The welcome of this women's co-op could not be warmer. They have built a handsome wooden hostel in the village of Bonyic on the Río Teribe. Accommodations are basic but clean. Try traditional food with vegetarian options and bring drinking water. There are excellent tours to medicinal gardens, a waterfall, neighboring villages accessed by raft and Parque Internacional La Amistad (from US$30).
A stay here is well worth the effort and proceeds go to much-needed funding to help sustain the village. There are solar lights but no electricity. Tours, running from US$30, are priced for three participants. The hostel is run by run by OMUB (Organización de Mujeres Unidades de Bonyic), an association of indigenous women, whose Whats App contact is the very friendly and responsive Nilka.