We had an AMAZING week at Ballena y Cuervo! We have stayed in Dominical several times, but this trip was all about relaxing and not scheduling out activities and this house helped us embrace that. We enjoyed the quietness of Matapalo while still being a short drive to destinations and our favorite restaurants. We walked to the beach with our coffee in the mornings and had the beach to ourselves, then came back to join the locals for sunsets with a glass of wine. The kids loved the pool and water slide so much that it was hard to get them to leave the house. We ate at A Kachete several times, the kids were obsessed with the chocolate shakes and it was in walking distance from the house or a quick walk up from the beach. Just wish they had breakfast as well. And we were able to get all our groceries and snacks at the supermini next door to the restaurant.
We didn't do any cooking at the house but there did seem to be ample cooking supplies, other than one salt shaker there were no condiments/seasonings etc though and not really a space for storing dry food. The house and pool were very clean and the property beautiful. Fatima the caretaker was accessible before our trip to answer any questions and to recommend activities and help book them if interested. We didn't book anything but we had a blast on the rope swing at the Dominicalito waterfall and jumping off the platform at the Uvita waterfall, our teenager even slid down the waterfall but the rest of us chickened out. We also rented boogie boards for a few days and snorkel gear one day to try the whale's tail at low tide, pretty murky but lots of fish.
Would definitely recommend this house and can't wait to return!