Camping Castilletes

Despite the bad reviews, I took the risk to make a reservation. Definitely would not recommend this place. If I give some starts is for the views to the beach and the employees that were friendly. First. The place doesn't lool like the photos. It needs a lot of improvements, the rooms and bathrooms are half way build and breaking apart, with bad ventilation. The rooms are very expensive for what it is. Probably the best would be to take your own tent. Second, I made the reservation online. I made sure to ask if i could pay by card and they said wouldbe fine. When I checked out, they say there is 6-7% extra fee to pay by card, otherwise I should pay by cash. I didn't have almost one million pesos in cash. I asked to find other ways. The employees tried to help but the administration/owners were intransigent, very rude (even yelling by phone). I ended up paying part of it in dollars at their low rate. The same morning the was a couple of other guest that had an argument with the employees when checking out. Third, the swimming pool is dirty, and lack of maintenance. For sure is not looking the same than the one in photos. The food is overpriced, but you can not expect much from a very touristic park. As some other reviews said. The place has potencial but needs other administration/owners.

This is the worst hotel we have ever been. The location was amazing and the private beach is wonderful. However, the hotel and “restaurant” were just horrible. A nasty swimming pool, really basic rooms with huge wasps that make us really scared and a rainy room ( a bad ceiling that when it rains the water filters in the room). The food was horrible and the only choice is one day you get butter with your eggs and the next day jam - if you are lucky. They do not have a fridge-and even run out of drinks. A disaster. Please do not stay there, particularly if you don’t like wasps.

Difficult to know the real story, but the state of disrepair and the lack of consideration for safety of the guests and staff is beyond inbelievable. Just to mention a ew facts during our stay, we had some waps entering the room and not due to broken mosquito nets but because despite knowing at our arrival three days before ( maybe before?) that they had a waps net in the roof but management did not nothing about it. Also for last night we had water in our bedroom due to a roof that needs to be repair. And I pass on the lack of cleanest and food overpriced compared to other parts of the park. |The staff trys trying to do their best but management/ owner do not do basic maintenance and charge the same price than nearby places that are in better shape, despite the desvantage to not have a road access like this campsite.|My advice looks only at recent reviews and pictures, and nothing else available inside the park, stay outside even if you need to pay the entrance every day. This place save you only 5 minutes on the bus journey.

I stayed in a double room for 2 nights as a solo guest. ||||The room was of a poor standard decoration wise, with poor chipped paintwork, dirt stains and poor finishing. The floor tiles were either cracked and in bad condition.||||The bed was comfortable and the bedding was clean. ||||The bathroom was also uncomfortable to use, poor pressure on shower like a slow garden hose and cold too. The shower cubicle had cracked tiles, mould and dirt in areas. ||||I had room next to restaurant and windows only being of mesh, it was very noisy for me till guests went bed after watching tv as they sat in the restaurant and it became noisy at 5am when kitchen staff prepared for breakfast.||||Breakfast was basic - eggs, toast, hot drink and arepas. ||||Dinner was expensive at 20,000 - 25, 000 COP. Limited choice generally and even more so if vegetarian. Pasta was like pasta in plain tomato soup with no flavour. The second night I asked to be made chips as thought this would be more satisfying, which they did for which I was grateful. ||||The pool and sun bed area is nice, yet the toilets downstairs underneath are like an unfinished building site. ||||The hammocks in the grounds are nice to sleep in. ||||People said that the tents on the beach front were clean and comfortable to sleep in. ||||The beach is vitually empty and peaceful, but you can not swim in it.||||Staff are lovely and helpful. Laurena and Rozana were very nice.||||With a bit of attention this place can be amazing. Shame it is not. It was over priced for about £40 per night for double room given the standard, but I think I paid more for location than standard. ||||Overall, nice to stay in Tayrona National Park, which is lovely and handy if you want to be in the park for more than a day.

After reading all the reviews about money stolen at the camping site, we still decided to book a room but be extra alert. While sitting in our room at night, we sensed someone shamelessly sneak peeking through our bedroom to observe our stuff, probably deciding what to steal. We shut the curtains and put the fan infront of the door to hear any potential noise if someone comes in, and I slept hugging all our stuff under the sheets. With that we left successfully without being stolen 😊. On a positive note, the food was good and the beach was beautiful.

We arrived and the tent we were asigned was broken and had no sheets. I hurt my foot going to the tent because the person who showed brought us to the tent just left me behind in the dark. Super rude (Henry) and lazy personal in general. Mosquitos (there were a lot) entered the tent. We had a bad night of sleep. Also in the morning we would have woke up at 6 by the heat because they only put a roof over some of the tents which is very necessary in this climate.|I said would because at 5.30 one of the employees (henry) started shouting with the song in his headphones and woke up everybody. This is ridículous, he should not work there!|The toilet and shower where in very bad shape, old and dirty. Also dont count with any internet. The wifi doesnt work most of the time just like movil data. No effort is put in this (pricy) hostel. Not recommended, there are way more options around in the area.

This place has so much potential but is in serious need of some improvements. Stayed in a tent in front of the beach for 2 nights. The mattress, sheets and pillow cases were in extremely poor shape and I spent both nights wondering if I'd escape without bed bugs. The beach is gorgeous but the waves are so loud that we didn't sleep well either nights (not their fault but just a heads up) so bring ear plugs! The food was quite tasty but took well over 45 minutes both evenings. Wouldn't recommend mainly due to the state of the bed linen we were given. In hindsight I would have stayed closer to Aricifes or La Piscina area as it's quite a walk.

➕ First impression of the campingsite was very nice, location was good, a lot of animals to see during day and nighttime, I loved it! Nice beach even tho you couldnt swim in it, just grab a hammock and relax underneath the palm-trees! I don't mind the 2 a 3 hour hike to the other beaches, it was totally worth it! ||Food and service in the restaurant was good. staff is very friendly and very helpfull. You can ask for Enoc to be your park guide! Speaks only Spanish but tries his best to help you with anything you need around the park. use Google translate 😉👍||||➖ The campingsite has to be renovated, especially the showers, some of them were broken.||They need bigger and more lockers for your backpack and personal belongings. ||After 10 pm everything is closed, so if you want to buy a bottle of water or a snack, buy it before 10 pm.