Going to Tayrona National Park and want to enjoy the wellness facilities of an eco spa hotel after an intense hike in the park? Then Kantawa Eco Spa Hotel is highly recommended. Here you can enjoy the swimming pool with hydromassage showers and sun beds, jacuzzi, massages, sauna and Turkish bath.

Kantawa Eco Spa Hotel is located in Calabazo, a 5-minute drive from the Calabazo entrance to Tayrona National Park and a 10-minute drive from the main entrance (Zaino) to Tayrona National Park.

Upon arrival at Kantawa Eco Spa Hotel, César gave us a tour of the property so we immediately knew where to find all the spa facilities. The hotel is currently (September 2023) constructing an additional spa area with heated pool.

At this fine place you will completely relax. The hotel has a beautiful garden, where you can see all kinds of birds and butterflies. During a walk in the grounds we also saw a cute squirrel. By the river you can chill in the mega-hangmat.

The wellness facilities
Near the river is also a special room where massages are done (which my travel companion can heartily recommend), while you relax optimally by the sound of the flowing river.

The ultimate enjoyment we found was the Jacuzzi, which you have to reserve and an hour after that is prepared and brought to temperature especially for you. Bathing in all the foam, overlooking the nature around you, was the ultimate experience for us at Kantawa eco spa hotel.

The same goes for the sauna and Turkish bath: an hour in advance you indicate that you want to use it and the sauna and Turkish bath are prepared for you. What we noticed was that the wellness facilities were well maintained and very clean. The use of the wellness facilities was included in the price, only for the massage we had to pay extra separately.

Rooms
We had booked a double room. The room was basic, but had a refrigerator, air-conditioning and wifi. There were nice bathrobes waiting for us.

In front of our room was a common terrace.

There are several options. These include a room with a private Jacuzzi and this freestanding cabaña by the river.

Restaurant
The restaurant provides breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is not a restaurant where you can just sit down for lunch and dinner. The friendly staff comes and asks what you want to eat and what time and then they make sure it is ready when you come.

Breakfast includes fresh fruit, coffee or hot chocolate, orange juice and eggs of your choice.

On our last day, we were asked if we wanted to try the specialty of the Caribbean coast, and we wanted to! We got a nice crispy arepa con huevo with suero, a kind of sour cream.

WhatsApp service
The service of Kantawa Eco Spa Hotel was super. For example, through the convenient app service, we could ask for the jacuzzi to be prepared. We could also ask for other things, such as extra towels. When my travel companion was not feeling well, we could even place an order for medicine. Normally the droguerias have a delivery service, but they did not do delivery at the hotel. Therefore, someone went to pick up the medicine for us! This service was very affordable and cost COP20,000/€5. When I realized after leaving the hotel that I had left my bikini on the terrace, César even arranged for the bikini to be delivered to our hotel in Santa Marta. Again, I paid only COP20,000 for this!

During our stay (in the rainy season), there were heavy rainstorms from about 3 in the afternoon, with thunderstorms. This also caused the power to go out a few times, but fortunately Kantawa Eco Spa hotel has a generator, which was quickly switched to. As a result, we just had electricity and wifi!