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?

Checkout is at noon. Late checkout 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 miles (5 km).

VIP Hotel Playa Negra Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

31 Mar 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.

24 Oct 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 traveller

18 Mar 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 traveller

11 Mar 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

23 Jan 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

16 Apr 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 traveller

1 Feb 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

16 Jan 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

20 Oct 2015

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

Comodidad en medio de la naturaleza

Buena experiencia, preciosos lugar

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

13 Aug 2015

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

Terribile

10/10 Excellent

Marta, Barcelona

1 Apr 2015

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

hotel de encanto

Muy agradable y el personal inmejorable

2/10 Terrible

Franco

1 Feb 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

14 Jan 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 traveller

8 Jan 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.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

8 Aug 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

9 Mar 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

7 Mar 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 traveller

3 Mar 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!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

26 Dec 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 traveller

3 Nov 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

28 Aug 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

28 Jul 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!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

1 Apr 2013

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

Buen lugar para vacacionar

La estadía en el Hotel fue muy buena, inicialmente fue difícil ubicarlo ya que llegamos por la noche, fue impactante no encontrar el lugar a pesar de que somos de la zona, nos preocupamos porque la entrada desde la calle de Puerto Viejo se nos hizo muy larga y llegamos a una propiedad con una trocha y unos árboles inmensos que nos asustamos, al fin llegamos. Luego uno se acostumbra a salir y entrar. Considero que se debe ir con vehículo ya que es largo del pueblo . Es sencillo accesar una hermosa playa que esta cercana al hotel, siempre nos movilizamos en carro. Como tal el hotel es hermoso y diferente, se descansa plenamente, se duerme en total tranquilidad. Las casitas están muy limpias y equipadas con lo que se necesita, increible salir y accesar la piscina a cualquier hora del día o la noche, muy limpia con agua refrescante y calida, La propiedad es presciosa y la atención de la dueña muy buena, es muy atenta a las necesidades que se presenten. Consideramos que la estancia en el VIP fue muy relajante, no hay complicaciones como en otros hoteles el trato es muy familiar y cordial, con respeto por lo que cada quien haga. En algunos momentos hizo falta el aire acondicionado pero en fin nada que no se pudiera manejar. Ah, lo olvidaba los desayunos son muy buenos, servidos en la habitación y bien surtidos... Recomiendo el lugar. Es importante acotar que para nacionales se deberían poder accesar tarifas diferentes aún por agencia.

8/10 Good

serge

2 Mar 2013

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

bain de nature

accueil chaleureux et retour à la nature et au calme

10/10 Excellent

Amy, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

19 Feb 2013

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

Simply Amazing.

This hotel was truly amazing. It is hidden in the jungle which is exactly what we were looking for to get the "Costa Rican" feel. It is close to town and the beautiful beaches. Miriam is an angel and helped us set up our transportation to and from the airport and made sure we had everything we needed to make our stay a memorable one. Dilan who also works at the hotel is one of a kind. He set up all our tours and excursions for us and introduced us to awesome people throughout the trip. He made sure we were always in good hands and watched out for us. They are two very special people and we will never forget them. The hotel is very clean and offers an AWESOME complimentary breakfast every morning. We didn't get to have it one morning because we were going canopying early and we were so sad that we had to miss it. However, Miriam and Dilan made sure to put fruit and coffee in our rooms for us. This was by far one of the best vacations I have ever been on and VIP Playa Negra is the hotel to stay at when visiting Puerto Viejo. Looking up flights back right now actually =)

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