Located in Puerto Viejo, Hotel El Bambú is in a rural location, within a 10-minute drive of La Selva Biological Station and Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Maquenque. .This family-friendly hotel is 2.8 mi (4.5 km) from Costa Rican Bird Route and 2.8 mi (4.5 km) from San Juan–La Selva Biological Corridor.
What's nearby
San Agustin Church - 2 min walk
La Selva Biological Station - 6 min drive
Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Maquenque - 7 min drive
Costa Rican Bird Route - 7 min drive
San Juan–La Selva Biological Corridor - 7 min drive
Getting around
Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 130 min drive
Restaurants
Rusti Ticos - 9 min drive
Soda Lucrecia - 2 min drive
Pizzaria La Terraza - 6 min drive
Restaurante Típico La Carreta - 4 min drive
Soda La Casita Típica - 3 min drive
About this property
Hotel El Bambú
Family-friendly hotel with free breakfast and an outdoor pool
Hotel El Bambú offers 40 air-conditioned accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and hair dryers. Rooms open to balconies. Cable television is provided.
Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. This Puerto Viejo hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 40 air-conditioned guestrooms. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at Restaurante El Bambu, a restaurant which specializes in international cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast. An additional breakfast (subject to charges) is served daily.
Restaurante El Bambu - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Languages
English, Spanish
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
Free uncovered self parking on site
Food and drink
Free continental breakfast
A bar/lounge
A restaurant
Snack bar/deli
Restaurants on site
Restaurante El Bambu
Things to do
Arcade/game room
Children's pool
Outdoor pool
Family friendly
Arcade/game room
Children's pool
Laundry facilities
Outdoor pool
Snack bar/deli
Conveniences
Free newspapers in lobby
Gift shop/newsstand
Laundry facilities
Limited-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Safe at front desk
Guest services
Concierge services
Dry cleaning/laundry service
Housekeeping (daily)
Tour and ticket assistance
Business services
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Barbecue grill
Garden
Pool loungers
Terrace
Spa
Massage
Accessibility
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
No elevator (single-level property)
Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
More
Banquet hall
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bedsheets provided
Bathroom
Bathtub or shower
Deep soaking bathtub
Free toiletries
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Towels provided
Entertainment
TV with cable channels
Food and drink
Limited room service
More
Air conditioning
Iron/ironing board on request
Laptop-compatible safe
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before noon
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 11 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room; children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Property payment types
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Cashless transactions are available
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Property is also known as
Bambu Hotel
El Bambu
El Bambu Sarapiqui
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Hotel El Bambu Sarapiqui
Sarapiqui Hotel
Hotel El Bambu Costa Rica/Sarapiqui
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Hotel El Bambú Reviews
Reviews
8.0
Very Good
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Initially this hotel seems placed on the noisy main road with the dining room open to it. But the rooms are at a distance in the forest. Thus complete silence. The pool was very good and the food excellent. My room had a shower that worked but needed some attention to the head. Having put an expresso machine in the bedroom it seemed odd to only get one capsule when was staying three nights. Staff so helpful. Sarapiqui is an ordinary Costa Rican town away from the main tourist route and thus an experience in itself. White water rafting excellent.
ann
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
6/10 Okay
fred
Nov 18, 2023
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Front desk and bar Restaurant service was great. the housekeeping not so good. Never the right towels or other supplies. No hot watert most of the time. Restaurant was excellent. Pleasant setting for rooms away from the street. Saw plenty of birds from my deck. This place is long in the tooth.
Clean air conditioned with restaurant on site. Rooms are on a beautiful walkway above the ground. Enjoyed a night walk with Angel observing local flora, fauna. He was very informative and helpful.
The hotel is nicely situated in the forest. Friendly staff and good restaurant. We stayed in the more upscale part of the hotel in the back and the rooms were dirty. Doors were black with fingerprints, mold in the bathroom and garbage from other guests still under our beds. The bed was not very comfortable.
We loved sitting on our very private balcony watching the birds in the forest. We also enjoyed the large swimming pool and the fact that the hotel was central for rafting on the Sarapiqui river as well as walking through the rain forests.
Rooms smelled a bit moldy. Mattresses were very uncomfortable. Lots of street noise with blaring music at night.
Hotel staff, including front desk and restaurant were very friendly and helpful. Also, there were howler monkeys in the trees right outside, which was awesome. But the condition of the rooms and the noise makes it a place we wouldn't return to.
A part la salle de restaurant qui donne sur la rue et le nombre de cars sur le parking qui font craindre un hôtel à touristes, les chambres dans la nature qu’on atteint via des passerelles sont très belles et confortables. Dommage que l’insonorisation soit inexistante on entend tout des chambres contiguës et des clients qui passent devant la chambre. Prévoir des boules Quies
Hôtel très bien situé on est dans la ville mais les chambres sont dans "la keugle* cocktail d accueil, petit dej très bien et en prime les aras s invitent au petit déjeuner dans l arbre d en face.
Zeer mooi hotel, hoewel je vanaf de straat een andere indruk krijgt. Het hotelgedeelte ligt in een tropische tuin achterin. Mooi zwembad en veel beesten te zien vlakbij. Wel krakende bedden.
Hôtel vétuste et en décrépitude, nous avons réservé une chambre supérieure et avons appris sur place qu'elles n'existaient plus. Eau froide et douche à très faible débit. La piscine est délabrée et n'est plus en fonction. Il ne s'agit pas d'un 3 étoiles mais d'un deux étoiles. Sur place, on nous a informé que c'était hôtel.com qui n'avait pas mis ses informations à jour. Cependant, le cadre est charmant, on se laisse réveiller par les bruits de la jungle et la balade nocturne est sympathique, le guide est super.
Superbe hôtel en plein centre ville et toujours au milieu de la forêt. Superbe vue au réveil et le petit-déjeuner a être rassasié pour la journée !! Un guide très sympa qui même en jour de repos se déplace pour une petite sortie nocturne. On vous le conseille.