Gaia Hotel & Nature ReservevsOxygen Jungle Villas & Spa
Both properties are rated very highly by professionals. On balance, Oxygen Jungle Villas scores significantly higher than Gaia Hotel & Reserve. Oxygen Jungle Villas is ranked #3 in Costa Rica with recommendations from 6 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveler and Jetsetter.
Gaia Hotel & Nature Reserve
Km 2.7 Carretera Quepos a Manuel Antonio, Manuel Antonio National Park 6350, Costa Rica
From $201/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This luxurious pile comprises studios, terraces suites and three-story villas and offers nature tours within its expansive grounds – a former wildlife rehabilitation center." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"Studios, the smallest accommodations, are spare and urbane in style, with views of green hillsides." Full review
Fodor's
"On 13 acres of private reserve, this boutique hotel is contemporary and very chic, with rooms rendered in slate, hardwood, and rattan with Italian fittings." Full review
Jetsetter
"Sleek Costa Rican retreat with a multilevel infinity pool, swim-up bar and intimate spa with jungle views." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The Terra Spa at Gaia is set in the rainforest with views of the Pacific and a menu complete with Reiki energy treatments and Thai and Swedish massages." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Won the award for Leading Green Hotel for Central America by the World Travel Awards for its efforts in conservation...operates the preserve while offering suites, studios, and villas." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This luxurious retreat comprises immaculately furnished studios, terrace suites and three-story villas." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This luxurious retreat comprises immaculately furnished studios, terrace suites and three-story villas" Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"This intimate luxury hotel located a 10-minute drive from the entrance to Manuel Antonio National Park is one of the area's top options" Full review
Oxygen Jungle Villas & Spa
Camino de Suenos, 1,5 km NE del Catarata de Uvita, Uvita, Costa Rica
From $399/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Condé Nast Traveler
"12 teak-and-glass villas overlooking the Pacific from a private mountaintop jungle preserve. The glass-walled accommodations use a clever interplay of jungle, bamboo screens, and curtains." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith
"Concealed within a sprawling plot of protected Costa Rican rainforest and perched above the shimmering Pacific Ocean, Oxygen Jungle Villas hotel in Uvita is a secret worth keeping." Full review
Jetsetter
"Intimate glass villas in a Bali-inspired romantic escape on a jungle-covered mountainside." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"All across Costa Rica, other hotels have copied the genius concept of this mountainside hotel in Uvita: cabins whose walls are made completely glass." Full review
The Telegraph
9.0
"This romantic, mountainside retreat offers Balinese statues at every turn and Netherlandish, all-glass villas with panoramic ocean and jungle views." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Oxygen Jungle Villas has 12 mountaintop cabins constructed almost entirely of glass." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"Oxygen Jungle Villas is a luxury 12-villa jungle property with a zen-like atmosphere and Balinese decor" Full review