Just a 20-minute drive from San Juan del Sur, Rancho Chilamate is an authentic guest ranch where you can get a little taste of the cowboy life. There are four comfortable rooms set around the ranch's swimming pool, whilst the on-site restaurant is famous for its family-style ranch dinners. The ranch also organizes horseback rides through rural land and beach, keeping its own healthy horses and expert guides.

Local initiatives are supported with the revenue from the rides to help the local community with income and education.