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HOTEL STYLE
Romantic
Quirky Hotels
Languages Spoken
Spanish
Property amenities
Free parking
Free internet
Sauna
Pool
Bar / lounge
Hiking
Pets Allowed ( Dog / Pet Friendly )
Car hire
Public wifi
Outdoor pool
Restaurant
Breakfast buffet
Room types
Non-smoking rooms
Family rooms
Location
Carretera Los Haitises, Sabana de la Mar 25000 Dominican Republic
We stayed at Caño Hondo for 1 night with a group of friends. The room was simple and clean with a rustic touch. We enjoyed the beauty of the natural pools and the variety of wildlife on property. We felt like we got our money’s worth for the price of the room, and would definitely recommend this hotel to other travelers.
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Date of stay: February 2021Trip type: Traveled with friends
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I went to Caño Hondo With 15 people and 2 infants. I had written to them prior on whatsapp at least 2 weeks before so they knew we were coming. We did a day pass which was about 19$ or so dollars per person discounts if the group is big. This price automatically includes the buffet at 12pm as well as ongoing tea & coffee in the dining area. You be there all day and swim in all the natural pools. Very relaxing there usually is not a lot of people and the music and everything is just calming. Loved it❤️
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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My party of six adults were pleasantly surprised at the beauty of this place. For long we wanted to visit the Sabana de la Mar area but did not know where to stay for our overnight trip. Paraiso Cano Hondo was the only accommodation we found during our online search. What a surprise! This place is absolutely magnificent. We stayed at the upper hotel, which is a three-year building that rises over the edge of a rock mountain. What a view of Samana Bay from our upper room! Everything inside was made of natural wood or rocks that resemble the mountain that surrounded the building. Everything seems to be carefully designed and artsy. The staff was very pleasant and professional. We are especially grateful to the manager, Heidi, who was extremely helpful the night we arrived and assisted us in getting to our unit. We stayed in room #10 in the upper hotel. It was very roomy and could accommodate up to ten people. We were surrounded with nature at every turn. Our only complaint was the horrible condition of the 18 km-long road leading from Sabana de la Mar to Cano Hondo. It is a dirt road covered with potholes. A good vehicle, preferably SUV or truck is a must.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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Room Tip:You will amazed at the beauty of this place, but be prepared for a bumpy ride on the dirt road...
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Unique setting with wonderfully integrated very personal buildings among 12 small waterfall pools. A lovely place where the only drawbacks are the last 9 km of very bad road and the lack of other restaurants than the hotel's own. Fine 4 km track through the jungle to the Grey Owls Cave, boat trips through mangrove swamps to caves with Taino petroglyphs also highly recommended. We stayed three nights here and three nights in the adjoining sister hotel (where the sounds from the waterfalls were absent but you had same access to pools, etc.)
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Date of stay: February 2022
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We stayed here for three nights in a grand 4-level space that accommodated 7 of us -- 3 generations. The view was gorgeous and we spent much time watching the birds. (A pair of bananquits were building a nest inside the restaurant!) The food was plentiful but very slow in coming. The trips (boating and kayaking) were grand, as were the pools and the zip wire. Two of us rode horses that were not very energetic (one was appropriately named "Sleepy.") Activities for everyone!
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Date of stay: February 2020
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The place is very nice. And it is as guest at the restaurant. I asked for the wifi code and they didn’’t want to give it to me because i didn’t stay af the hotel. They want my as an guest of the restaurant to pay for the wifi. The guy at the reception was very unfriendly . I advise you to ga to altos de cano hondo which is next door, where to food is much better and cheaper, staff is helpfull and wifi is for free
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Traveled with friends
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I did a day trip to Los Haitises and spent the rest of the afternoon at this remarkably beautiful resort. There was an open buffet with great food and cocktails. It was such a relaxing getaway with a tranquil and natural scenery. The resort features a number of pools built into and around natural stones with interesting ancient architecture. Would absolutely visit again to experience an overnight stay!
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Date of stay: May 2021Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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My family of four spent three nights at this ecolodge and loved it. Our room was quirky, playful, and comfortable. Lots of steps up to the room near the top, but the views are worth it. We sat on the terrace when we woke up and enjoyed seeing rainforest, mangroves and the Samana peninsula in the distance. Nights were amazing, with lots of stars in the sky. The pools were a real treat in the mornings, as we had them mostly to ourselves. It was fun trying the various slides and hiding behind the waterfalls. Juan Carlos took us on an excursion in the mangroves and to two caves one morning. We highly recommend taking a tour with him - he is personable and knowledgeable. A really unique experience, we hope to return sooner rather than later.
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Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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A local resort built into the hills. It looks like a cross between caves built into the hills and a Gaudi building! My room had some rock walls. Room was fine if somewhat dark. The shower was good. Only cold water at the sink. Good Wi-Fi in the restaurant but did not reach my room. The food was good and plentiful.
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Date of stay: April 2023
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
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We thought we made reservation of our rooms through emails. We arrived late at night, fully tired, with kids, and not knowing the surroundings nor the highway. It was very risky and had many troubles to get there due to a mechanical problem with our car...but we were determined to arrive that day!...and we surely did!. The receptionist, a young guy could not find the reservation, but thank God we went on a weekday and not on the weekend, so they had plenty of rooms available for us. The guy went above and beyond to accommodate us in any way possible. Restaurants were already closed but he managed to make us sandwiches for the whole family. I don't remember his name but this guy is good!!!. Make sure to make a reservation prior to your arrival, and I NOW think you need to pre pay your stay before, that way you don't get nervous traveling so far away and find the surprise of your name not showing up on the reservations sheet. So we went to our room, Rey Congo. All the rooms have names, not numbers. Ours was on the newest part of the lodge (the top of the hill). This side of the hotel is less noisy and you don't have to be so careful about mosquitoes or "jejenes" (is a tiny little insect witch stings more than a mosquito and it's so small you don't actually see them). Our room was very nice, very clean, except two problems that the management should consider: the third bed (close to the room door) doesn't have a fan, so my kids could not sleep on this bed. You guys should consider to install a small wall fan, please....for the sake of others in the future. The second problem: there was a pretty bad odor on the bathroom coming out of the pipes..we had to close the bathroom door all night. And when we were bathing, the bathtub used to clog, so there's something wrong with the installation or functionality of the plumbing in that bathroom. That's about it with the bad....now lets go with the good. The scenery is so perfect for this Eco Lodge, the views from the top are marvelous. You can take many pictures and see the samana bay from afar. We spent the day at the cascades. There are many of them, but our favorite one, the one on the back side of the kitchen of the restaurant. You don't need to wear any type of shoe on the cascades, its man made. They clean it every morning with brushes. They divert the course of the creek for a few minutes, they brush the bottom and the sides of the ponds, and again open the floodgates and in less than 10 minutes every pond is filled with the natural creek's water again. We enjoyed this sooo much, as everyone else, and believe me you won't regret going there. They have many excursions, but the good thing is the very convenient dock they have in front of the entrance of the hotel, in less than 5 minutes you're on a boat ride to see the caves and the scenery..OMG this is so beautiful!!!!. We enjoyed the ride, our tour guide and everything we saw on that excursion. This is a MUST DO excursion. The other one...Zip Line!!..My girls enjoyed it so much. The start is above the cascades, so I was taking pictures and enjoying the cascades while they enjoyed the zip line ride!!..and there they came back to the cascades to freshen up!!. We had lunch there, we ordered drinks, bottled water and sodas and charged everything on our account, even the excursions, and we paid on check out, they take Visa and Mastercard credit cards, and also debit cards. Great.!!. Local cell coverage is great!!...but we did not find any wifi connection, maybe they had problems with internet, but I had my blackberry so I stayed connected at all times. If you expect to find wifi..you may have issues with this, but what the heck....disconnect from the world and enjoy your family and your stay.
In case you go there..here's a list of "must haves", and "must do's":
- Bring Beach towels (room towels are white and you're not allowed to take them out of the room) - Insect repellent. (use it when you come out of the water at the cascades, during lunch, at night, at excursions) - Sun block - If you smoke....like I do...bring a few boxes (they don't sell cigarettes) - Batteries for the cameras - There's no store at the lodge (too bad), so bring snacks for the kids for the "in between meals" - Bring a thermo or insulation glasses to keep your drinks cold. The Lodge don't use disposable cups (of course....et's ECO), and the weather around there is very hot and humid, the ice won't last long with their glasses. - The hotel won't clean the room for you unless you leave your room key at the front desk and ask for the service. We preferred not to, only one day to sweep the floor. We're an ECO -FAMILY..LOL!. - Try the fried fish with fried plantains!!!..at lunch ant the cascades....it's great!!!... - Avoid weekends, some locals won't behave and will make plenty of noise everywhere. Also, if the hotel is booked or have many rooms, they will change the menu from "a la Carte"....to a horrific buffet. There was two downsides of food and beverage: Breakfast buffet and dinner; the second one, at breakfast they place a table with natural juice. When they ran out of juice, everyone runs out of juice....they say "that's the only one we have"...come one guys, you can improve on this little detail. You have many local harvesters, you can get orange juice, pineapple juice, and many, many more. We just had two kinds, every day and you guys ran out of them. One of the days I din't get to drink juice because of this (management please do something about this). - Breakfast a la carte...Excellent, except the "juice problem" :((. - Breakfast Buffet.....good.....Except the "Juice problem" :((( - Lunch a la carte....Excellent - Dinner a la carte....Good - Dinner buffet....horrible.
Well guys...I really recommend this experience for the family. In case you go with kids, bring table games or any kind of game to entertain them at night, because there's nothing to do, just have dinner and go to bed (around 9:30 or 10:00 pm). I almost forgot..this hotel is Pet friendly....we brought our little chihuahua...yeiiiii!!! Have fun!!!
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Date of stay: August 2012
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Trip type: Traveled with family
Room Tip:The higher, the better.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana38 contributions20 helpful votes
Actually, the food is included at the upper lodge. It's plentiful and made to order-- perfection!
Drinks are reasonably priced: We got a good bottle of wine for $26 usd, and cocktails for maybe $4.
The excursions can only be paid in DR cash so make sure you have some.
There are more places to choose from in the Sabana de la Mar area.
PRICE RANGE
$92 - $186 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
paraiso cano hondo hotel dominican republic
LOCATION
CaribbeanDominican RepublicHato Mayor ProvinceSabana de la Mar
NUMBER OF ROOMS
26
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