I stayed here for 2 nights at the beginning of my trip. It is pretty and clean and a nice retreat! No kitchen, but they do have a decent restaurant. It's a bit of a party place, not so quiet, but lots of fun. The grounds are spectacular! Only issue is that I asked for toilet paper 4 times and... More

as it was the only hotel / backpacker which doesn't accept reservations via e-mail with a credit card (only cash payments in an partner backpacker in San José is accepted), we were told that only from the following night there would be a private room for us (first night was only a bed in a big room), as we asked... More

great base location for all the activties! highly recommend!

I spent two days in the Arenal Backpacker's Resort. This backpacker is a really good choice to stay there as long as you don't want to cook on your own, because they don't have a communal kitchen as others do. But they have a restaurant included, which has a good value for your money. The resort is new, clean and... More

If you book via Internet you have to check in before 4 pm, otherwise pray that there will still be rooms available! That's our story! Even if we paid a 7$ deposit via hostels.com , the Arenal Backpackers resort cancelled our reservation since we arrived at 4h20! Conclusion: it is better to book on the phone with them, because you... More

Like their website claims, it's pretty high end for a backpacker's hostel. Nice pool where there's a swim up bar. The people at the front desk were very helpful. There's free internet until 10 PM. I heard other reviews about how they try to nickel & dime you but during my four days I didn't pay for anything other than... More

This place is clean, hot water, air, nice bar/rest, but they do cram people in rooms... in my room they drug a matress on the floor so we were 9 people in a very crammed room. For $12 not that great of a value, but a nice place.

We loved this hostel, including the staff, which others have rated negatively. Great views of the volcano, free internet, pretty grounds. One thing to note: if you made your reservation online with Marian, you should call to reconfirm. She was fired and deleted all of the reservations she made. When we showed up, they didn't have our reservation at all.... More

cheap, clean with great cheap food and beer. hot water and a sup;er firendly staff.