Restaurant, infinity pool, conference room,tour desk.
Enjoy our buffet-style breakfast, included with your stay. Our cafe-style bar and restaurant "Pura Vida!", located at the swimming pool, features international and Costa Rican cuisine and serves a variety of refreshing cocktails and beverages.
All our generous Suites are designed with a special eye on details and comfort. Natural interior materials harmonize with the luxurious vegetation in front of the private balcony. The warm and personal atmosphere will let you feel like home.
The Hotel Resort Cristal Ballena offers: 16 spacious, connectable junior suites - 52sm, 2 master suites -94 sm and 1 family suite - 94 sm, all with private balcony and outrageous ocean views. Our stylish, spacious suites are equipped with four-poster beds, air conditioning plus ceiling fan, satellite television, WLAN, telephone, refrigerator, safe, coffee maker and private bathrooms with hairdryer.
Our 2 simple but charming Adventure Lodges are situated in our colorful garden, surrounded by exuberant tropical forest. Each lodge is complete with terrace, separate tiled bathroom, king size bed, electricity and ceiling fan.
All rates are per room per night in USD & do not include hotel tax 13%!
Your dream destination in the south of Costa Rica!
The hotel with bar, restaurant, 19 fully equipped and spacious suites, 4 Adventure Lodges and a huge 400 square meter (1,300 square foot) pool is situated in a 12 hectare (30-acre) garden area on a hill between the Pacific Ocean and a rainforest-covered mountain.
Each room has breathtaking ocean views, and the area offers a wide range of outdoor activities.
Playa Ballena
The Cristal Ballena Hotel Resort is located at Playa Ballena (Ballena Beach), at the Ballena Marine National Park. Taking the new Costanera Sur Highway, it is 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) south of Dominical and 7 kilometers (4 miles) south of Uvita. Daily 45-minute flights are available between San Jose and Palmar Sur