Carretera Principal, Playa Venao, Pedasi 0000 Panama
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Finding an ideal quaint accommodation in Playa Venao does not have to be difficult. Welcome to Eco Venao, a nice option for travelers like you. We have different options: guest houses, beachfront cabanas, riverside cabanas, a luxurious private trailer, and the hostal with a shared dorm and private rooms. Free wifi is offered to guests. Guests of Eco Venao are also welcome to enjoy yoga a d surf classes, Permaculture tours, and different options for food and drinks such as the farm to table restaurant Panga or El Cafe de Acá with gourmet coffee. Plenty of lounging areas at the beach lot and common areas. For travelers arriving by car, free parking is available. Eco Venao puts the best of Playa Venao at your fingertips, making your stay both relaxing and enjoyable.
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Grade: 36 out of 100
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Carretera Principal, Playa Venao, Pedasi 0000 Panama
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Our stay at EcoVenao was all we could ask for and more. The staff was so pleasant and welcoming. The amount of activities available provide a perfect mix of beach and mountain, best of both worlds. The room we stayed in, Beachfront Cabana, was beautiful, very clean and had all the amenities that we needed. I highly recommend doing the hike to the waterfall and the mirador. Overall our stay was excellent and we look forward to going back soon!
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Date of stay: September 2021
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Response from Fabiola Mangravita, Marketing at Eco Venao
Responded Mar. 11, 2022
Thank you very much for your feedback! we are very pleased to know that you had a wonderful experience, we take pride in offering the best service possible with our friendly staff. We look forward to having you back soon!
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The place to stay in Playa Venao! We had a fantastic time in Eco Venao! The staff is Amazing, the location is beautiful, great food, drinks and service! There are many activities available on site (Hiking, Horseback riding, Surfing, and more.) so there is no need to leave the hotel. A magical place to visit & to relax! We stayed at the Beach Cabañas and absolutely loved waking up to the sound of waves. We are definitely coming back for more! The entire experience at Eco Venao was incredible.
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Date of stay: September 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Whats better than a surf beach with great people? A venue that respects nature and co-exists with it's surroundings. This is the only venue the monkeys hang out at and the only place the manglers still have a place. And soon enough will be the site of a turtle nursery run by Tortugas de Playa Venao. They have a waterfall too! A sustainable farm! And the best home roasted Panama coffee around with scrumptious deserts. What more can you ask for?
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Date of stay: May 2021
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This review is for the hotel + activities on site. Hotel is a 3.5 star but the people, view and activities make it a 4 star. A wonderful location but a 5 hour drive (becomes 7 if police stops you for speeding or if you take breaks). We rented two cabanas by the beach which are small cottage huts on stilts with the view of the ocean and a loft. Each of them can sleep 4 people (2 in the loft where the A/C vent will be situated so it can get cold and you need extra blankets) and 2 on the bottom with huge glass windows that open into the ocean. The climb to the loft is steep and better for teens, tweens or young adults. They have a outdoor shower, indoor shower and a flushable toilet. In Panama, the toilet paper goes into the thrash generally. So don't flush any paper in the toilet in the cabanas. This has about 10 steps to walk to the door so if you have senior citizens, they are better off in the casana houses on top of the mountain which have very comfortable rooms and toilets. The casana (pictures included) is huge on the mountain with a view of the ocean and has 3 bedrooms, kitchen and a living room. One room has a double bed, the other king bed and a walkthrough to another room that has 2 single twin beds connected to the king bed room. The bathrooms have doors that are see through and the room can be locked. They have cleaning service everyday and a kitchen that has utensils, plates etc. Michael was the parmaculture lead who conducted soap making lessons which was amazing. He also did a walkthrough of his honey bees and my mom enjoyed this class a lot. They also have horse riding in addition to access to surf dojo for surfing lessons. There is also a beautiful hike to a waterfall onsite of this property cascada trail. The office is open until 8 pm daily and panga restaurant is open for dinner onsite.…
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from FabiolaM1577, Manager at Eco Venao
Responded Jan. 9, 2020
Thank you for your feedback and detailed info! we are very happy to know you enjoyed the soap making workshop along with the other activities! we try really hard to make sure our guests make the most of their stay and enjoy from all the different outdoors activities we have to offer!
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For me, this was 5 of 5 but.... if you are someone that likes well oiled/ smooth running chain resorts, this isn’t for you. They are on beach Panama time, so it’s even a little slower than Panama time (which makes an IHOP in West Virginia look speedy). Everyone here is super nice, polite and they work hard, it’s just Panama time (and your at the beach.... so only go here if you want to disconnect). Room- we had one of the beach Cabanas and it was awesome. It’s rustic, so just make sure you are good with Rustic. No bugs but it lives up to the Eco name (AC and Hot water so i was happy). I’ve stayed in a $1200 Bora Bora villa and this wasn’t that but....value for money was WAY better. My wife and i high fives as we walked out. Ocean waves all night, and a little beach bar Labarca (with a freakin amazing burger). The beach is super safe and filled with families and adults. With did the Eco horseback ride (it was only $20 per person!!!) and it was beyond amazing. If you aren’t comfortable on a horse or with heights skip this one, but if you are good with that you nuts to skip it. Panga is the restaurant on the property that’s farm to table and as good as anything you will find anywhere in the world. For me Venao exceeded expectations. Eco Venao was quiet and chill but all we did was walk down towards Selina and EL Sitio (I think that was the name) for some house music and more drinking. …
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Date of stay: January 2020
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Response from FabiolaM1577, Manager at Eco Venao
Responded Jan. 9, 2020
Thank you for your feedback, we are happy to hear that you had a great experience!!
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This place is worth staying in for the the grounds and the location. It’s a very special environment with all the beautiful trees and flowers around and the visits from the howler monkeys. The hostel accommodation is good - the bed is comfy and the shared kitchen is good and always clean. The bathrooms could use a bit of updating - the handles on some of the doors need replacing and one sink for everyone is a not a lot and it’s a bit gross no soap is provided. The WiFi is super poor and as the other hostels and restaurants in the area are all able to provide it some improvement is needed.
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Date of stay: October 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from NicholasNC, Manager at Eco Venao
Responded Oct. 29, 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently improving and doing a lot of work in the entire facilities including the hostal bathrooms. We hope to have this ready very soon and in the mean time we will make sure that the handles work fine. With regards to the Wifi, we are currently installing the new network and we will be able to provide fast and reliable Wifi everywhere within our facilities not only at the common areas.
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We came as a family of 4. Really nice place with accommodation for every budget. Single beds in the dorm or huge family houses for many people. We were upgrated for free to a bigger house as it was available. The young staff lady absolutely nice. As European I loved the in the middle of the tropical wood experience. Everything absolutely eco friendly and clean.
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Date of stay: August 2018Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from NicholasNC, Manager at Eco Venao
Responded Aug. 9, 2019
Thank you for your review and feedback, we feel so happy that you had a great experience when staying with us! We hope to have you back soon!
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I don't know where to begin.. first, rwe had booked a cabin in the woods to get the full experience in nature, but upon arrival they told us it wasn't available(apparently they had demolished it already) and we were booked for a room in the main hostel. There was no email or any sort of communication prior to arrival to let us know of this and give us the option to agree to this change or change our plans. We took the room since it was last minute of course. We were told that the wifi wasn't working because there was a problem in the area not just our hotel, which turned out to be a lie. We went to a neighboring hotel for drinks and their wifi was working just fine. We were also told that breakfast is included and when we asked about coupons etc he said we don't need them. Our room was not sealed and we slept with thousands of moths flying around. They had screens on the windows but gaps in the ceiling. I wouldn't have minded had it been for the initial booked cabin in the woods, but this was at the complex. The restrooms and showers are shared, but are old and dirty. They need to be renovated and cleaned more often. Thankfully, we had our own wipes and were able to clean them a bit. Next morning around 9ish we went to the cafe to have the promised breakfast, but the guy asked us for coupons and wouldn't give us anything without them. Fair enough, but there was nobody at the reception that was supposed to be open at 8am to help us sort it out. We asked if he could call them and he said they might be busy and he doesn't want to disturb them! Come back later for food..which was awful and rude. Later we were told that there was a misunderstanding and bfast isn't included, when he had clearly told us otherwise. Overall, awful customer service and lying and rude employees made for an awful experience. We couldn't wait to get out of there! Spent most of our time at a nearby hotel called Selina's. I highly recommend that one! It will be my choice next time. My friend is local Panamanian and is livid with the treatment we received.…
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Date of stay: July 2019Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from NicholasNC, Manager at Eco Venao
Responded Jul. 23, 2019
Hi, we are very sorry to hear that you had an unpleasant stay at our lodge. I would like to respond to your review as we believe there was clearly a misunderstanding and also to clarify and give you some information: - the riverside cabañas accommodations have been unavailable on our website and at the booking websites for over two years now which make it impossible for anyone to reserve them. We looked into your reservation that you made through booking.com and in fact you reserved a private room at the hostal. When you arrived, you were three guests instead of two and we managed to find a bigger room, family room at the hostal, at a discount price. - there are two Wifi systems that operate at Playa Venao, some places have the air antenas (we are hooked to this one) and other places operate with optical fibre. During your stay there was a big storm and the air antenas exploded, leaving our lodge and other places without Wifi until we managed to restore it. This why the other places in the area that use optical fibre had Wifi and we did not. - we will be checking the rooms to see if there are any open spaces allowing moths getting into the rooms. The greater area has had an unusual infestation of moths which we expect will pass shortly, but unfortunately your stay coincided with it. - our cleaning staff begin work at 7.30 am and finish by 3.30 p.m. and clean the shared bathrooms and showers twice a day, and are often around checking that everything remains clean. We make sure of that. - breakfast is not included when staying at any of our accommodations. Our staff are very clear about this, as well as our guests. You received a summary receipt from booking.com that says "no meals included” - we currently have discount coupons that we give to all of our guests, to be redeemable at our Café. This coupons need to be presented in order to be redeemed and this is explained in printed letters on each coupon. - our reception hours are from 8 am to 8 pm. It could be the case, that sometimes the receptionist might not be present for a few minutes whilst showing guests our different accommodations. Nevertheless, our Café, which is right next doors, is open from 7 am and our barista is always happy to help our guests and let them know the receptionist will be back soon. We often get really good comments about our staff and how friendly they are with our guests. And we are proud of this fact. There was clearly a misunderstanding and we are very sorry. I hope this response clarifies your different situations when staying with us, and we wish you safe travels!
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We've stayed here twice, in very different lodgings and had a very interesting time. Our first visit, we stayed in a private cabin up the road near the rear of this beautiful compound. Up the trail behind us, were monkeys in the trees. Across the road, on the beach they offer even more rooms. They have a great little surf dojo there that offers surf lessons and a beautiful spot to enjoy the amazing waters of Playa Venao. In the heart of the grounds is a huge bunkhouse that has a dorm room of beds, usually filled with young surfers staying from weeks, to months, some ever longer. These surfers come from all over the world. Our second visit, we actually stayed in a smaller room in the bunkhouse. It was not nearly as private or as comfortable as the cabins, but walking around the building in the rain to our shared toilet and shower was a true challenge for my old worn out body, but I'd do it again if the private cabins were full. The resturant on the premises was perfect. We enjoyed whole fried fish that was delightful. They also have an open kitchen for guests and after a day of catching tuna on a boat in Pedasi, we cooked several times for ourseles and the resident gueasts as well. What a fun place to be.…
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Date of stay: July 2018Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from NicholasNC, Manager at Eco Venao
Responded Aug. 9, 2019
Thank you for your review and feedback! nothing makes us happier than having happy guests! We are glad that you were able to experience two of our different lodging options and found them both great! We hope to have you back soon!
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If you want secluded paradise with minimal amenities but a fabulous time, look no further. They feature quaint bungalows with A/C, a nice thatched roof dining facility with an excellent chef. The beach features a great boat shaped bar, with bartender named Freddy, makes and exquisite fresh margarita. Not too many people, quiet and no one bothers you. Nice waves, but not stupid big. Lots of beach to walk and enjoy. I could have stayed for a month; easy.
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Date of stay: January 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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PRICE RANGE
US$66 - US$104 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
eco venao hotel pedasi
LOCATION
PanamaLos Santos ProvincePedasiPlaya Venao
NUMBER OF ROOMS
5
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Frequently Asked Questions about Eco Venao
Which popular attractions are close to Eco Venao?
Nearby attractions include Shokogi (1.3 km), Homies Surf (1.3 km), and Chabad Of Panama (1.4 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Eco Venao?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and free parking.
What food & drink options are available at Eco Venao?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and barbeque facilities during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Eco Venao?
Conveniently located restaurants include Rico's Coffee, Coleos Cafe, and Pizza Gavilan.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Eco Venao?
Yes, guests have access to yoga classes during their stay.
Does Eco Venao have airport transportation?
Yes, Eco Venao offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Is Eco Venao located near the city centre?
Yes, it is 0.7 km away from the centre of Playa Venao.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Eco Venao?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English and Spanish.
Does Eco Venao have any great views?
Yes, guests often enjoy the ocean view available here.