Kenaki Lodge

This is a lovely place, rooms are very clean and nicely appointed. Isabelle, the proprietor, is delightful - friendly, charming, and incredibly helpful. Isabelle serves a delicious breakfast, and there's a communal kitchen for the use of guests. Excellent wifi, close to a beautiful beach, and fans in every room.|If you stay here, though, you either need to have a car or be a hiker. She's 3 kilometers outside of Cahuita on a smallish gravel road. Taxi service is available, but there's no nearby bus stop. No restaurant in the hotel, and the nearest restaurant is about a kilometer away - open for breakfast and dinner only. |If we weren't a couple of 70-somethings, it would have been absolutely wonderful.

You can hear the waves from her private beach. Beach had lot of debris but still useable. Few restaurants on her road for dinner. She was very sweet offers a community kitchen and breakfast was only $11 a person I believe and was very good. Privacy was limited as screens at the top so hope you’re not roomed next to a snorer but we didn’t mind. Point of this place was to met others and we did. Her dogs are very friendly which we were thrilled to see as most around Costa Rica wouldn’t let you pet them. I’m a huge dog person

Simple and clean rooms. Incredible views of the Caribbean (just a few meters from the rooms). Kind and responsive owner. Kitchen available (refrigerator, stove, sink, pots and pans, dishes, utensils) for preparing simple meals. Just a few blocks from everything in Cahuita, including the national park. No website, so just send the owner a WhatsApp message to get the prices. We paid 26,000 CRC ($52 US) per night for a room for 4 people.

The place is amazing! Hosts are very kind and the breakfast was soo delicious. We spend our first 2 of 11 days in Costa Rica and actually we ate the best gallo pinto here made by them. The beach outside is so wild and beautiful that you don’t want to leave… The lodge is made with good taste and is very stylish, but this is normal for french owners. The rooms are clean and everything was just great!

We were supposed to stay 4 nights but the place was so terrible that we left after 2 nights. It was a sign that the first thing that the host did was ask for us to pay our bill upon our arrival. ||Yes this could be a nice place IF the owner actually wanted to make it a nice place. ||The toilet smelled horrible and in a small room it’s just not a civilised experience for the cost. ||The owner asks that no toilet paper is flushed down the toilet. Instead the dirty toilet paper is supposed to be put in a bucket that is next to the toilet. As I’m writing this, it is just exceptionally crazy that this toilet experience has been normalised at this hotel. Aside from the smell, think of the health risks. At one point during our stay, there was no water. Apparently someone had flushed toilet paper and the water pump stopped working.||And there is a major small ant issue. Ants were everywhere even when we did not eat in the room. ||We just left the hotel. I’m writing this review from an Airbnb and I’m feeling freedom and joy.

During our visit to Cahuita, we spent two nights at this lodging. Its proximity to the black beach was highly appreciated as we enjoyed a refreshing swim every morning at sunrise, just a short 2-minute walk away. The peaceful and pleasant atmosphere of the location was also noteworthy. However, due to the absence of air conditioning, sleeping at night was somewhat challenging. Despite this minor setback, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this tranquil lodge in Cahuita.

Very friendly and cozy hotel with four rooms and two bungalows, 100 meters from the almost deserted beach, and 2-3 kilometers from Cahuita. You will need a car to stay here, but free parking. Nice and spacious rooms, but the bed was rather noisy… No fridge or other facilities in the room, but a communal kitchen area next to the reception area did the trick. Breakfast is extra, 11 USD, continental with bread, jam, fruit, coffee and juice. We loved sitting on the terrace and watch the birds and sometimes monkeys in the tree right in front of us. Liked the place a lot, but you need to walk at least 20 minutes along a dark gravel road to get to a restaurant where you can have dinner, or drive into Cahuita.|Be aware that the howler monkeys WILL wake you up at sunrise!

It is probably the worst place in Costa Rica. Dirty, broken, bad smell, poorly maintained, bad service— the only good thing is nature, and that can be found throughout the Caribbean. If I have to give one piece of advice: Never stay here. The owner is rude, dirty, and disrespectful. Damp smell, rusty, hairs on the bedding... a horror. Far from the town, they say it has a beach in front, and it's dirty. The worst of Costa Rica.