we stayed for two night at el tucan on 17th march, and we were greated right away from the staff who showed us a room, me and my partner got a private room for such a great price, same as the dorms, i have stayed in about 20 hostels and this room was amazing, if it was a little better... More

Rooms are good and clean for an ok price and breaky is acceptable too. Unfortunately, we were asked which tour we wanted to book EVERY TIME we entered the common area... And were totally ingnored (aka not even replying to our Hello) once we decided to book our tours elsewhere (for cheaper, we asked the Tucan staff to get the... More

When we first arrived at this hotel we thought we had found a pretty good deal in a nice part of the town. There are lots of tours to do in this area and lots of tour agencies aswell offering services. We asked our hostel (of course) as to what tours we could do and what the prices were. He... More

Although we three german girls had other plans for our stayover in monte verde, we luckily met the friendly owners of the hostel Tucan. They offered us a lovely, clean and comfortable room with 4 beds. Moreover we had a hot shower which is not self- evident for costa rica...=) Furthermore we had free Wi-fi, a big kitchen, Computers and... More

Hostel El Tucan Tony, the owner, is a fast talking salesman who is not above recommending substandard tours and over charging for services. He highly recommended a morning wildlife tour for $30.00 per person that turned out to be nothing more than walking around the local residential area in the rain looking at birds in people's front yards. The tour... More

we wanted to stay there for 3 nights, we did succeed for 1 night, after our mountain trip we went back to the hotel, and the owner told us to leave beause our room was (suddenly) rent to someone else???!!!! We could'nt believe it, but we told the owner, OK give us a other room, there were 4 rooms empty... More

I was staying in Monteverde and I was walking by with my girlfriend and struck up a conversation with the owner Toni, he assured me of his hostel is worth a try. We decided to stay a night, clean comfy, nice breakfast, great staff, and a family welcome always. We came back to the el Tucan two more times on... More

My husband & I arrived in Monteverde, we knew we wanted to check out a few hostels in town, when we looked at El Tucan, it was clean, has a kitchen so we could prepare our own, hot water & TV area. Tony bargained with us on price & met our budget.....good place to stay,but owner alittle pushy, they can... More

When my wife and I arrived to Santa Elena (Monteverde), We knew about sereval hostels, especiaaly about the ones recommended at the lonley planet, but when we met Tony, the wonderful owner of El Tucan, I knew that we should defenitely stay at his place. Besides the fact that the rooms was great (and was very valuable), Tony and his... More