at the edge of town.
If your budget doesn't stretch to a jungle trip, chat with Miss Alicia about Rama culture
over a traditional Rama meal (US$8).
NATURE
Sleeping & Eating
Hostal Familiar
( 8446-2096; Muelle, 300m S; r with/without river view US$20/14)
A fantastic budget choice
offering two big, breezy wooden rooms right on the river and a couple of cheaper options
upstairs. The attached restaurant serves outstanding fresh seafood (imagine river shrimp
and snook steaks braised in coconut-tomato sauce).
GUESTHOUSE
$
Hotelito Evo
( 8350-5145, 2583-9019; Muelle, 150m O, 20m S; r with/without bathroom US$15/12)
Located a
few blocks back from the river, this friendly hotel is cheap, clean and secure but the small
rooms are a little worn and airless.
HOTEL
$
Cabañas Monkey
( 8330-1898; Muelle, 200m N; s/d/tr US$15/24/36)
Turn right out of the dock to find these
clean, spacious
cabañas
with private bathroom and TV set around a garden.
HOTEL
$$
Río Indio Lodge
( in Costa Rica 506-2231-4299, in the US 866-593-3168;
www.therioindiolodge.com
;
r per person
incl all meals & drinks US$193, sportfishing packages from US$2225; )
This enormous, and at
times deserted, sportfishing lodge is surrounded by rainforest with views of Vanderbilt's
dredge ruins. It offers opulence in the middle of the jungle with rooms linked by elevated
LUXURY HOTEL
$$$
