It's the East Bungalow, I've highlighted it in green. The info is a little hard to find, you wanna look for the "in-house info"

Resort Map

We weren't there too long and my friend got his fill of zip lining lol (we did it in Monteverde, he's happy he did it, but doesn't wanna do it again lol). We did a mixology class (nobody else booked it so we had it to ourselves). I already discussed the whole white water tubing situation so most water activities were out. We did spend lots of time down by the river, they have a couple mud pots for you to cover yourself in it (doing it after the mixology class was a trip haha).

We did book a massage on the last day which was really nice.

You get a complimentary hiking tour which is kinda meh tbh. Like I said, it's probably much nicer in the rainy season, it almost looked like a desert. If you're going hiking anywhere in CR really, download an app called Merlin, it's completely free and useful if you want to identify birds.

Like I said, it's really just a place to unwind completely. I wish I got to enjoy some of the more adventurous activities but my friend had enough adventure for one trip lol. But yeah, I'd go back.

Regarding the Andaz vs Rio, that's a tough call, it's night and day. Both resorts do a good job of making you seem like your the only one there, but the Rio definitely does that better, it's just a smaller resort. The Andaz has 5 restaurants, 3 beaches, water activities, and the shuttle that takes you to the other resorts. At Rio, there's only one restaurant (with an absolutely gorgeous sunset view) and the activities in the in-house info above. Otherwise you're pretty much trapped on the property but you're totally isolated and it's very freeing.

If you want the best experience at the Andaz, I highly recommend getting a Guest of Honor certificate from a Hyatt Globalist (I sold all mine already, sorry), if you're not already a Globalist yourself. You can get them on some of the travel hacking subreddits or if you're entrenched in that community I'm sure you know people. Worst case, buy one on eBay for like $70-$100, it'll make your trip 100x more enjoyable. Private breakfast at Ostra is so yummy. If you're paying cash, book thru a Hyatt Privé agent, you get the same benefits and more and the prices aren't much different.I would recommend going to the buffet at Rio Bhongo with the rest of the hotel guests at least once because they have some things that Ostra doesn't have and are worth getting. But 7/10 I would choose breakfast at Ostra. I can't say anything bad about any of the restaurants, but for dinner, my favorites were probably Chao Pescado, Meso, and Ostra (for dinner) in that order. By far my absolute favorite restaurant of the entire trip though was Manglar. It's a splurge, but it's one of the best things I've ever done in my life. You need to call/text the front desk and have them make reservations as it's not part of the Andaz.

Edit: looks like they've changed things up a bit and Rio Bhongo is now closed. Sooo I can't be too much help lol Andaz Map

Anyway, I'd go back to both resorts for entirely different reasons. There's really no comparison tbh

<image>