Does Playa Bluff Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Playa Bluff Hotel?

As of 22 Oct 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Playa Bluff Hotel on 23 Oct 2025 start from RM 412.41, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Playa Bluff Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a fee of USD 10 per accommodation, per day.

How much is parking at Playa Bluff Hotel?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Playa Bluff Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 6:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Does Playa Bluff Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Playa Bluff Hotel located?

Nestled on the beach, this Bocas del Toro lodge is within 3 mi (5 km) of Bluff Beach, Paunch Beach and Up in the Hill Organic Coffee Farm. Tortuga Beach and Playa El Istmito are also within 6 miles (10 km).

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About the area

Located in Bocas del Toro, Playa Bluff Hotel is on the beach. Up in the Hill Organic Coffee Farm and Bastimento-Bocas del Toro Ferry Terminal are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Bird Island and Bluff Beach. Discover the area's water adventures with snorkelling, surfing/body boarding and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with horse riding.

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8/10 Good

Wendy

19 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Booked and paid for an ocean view room with a balcony but only garden view rooms were available so instead of the waves crashing I heard the property next door doing Los construction all day long …. Other than that the place was great

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

George

5 Mar 2024

Food was not good

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Cameron

29 Mar 2023

An adventure

If you go to Playa Bluff hotel, think about an adventure. No air conditioning anywhere. The restaurant has new chef from Italy. We only had breakfast there, (was ok) never ate dinner. We had dinner every night at Hummingbird hotel, amazing food, great ambience. Walking distance. The pool did not opened until the day we left. They had lost electricity and it was disgusting, so took time to clean. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful, the room is nice, doesn't have a fitted sheet, so is a little uncomfortable to sleep with a sheet that moves all around. No Mattress cover, the room could be cleaned better, need to move furniture and clean behind and under, since its a tropical place, spiders are everywhere. There is a big community kitchen that is fully equipped and you can buy food and make whatever you want. Unfortunately there are no markets close by, you have to take the shuttle that comes every hour in front of hotel for $3 or a taxi $20 into town ( around 30 minute ride one way) to buy food. Unfortunately the ocean was extremely rough, so we were not able to swim in the ocean, but if you walk the trail for about an hour or bike (they have bikes for rent) you reach beautiful natural pools. Take a book and plan to relax, eat and enjoy the weather, and go into town and take tours to the islands. You can arrange all tours with the hotel. The hotel is building a new spa, and tour thru their jungle and waterfalls.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Fabian

19 Aug 2025

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Lorri

19 Feb 2025

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

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Stephen

20 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alejandro

29 Jan 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Es eco friendly, las habitaciones no tienen aire, solo ventilador de techo, podrás ver monos y otros animales típicos. La atención de Anthony y Gabriela excelentes.

2/10 Terrible

Pam

12 Mar 2022

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

Over rated over priced

This was the most expensive place that we stayed at in Panama and was the worst by a landslide. The patio door was just a screen that anyone could have broken into. We were woken up by loud people 3 of the 6 nights we stayed there and management pretty much said it was out of their control! Not impressed!!!! Our room was only “cleaned” twice, check in did not include instructions on where to get drinkable water, nor was there a glass in the room. The electrical outlets would not hold a plug for my charger. The sheets are too small for the bed and their are no mattress covers, yuck!!!! The curtains did not fully cover the windows. The patio door locks are broken, so a small padlock with a key is used. There are no lights on the patio, so sitting out and reading at night is not possible and there are wires hanging where lights should be. There was no hot water in the showers even after they were “fixed”. If you are there for surfing this is a great place to be, if that is not your intent then do not stay here, it is a long way from town and the shuttle only comes every 2 hours and a taxi will cost you $15-$20 one way. The breakfast is the same every day, eggs, pancake and toast with a few pieces of fruit. When we raised concerns it fell on deaf ears, the owner/manager thought that our concerns were trivial. She certainly does not belong in the hospitality business. This place has the potential to be quite lovely, but falls very short of its potential.

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

emilie

4 Jan 2022

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Fe

30 Jan 2020

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

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Françoise

21 Jan 2020

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

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

2 Jan 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

19 Apr 2019

Liked: Staff & service, amenities

Muy lindo el hotel pero muy largo del centro la luz y el agua falta la piscina estaba verde solo hay un restaurante cerca es muy incomodo la distancia del pueblo la administradora Macarena excelente por ella vale la pena quedarse sino no lo vale Si vuelvo me quedo en el pueblo los taxis muy caros para ir a comer cobran y no brew 15 y 25$

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

29 Mar 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Tres bel endroit un peu en retrait, eco et pres de quelques excellent restaurants.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

James, Ontario

11 Mar 2019

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

Disliked: Amenities

Great property on Playa Bluff. Filter was broken on pool while we were there so we didn’t get to use that. Lots of wildlife surrounding this property. Room was average for the price but we enjoyed our time here and the relaxing vibes in that area. Food at surrounding hotels was very good. The lodge only serves breakfast and it is average. Two pancakes, some scrambled eggs, two pieces of toast and 5-6 cubes of fruit.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

11 Mar 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Dave

24 Feb 2019

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

Property Needs More Work but LOVED the Manager

The Playa Bluff Lodge seems to be in the middle of a "resurrection" of sorts. Apparently the place had a fire last year that destroyed the kitchen and perhaps more. I gather that the owner is trying to recover the business but seems to be doing it on the cheap. The only reason I give an overall "good" rating is due to the manager of the place, Magarena (Maga for short) who went out of her way to help us have a pleasant stay. The property has HUGE potential but it appears progress is very slow. I highly recommend visiting the Playa Bluff neighborhood but if you want a more comfortable stay, I recommend The Plantation, Hummingbird, or Oasis. Worth mentioning is the bus service that runs between Bocas town and Playa Bluff. The vans that act as a bus run every 30 minutes or so $3 each way but be prepared for a bumpy and often crowded 20 minute ride. The area is beautiful with opportunities to see sloths and Howler monkeys in your back yard.

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Camilla

14 Jan 2019

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

Jättefint hotell med super trevlig personal. Lång strand med väldigt lite folk, perfekt för att bara ta det lugnt eller surfa. Finns inget att klaga på! :)

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

3 Jan 2019

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Room comfort

Wunderschöne Lage, sehr abgeschieden, schöner Strand leider aber zu hoher Wellengang zum Baden

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

2 Jan 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Stayed 11 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

luli, bs as

4 Apr 2018

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

Hotel comodo en frente de playa Bluff

El hotel es simple pero cómodo. El desayuno sencillo pero rico. Está a media hora del centro, el bus pasa a determinados horarios y cuesta 3.50 por persona o el taxi 15 dólares. La playa es preciosa pero las olas son peligrosas. Lo recomiendo para quien quiera estar en contacto con la naturaleza o quien busque esa playa para surfear.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Geir

24 Feb 2018

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

10/10 Excellent

Daniela

3 Feb 2018

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

Descansando en el paraíso

Maravillosa estadía. El equipo completo es adorable. Te acogen como una gran familia siempre atentos y dispuestos. Contundente y saludable desayuno en un entorn paradisíaco que te permite conectar contigo mismo y tu familia

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Lucas Sebastian

30 Jun 2017

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

fuera de temporada NO ES HOTEL!

El hotel es lindo, muy limpio, el unico problema es que al estar "fuera de temporada" no gozas de los servicios totales que ofrecen. Llegamos a la hora del cheking y a los 5min ya no habia ningun empleado para consultar o solicitar algo, los dias siguientes igual. A las 15hs no habia nadie ni nada para hacer, los dias posteriores igual. Ni hablarque NO HABIA RESTAURANT abierto, por lo cual no habia opciones para comer ya que no hay otros comercios ni locales en la zona. Yo pienso que si el servicio es "a medias", el cobro por la estadia deberia ser menor!.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Federica, Uruguay

24 Jun 2017

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Muy linda la ubicación.

El hotel está en una ubicación excelente, en el medio de la naturaleza y frente a la playa. Es una playa para surfear, no para nadar. Es un mar hermoso. Las habitaciones son muy lindas, a la noche se escuchan las olas del mar y los ruidos de la selva. Es una lástima que este tan descuidada la zona de la pileta, todas las reposeras estaban rotas. No funcionaba el restaurante, solo había desayuno (el hotel está a 15 min del pueblo). No había agua caliente en los baños. Los caminos para llegar a las habitaciones no tenían luz, ya no funcionaba la carga solar de las lámparas. No se veía nada, tampoco te ofrecían linternas.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

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