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Dunama Hotel

3.0 star property

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Swim up | View from room
2 bars/lounges, poolside bar
Lobby
Aerial view
Restaurant

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Pet-friendly
  • Pool

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Flamingo Beach Road Flamingo del super, Masai 200 North, Cabo Velas, Guanacaste, 50304
  • Flamingo Beach
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Playa Potrero
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Conchal Beach
    ‪17 min drive‬
  • Liberia (LIR-Daniel Oduber Intl.)

Room options

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Standard Apartment

Standard Apartment

  • Sleeps 8
  • 4 Queen Beds

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Terrace Family Sea View

Terrace Family Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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1 bedroom, minibar, blackout curtains, free WiFi

Balcony Garden View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Balcony Family Ocean View

Balcony Family Ocean View

7.2 out of 10
Good
(5 reviews)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Balcony Family Garden View

Balcony Family Garden View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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1 bedroom, minibar, blackout curtains, free WiFi

Balcony Sea View

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 30 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Swim up Family

Swim up Family

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(6 reviews)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Balcony Ocean View

Balcony Ocean View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Balcony Family Sea View

Balcony Family Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Terrace Sea View

Terrace Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, minibar, blackout curtains, free WiFi

Garden

7.0 out of 10
Good
(8 reviews)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Swim up

Swim up

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Garden Family

Garden Family

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About the area

Cabo Velas

When you stay at Dunama Hotel in Cabo Velas, you'll be on the beach, within a 5-minute drive of Flamingo Beach and Playa Potrero. .This beach hotel is 18.9 mi (30.4 km) from Coco Beach and 14.5 mi (23.4 km) from Tamarindo Beach.

What's nearby

  • Flamingo Beach - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Playa Potrero - 6 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Playa Brasilito - 11 min drive - 5.4 km
  • Penca Beach - 13 min drive - 5.8 km
  • Conchal Beach - 17 min drive - 8.1 km

Getting around

  • Daniel Oduber Intl. Airport (LIR) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Coco Loco Bar & Restaurant - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Las Brisas - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Amigos Tacos y Beer - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Gracia Mar Vista - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Soda Marcell - ‬9 min drive

About this property

Dunama Hotel

Beachside hotel to enjoy outdoor pool and sand beach
Dunama Hotel offers 47 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and complimentary toiletries. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Change of towels and change of bedsheets 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 47 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Dunama Hotel has a restaurant on site.
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 transport

  • Free secured self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available daily 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • On the bay
  • On the beach
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 100% renewable energy
  • 2 buildings
  • 6 floors
  • At least 10% of profits reinvested in community and sustainability
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • At least 80% of food locally-sourced
  • At least 80% organic food
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1996
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Eco-friendly cleaning products used
  • Humane treatment of captive wild animals
  • Local culture and ecosystem education
  • Locally-owned and organised tours and activities
  • Reception hall
  • Reusable cups
  • Reusable tableware
  • Smoke-free property
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian dining options
  • Water dispenser usage encouraged

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Cleaning products are eco-friendly
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • LED lighting
  • Water-efficient showers
  • Water-efficient toilets

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Up to 44 lbs per pet
Pets cannot be left unattended
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 20 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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, debit cards, and cash
This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

El Sabanero Beach
Paradise Flamingo Beach Hotel
El Sabanero Beach Hotel Playa Flamingo
El Sabanero Beach Playa Flamingo
Paradise Flamingo Beach
Paradise Dream Hotel Playa Flamingo
Paradise Dream Hotel
Paradise Dream Playa Flamingo
Dunama Hotel Hotel
Dunama Hotel Casino
Dunama Hotel Cabo Velas
Dunama Hotel Hotel Cabo Velas
Paradise Flamingo Beach Hotel

Dunama Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 201 out of 618 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 172 out of 618 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 112 out of 618 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 63 out of 618 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 70 out of 618 reviews

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Carlos, Miami

Hotel is OK. Pool was a little dirty. Breakfast is small but tasty.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

lisa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Natalie, Grants Pass

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff and great location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Francisco Jose

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Allergic to this dirty room

The room is so humid ans dusty, got rinitis after 20 minutes in the room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Leanna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You know when you meet someone online and their pictures are old or heavily filtered… similar to this hotel. The property is beautiful but definitely taken years ago. Could use some new paint and a deep cleaning in the room. Pros - beautiful location, incredible views, lobby, pools and the private beach is a black sand beach. Beds are very comfortable (but firm, if you don’t like firm you will not be happy) Easily walkable to town as long as you realize you are booking a place at the top of a hill. Very safe location and town in general. Cons - this is the only place in Costs Rica we went to that didn’t have good service. Everyone we encountered seemed annoyed. Also the only place we had some language issues. In CR you can usually get by with English but most employees only spoke Spanish AND pretended they didn’t know what you said if you didn’t speak Spanish fluently. Free breakfast was good but you can only have ONE cup of coffee OR juice. Very odd. The casino is no longer open. Tons of jelly fish on the private beach but not the main beach
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Olga, Saint Paul

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Richard

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mostafa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the most terrible hotel I’ve been in my life
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property! Stunning views, very nice people and workers. Quiet place to relax which is exactly what I was looking for. I did notice that it could have been more clean… pool, terrace, fabric pool chairs. Other than that, not complaints!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Patricia

Travelled with family
Wasn’t very clean and no elevator
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Edna

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Eileen

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This proper could be a diamond in the ruff, beside being up the hill. Beach is a long walk up and down the hill, but nice and private. Pool is nice but needs some attention. Pool area was never cleaned up, shouldn’t be too hard to sweep off daily or at least every other day. If you get food out there no one comes to take condiments and dishes out of the sun, for hours.The grounds need a good clean up or maybe they’re blind to the old leafs etc just lying around. Lobby and bar and restaurant nice and clean. Maids could do a little better at fine detail cleaning but over all rooms were good. They need some new towels and bedding , very old and didn’t look very clean. It’s a shame they don’t put some effort into cleaning it up. This property really lacks maintenance and maybe a proper management. Other wise was a good stay it just a shame. Had the Land and Sea dinner last night was very good. I probably wouldn’t stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Vincent

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty, musty, smelled like mold, old towel from last occupant left, room was full of mosquitos and lots were already killed and left stuck to the walls, floors were sandy and hasn’t been cleaned. No patio furniture. Drain in shower was disgusting. Bathroom smelled like raw sewer gas.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overall, the stay was great. The property is a bit dated but the open air reception area, bar and dining area with view of the bay is magnificent. Rooms are clean, bathrooms have been updated, nice shower. Large pool. Overall fine for the money. Would stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Raheleh

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We got the hotel on Expedia with breakfast included But the breakfast is scammed, they don’t allow you to have coffee ( in the country like Costa Rica that they have lands of coffee) they asked to only have one cup of coffee and for second one they charge you ( can’t believe they offer free breakfast but only one cup of coffee with small size of cups) The pool was not cleaned at all was lots of sand and trees leaves at the bottom of the pool The bathroom inside the room was not clean like the picture on the website and the towels was so old and over used which you don’t feel comfortable to use Anyway, wasn’t worth it to pay for this hotel
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Tina Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The staff were amazing definitely the best part, the hotel was lovely with a great view. However, when I booked it, it was advertised as hotel and casino with tours and massages. There was no casino, unable to get a tour through the hotel and never saw anything about massages while I was there.
Stayed 13 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

pritesh

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The photos and reviews are deceiving. The property unfortunately is run down, the pool was dirty, the bed sheets were worn down and the rooms had a weird smell. The only good thing going for them was the staff who are extremely helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Wednesday

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Catfished!!! Pictures are beautiful online. But NOT that way anymore. Dirty, unkempt, noisy, rundown!!! It was like the shining hotel in certain parts of the hotel and grounds. Like it was abandoned! Scary stairs to beach. Big holes in the deck near the beach. Debris, garbage and leaves everywhere; in the pool, under chairs, in the lobby, down the stairs. Creepy comes to mind. Could not even use the pool is was so dirty and grimy; crabs in the pool! The rooms are NOT soundproof. People littering stomping and thudding above us into the night. Room next door, people started fighting at 6am. They smelled like smoke and urine with moth ball smell to “try” and cover it up. We did not want to stay even one night upon arrival. Expedia called hotel and nothing they would do. We rearranged our fishing trip to the next day so we would be gone all day. Left the next day, forfeited a night and booked elsewhere. ONLY decent thing was the staff was nice and room was updated. DO NOT BOOK! Spend or pay more elsewhere. I promise you will regret it.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Benjamin

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is absolutely nothing like the pictures show, it’s very dated and not kept up on. There is no gym nor casino, the pool was super dirty as well as the hot tub. The linen was dingy white and don’t bother asking for fresh towels. We booked a king balcony with sea view, received a balcony with very very little view due to overgrown trees and to boot, had a family room with two beds. We asked for the room we booked and were simply told they don’t have any other rooms available, we booked it months in advance so not sure how that happened. Continental breakfast you’re limited to 1 beverage and the cups are small. There is a reason why there is absolutely no refunds so keep that in mind when booking.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gloria

Bajar y subir 60 gradas no es nada bonito
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Photos on your site must me 25 years old. Facility and rooms need to be redone. Toilets and faucets had stains. Dead bugs on floor and squashed on walls. Dinning was great and the staff (Eric) was excellent and very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tammy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Low key, chill, friendly.

Hotel Dunama was perfect for me. Low key, not too crowded. The staff was above and beyond friendly and kind. The beds are comfortable. Good food, good drinks. There is a beautiful private beach. The pool is a good temperature and very calm. Gorgeous view of the water from the top of a hill. I’d stay there again.
Private beach
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

heather marie, West St Paul

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities
Swim up rooms were nice to have, we stayed in 505, right in the middle so we could see the ocean as well. Breakfast was prompt and nice to have, choice is limited as it’s not a buffet. Coffee doesn’t start until 7:30, none for the room. Property needs updating but views make up for it. People that work there were kind and prompt as well.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025