Great location directly at the sea on beautiful Isla Mucura. Very nice hosts!

Stayed in April 2025

Great location and beach for the guests, the manager is really cool and helpful with getting a lancha to a different island. Delicious food :) Overall it was great, just the room could’ve been a bit cleaner but it was fine!

Stayed in March 2025

Dahlandia is a special place where you find Lovely staff Jose and Luis and delicious fresh food! The place is amazing and magic surrounded by the sea and nature!

Stayed in July 2024

Very basic rooms, limited hours for showering, drinking water is very expensive.

Very good location, nice snorkelling spots right in front of the hotel, tasty food, very quiet, ideal for relaxing.

Stayed in July 2024

Room, common spaces were clean. But an effort could be made regarding the cleanness of the property (some empty cans, bottles, etc. Sitting on the grass, pathways, or near the “small peer”). It would be easy to pick them up. We stayed there 2 nights and it looks like that there were there for a while and no one from the staff put them in the garbages.

Location is amazing, very quiet. Liked being closed to the village to share with the locals.

Stayed in June 2024

A nice relaxing place. Very well located for the sunset. Rooms with seaview are the best option.

Stayed in January 2024

The whole place it's a bit old, but I like places that are not super fancy, so ok...

The food is good and the view is wonderful.

Stayed in November 2023

Be prepared that there is a bar which is opened until 23:30 with a loud music which you can hear from the room. The territory could be cleaner (in some points close to the sea).

The place is located right on the small clean beach. Managed by a biologist in retirement and his sun, it has an authentic island spirit which I loved. The food was abundant especially the first day (we’ve stayed 2 nights). And it arrives on time. The staff is really nice and helpful. They also offer tours to discover local nature. The accommodation is simple and spartan id say but clean and just enough for being in the nature, there’s everything you need.

Stayed in October 2023

The place is overall not well kept. Toilets where uncomfortable compared to hostel standards, rooms not clean and staff quite unresponsive. The full board is very similar from day to day.

Wonderful location by the sea and typical huts

Stayed in August 2023

Water is scarce. Cleanliness at washrooms may be improved.

Beautiful small beach. Nice and quiet place. Good for snorkeling. Staff attentive to guest needs.

Stayed in May 2023

Lovely hosts in a simple but clean place. Perfect for some time away from the buzz of Cartagena. Great for backpackers and travelers in search of an earthy experience. The food was delicious (all included) and the tours of the flora and fauna were wonderful! Secret haven I warmly recommend.

Stayed in April 2023

food was simple, tasty, but having same food for lunch and dinner for 4 days was too much. they need more variations in the food and more fruits. Also no filtered water available so bring your own water bottles.

beautiful quiet private part of the island, property is very simple and nice

Stayed in March 2023

The general state off the Island in terms the lack off infrastructure leading to garbage everywhere.. Except on the Hostel property. Strange that the bigger hotel resorts bought up the Island peoples land & now the can’t use their own land.

Very autentic, peaceful and charming place! The fabulous owner professor Fabio.. It seams he is the only one off the business owner really trying to do something good for the Island community. The hat off to him! The hostel offers great daytours.

Stayed in February 2023

don’t expect luxury, facilities are basic but totally sufficient (there was a lack of fresh water, so showers were not always guaranteed)

I really loved the place, it was the perfect authentic Caribbean get away, just as I imagined. Isla Múcura is beautiful and has amazing beaches. Lovely and simple architecture, their private beach is stunning with crystal blue water. They rent kajaks and snorkelling equipment and have a little cocktail bar. Free coffee during the day. The local village is in walking distance (e.g. to buy water), you can go to the public beach once the crowds disappeared in the late afternoon. Food is basic but decent and good value for money at 3 meals a day.

Stayed in February 2023

The view, the sunset in front. The hamacs below the room.

Stayed in December 2022

It isn't the most social place to meet people so something to keep in mind when you are solo travelling.

Karin and el Professor were the most lovely hosts and immediately made me feel at home. The snorkeling and kayaking were fun and the hotel is able to organise all sorts of trips. The food was local and yummy Colombian cuisine. Waking up to the view there was a blessing!

Stayed in November 2022

- the way to/from the centre (where the restaurants/bars are, 10 minutes by foot) is a hustle: the way is partly under water during high tide. - there are a LOT of mosquitoes. There is no mosquito net above your bed. Buy repellent in advance. To be fair: other hostals don't have it either. Guess it's part of the experience.

+ very quiet + private, clean beach + nature experience + very nice, helpful staff + fresh, delicious, local meals included

Stayed in November 2022

Well, luxury is not the word you can say after visiting this place, however our goal was to enjoy local atmosphere, which we were able to achieve.

This place is totally peaceful. Our room door was 10 steps away from the beautiful Caribbean sea. This place is to enjoy sun, beach and relax. The whole island is very small and you can walk around it in 1 hour - if you walk slowly... :) Cold beer and water is another 10 steps from the beach - they will bring the beer to you so no need to make any steps. This place is a paradise especially after madness on the beach in Cartagena where every 15 seconds somebody comes and want to sell you something. This is the best place for relax.

Stayed in October 2022

Where to begin. The bathrooms (outhouses) constantly smelled awful. The entire place is in a state of disrepair and staff are hard to find if you want or need anything. Glass all over the ground, with naked kids playing around the area. There is no wifi as advertised. The very expensive rooms are huts precariously placed on driftwood poles, so they sway creak and groan in the wind as though they will collapse at any moment. The door lock mechanism is just two pieces of electrical wire nailed to the outside, with a rusty hinge on the inside. You can’t actually swim on the private beach, because the water is only about a foot and a half deep for hundreds of meters out and the ocean bottom is covered in rocks. No hot water for showers. Food although fine is ridiculously expensive but to be fair that’s the standard on the island I guess. Owners were cold and offputting. Could not recommend the place less.

The main hut had neat decor, and the “beach” was private. They changed our room from 1 king bed to two smaller beds without charge.

Stayed in August 2025

Where to start. The hosts were possibly the least attentive hospitality workers I’ve ever encountered in my life. Everything was a chore for them, if we wanted a beer in the evening we had to go find one of them and they’d act like you’d just asked them a massive favour. Never once we were asked if we needed anything, and bear in mind we are a young and very easy going couple and this was meant to be a treat for my girlfriend (we have stayed in hostels for £4 a night where we have had better service). I paid extra for “100% off food and drink”. All this meant was we got two extra, pretty basic meals (rice and fish). The “100% off drink” didnt even include water, it just meant a cup of squash with lunch and dinner. The bar in the pictures was not open, and the whole place felt tired and neglected. If you do decide to stay here (you shouldn’t) make sure to bring lots of water and snacks as you’re basically on boot camp. The tours they offered were very expensive, and there was little else to do on the island. I do not recommend this place one bit, take your money elsewhere.

The actual location is nice, right next to the sea and with a little private beach, although it is next to the locals village which was blaring music day and night on Sunday. Food was good, but we were never given a choice, and considering the price it was pretty basic. We also left at 7am on the last day on a boat (arranged by the hotel) and asked if we could have breakfast before (breakfast was usually at 7.30am), but they couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed 30 mins earlier (we were the only guests in the whole ‘hotel’).

Stayed in May 2025

Shared bathrooms (cubicles reminiscent of public parks) which are NOT CLEAR on the booking. Dirty, dingy and unkempt. cubicle doors wouldn’t lock and toilets wouldn’t flush. Rooms very exposed to the elements with exposed wiring and unsanded wood (splinters). Mosquito nets with holes in them and covered in dead bugs. Lack of security. Wifi very poor. “Fitness room” is nothing more than an outdoor area with a few handmade weights. Supposed to be all-inclusive but water had to be paid for, lack of options on the food. Described as a hotel but felt more like a 1-star hostel. Rating and advert are very misleading; DO NOT STAY HERE!!

Location was good and a new owner could make this place so much better

Stayed in August 2024

Im honestly not sure why this has such good reviews. Its literally the oldest dirtiest place i have ever been to. The ‘professor’ blames it on the government saying they don’t care about the islands but literally everywhere else around the place has nicer rooms, cleaned bathrooms and better facilities for about the same price they offer. They lie and say its the ‘island experience’ but it does not have to be like that. The sheets in the room were dirty and everything looks so old and not well kept and unhygienic. It’s a white old guy with black people working for him, does that sound right?

nothing much

Stayed in June 2024

Nothing, but I must admit that it could look much better with some maintenance :)

Everything, but specially the food and the staff!

Stayed in April 2024

A bit of a rubbish problem locally.

Authentic island experience. Friendly atmosphere and excellent food in our inclusive package (fish and fruit juices every day, lobster available extra). Excellent and very interesting snorkel tour on the reef and lagoon Sunset views.

Stayed in February 2024