Does VIP Hotel Playa Negra have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is VIP Hotel Playa Negra pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at VIP Hotel Playa Negra?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at VIP Hotel Playa Negra?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at VIP Hotel Playa Negra?

Check-out is at noon. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).

Does VIP Hotel Playa Negra provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of CRC 250000 per vehicle applies.

Where is VIP Hotel Playa Negra located?

This family-friendly Cahuita hotel is located by the ocean, within 1 mi (2 km) of Finca La Isla Botanical Garden and Black Beach. Talamanca Family Art and Playa Cocles are also within 3 mi (5 km).

VIP Hotel Playa Negra Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Mar 31, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Si anda buscando paz

Excelente ubicación y trato, instalaciones inmejorables.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Sonia, San José, Costa Rica.

Oct 24, 2017

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Overpriced, needs mayor fixing and updates.

Overpriced hotel. None knew our two families were coming. Not very organized. Very basic kitchen, stove didn't work, TV didn't work, only one bathroom for two bedrooms, water flow extremely low, tasted and smelled extremely unpleasant, no lighting to walk from parking area to room ( we had to use our flashlights), gym was non operational, old, rusty, no A/C and windows broken. Pool was very nice but lights were loose (not safe). Pool beds were old and dirty (can't be used). WiFi worked randomly. Refrigerator, coffee maker and blender were nice. A/C in each room worked well. Place needs some mayor fixing up. Maintenance guy was very pleasant and nice, he came to show us a sloth that was crossing the street.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Mar 18, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

This "hotel" was the worst we took in our trip in Costa Rica. For that amount of money go to another hotel, DO NOT STAY HERE. It's away of beach, away of Puerto Viejo center, dark street, no signs to recognize there is a hotel. Is not a hotel, is a group of cabinas..

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Mar 11, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place. Quiet place. We saw monkeys and frogs every day. Need car to get to the town. Yoga is relatively closed by.

10/10 Excellent

juan Carlos

Jan 23, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel limpio y comodo

Demasiado lindo, todo excelente, recomendado

6/10 Okay

Christian, San José, Costa Rica

Apr 16, 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

Expected more

Pros: surrounded by nature, wildlife and pure air. Rooms are spacious and comfortable, with full kitchens. The owner is generally nice and very involved in community and environmental affairs. Cons: the hotel is rather isolated and the road isn't very good. The beach is about 700 meters away. No air conditioning. Not very accessible to the elderly or disabled due to walkways covered with loose stones and slippery bathroom floors. Has no restaurant. Offers only breakfast which is individually prepared and then taken in turn to each room, which makes it a lengthy process. The staff is minimal.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Feb 1, 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not close to the Beach, You have to pay for.....

Not bad at all, but not like the pictures and we have to pay for the laundry

10/10 Excellent

Jürgen

Jan 16, 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel mitten im Urwald und trotzdem in Strandnähe

Tolle, helle, ruhige, riesengroße und sehr saubere Suite mit einer großen Terrasse, auf der uns das Frühstück serviert wurde. In der Suite gab es auch eine Küche, die man hätte nutzen können. Braucht jedoch ein Auto um die Anlage zu erreichen. Sehr nette Eigentümer. Schöner Pool und nette Außenanlage mit vielen Blumen, an denen ab und zu Kolibries zu sehen waren.

8/10 Good

GUSTAVO, Costa Rica

Oct 20, 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comodidad en medio de la naturaleza

Buena experiencia, preciosos lugar

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Aug 13, 2015

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terribile

10/10 Excellent

Emilie

May 7, 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Marta, Barcelona

Apr 1, 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

hotel de encanto

Muy agradable y el personal inmejorable

2/10 Terrible

Franco

Feb 1, 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Accesability: VERY POOR

After 25 minutes of searching for the hotel, due to the lack of clear signage, I went through A flooded creek(small) as it was pouring with rain. If you dont have a car or own transport, everytime you want to go to town, you have to get a cab at $7 for a 5 minute ride, each way. For this reason, I didnt stay. I want a refund

10/10 Excellent

Joaquín, Grecia

Jan 14, 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bello y muy cómodo lugar

El personal y el hotel en sí fueron excelentes. Habitaciones completamente amuebladas con su propia cocina y sala-comedor muy cómodos para familias.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Jan 8, 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

ferias de verao

O hotel e excelente porem de dificil acesso e sinalizacao precaria colocada placas em arvores que a noite dificulta a sua localizacao. Porem fomos muito bem recebidos e depois de chegar e so aproveitar.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Oct 14, 2014

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Aug 8, 2014

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

tiene muchos baches el camino hacia el hotel

Me gusto que el hotel este rodeado de árboles, me relaje mucho, dormi regular, . pero en general estuve feliz con mi familia.

4/10 Poor

Geoff, UK

Mar 9, 2014

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

Not really a hotel

The VIP 'Hotel' is not really a hotel. It has no reception, bar or restaurant. It is two sets of three apartments either side of a good pool which was the best feature of the accommodation and a gym. Each apartment has a kitchenette so you're are really in self catering accommodation. It is poorly located being 1.5km down a poor quality dirt track road and quite difficult to find and realise that you have arrived when you get there. Breakfast was brought to your apartment at 8am and was not particularly good quality or the cooked part hot. We were glad to leave as this accommodation was very poor value for money.

4/10 Poor

Jonas, Gothenburg

Mar 7, 2014

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Way to expensive

This hotel was not worth the money and the rating it currently had. We asked to get the sorry excuse for breakfast early one day and they gave us some fruit instead. The location was way of the grid and the bicycles was in a bad condition and too few for the amount of people living there.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Mar 3, 2014

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

In the middle of no where and too noisy!

I feel that the hotel is overpriced and breakfast is the worst I've had in Costa Rica, we skipped it after 2 mornings, eggs, or an omelette and some fruit served with dry bread on the side. We travel all around the world and for the money we paid, I would honestly say that it's the least value place I have ever stayed. It's situated down a very long dirt track at least 2km from civilisation. The nearest beach and hotel is the beautiful!!! banana azure hotel where he stopped for cocktails whilst watching a sloth in there tree's. The staff and owner do try to make you feel welcome and if it wasn't so remote and half the price I would not be writing this negative review. Also I have come to Costa Rica to see the wildlife, however the howling money's screamed at 4.50am every morning without fail- funny on the first morning- also just to add we never saw them!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Jan 7, 2014

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Dec 26, 2013

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Un comodo rifugio nel verde

Abbiamo passato 3 giorni in questo bel posto nel verde, non lontano dal mare. Gli alloggi sono molto spaziosi, con una bella camera con porta finestra che da sulla foresta, un grandissimo soggiorno con cucina completa, un grande bagno ed una fantastica veranda con amaca che da sul giardino e la piscina. La padrona di casa, Marian, e' molto gentile così' come Minerva, la giovane donna che l'aiuta e che porta la colazione direttamente nell'alloggio alla mattina. La spiaggia si raggiunge con un breve tratto in auto o in bicicletta in mezzo ad una natura lussureggiante. Sicuramente un posto molto bello e confortevole. Ci sono solo 6 alloggi e il luogo è' molto tranquillo.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Nov 3, 2013

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Cleanliness

Really nice outside of town. The owners are really nice and helped us with everything. The rooms were huge and had a full kitchen. Overall great experience just wish it was on the beach or in town.

8/10 Good

Caroline, Nîmes

Aug 28, 2013

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Calme

Pas vraiment un hotel, plutôt des grandes villas de pleins pieds. Nous avons séjourner en couple 5 jours à l'hotel VIP Hotel playa Negra. Nous avons été les seuls résidents pendant notre séjour. Le pied! Le cadre est aypique: isolé au milieu de la jungle. L'accès nécessite une voiture. Les chambres n'ont malheureusement pas la climatisation. Mise à part cela, les petits déjeuners servis sur la terrasse sont excellent, on se sent bichonnés. La piscine est très jolie et très agréable. Un moment de détente pure.

8/10 Good

Kjetil, Oslo, Norge

Jul 28, 2013

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel with nature experience

Lovely place where you really felt you where living in the jungle. The hostess was very helpful and we enjoyed the breakfast in the morning and the very beautiful pool and garden just outside our spacious "apartment". Around the fitness room you can watch the red-eyed tree frogs after dark. Treat them well, they are rare. Suitable for travelers with car or who like to be a little physically active. We loved it!

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