Payande - Tatacoa

Location: Vereda el Cuzco Desierto de la Tatacoa, Villavieja, co

Star Rating: 8.5 Stars

Property Type: Lodges

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out: 01:30 PM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Swimming pool
• Restaurant
• Terrace
• Family rooms
• Tour desk
• Facilities for disabled guests
• Currency exchange
• Non-smoking throughout
• Private check-in/check-out
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Concierge service
• Wheelchair accessible
• Kid meals
• Evening entertainment
• Baby safety gates
• Public Bath
• Outdoor furniture
• Coffee Shop on site
• Fruits
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Invoice provided
• Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
• Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
• Guest room sealed after cleaning
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• Key access
• CCTV outside property
• Process in place to check health of guests
• Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
• 24-hour security
• Delivered food - securely covered
• Security alarm
• Broadcast Live sport events
• Television in common areas
• Free wired internet
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Housekeeping on request
• Private picnics
• Wine release events
• Exercise/lap pool
• Japanese garden
• Secured parking
• Swimming nearby
• Bicycle-friendly property
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle

Rooms Available

• Double Room with Private Bathroom

  The double room provides a private entrance, a seating area, a terrace with garden views as well as a private bathroom featuring a bath or a shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • TV
  • Seating Area
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Dining area
  • Mosquito net
  • Cleaning products
  • Additional bathroom
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Toilet paper
  • Sofa bed
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hand sanitiser

• Family Room with Private Bathroom

  The family room offers a private entrance, a seating area, a terrace with garden views as well as a private bathroom featuring a bath or a shower. The unit offers 3 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • TV
  • Seating Area
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Dining area
  • Mosquito net
  • Cleaning products
  • Additional bathroom
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hand sanitiser

• Double Room with Private Bathroom

  The double room provides a private entrance, a seating area, a terrace with garden views as well as a private bathroom featuring a bath or a shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • TV
  • Seating Area
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Dining area
  • Mosquito net
  • Cleaning products
  • Additional bathroom
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hand sanitiser

• Family Room

  The family room provides a private entrance, a seating area, a terrace with garden views as well as a private bathroom featuring a bath or a shower. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • TV
  • Seating Area
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Dining area
  • Mosquito net
  • Cleaning products
  • Additional bathroom
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Hand sanitiser

Guest Reviews

• Andres (10/5): Tranquilidad y desconexión - El desayuno estuvo bien, la ubicación es excelente para ver estrellas y la piscina tiene una vista espectacular. Superó las expectativas
• FRANCO (6/5): - 1. La piscina de agua natural 2. La comida es rica 3. Los jardines y cabañas bonitas 4. Toallas y sábanas limpias 5. En general el hotel es lindo, deben exigirse un poco como en los detalles y la administrala señora se ve muy atareada. 1. Deben informar antes a los huéspedes sobre las dificultades que se pueden presentar durante la estadia (la energía se va a media noche, porque la planta solar no tiene suficiente capacidad) dejando sin servicio los ventiladores y el calor se hace insoportable para dormir. 2. La cabaña no tenía energía y se la trasladan con una extensión (riesgo de corto). 3. La televisión no funcionaba, la arreglaron en horas de la noche. 4. La señora al inicio muy atenta y servicial, despues de que se le pregunto por la energía y la televisión, se notaba indispuesta.
• Hernando (9/5): -
• Andrés Felipe (7/5): En el corazón de la Tatacoa - Muy limpia y con una locación excelente, si quieres estar alejado del bullicio. Aunque se advierte que la energía de las cabañas proviene de fuente solar, en las noches hay racionamiento y solo funcionan las luces; por lo que no hay forma de que funcione el ventilador y el calor puede ser bastante.
• Juan (10/5): Excelente experiencia de desierto 🌵 - La privacidad es excelente- queda en la mitad del desierto 🌵 todo estuvo excelente y muy económico Tienen restaurante y es delicioso
• Luisa Fernanda (10/5): La atención de la anfitriona fue muy agradable, nos sentimos como en familia. La tranquilidad, y cercanía con lugares de - La tranquilidad, y cercanía con lugares de interés
• Luisa Fernanda (10/5): -
• Michael Steven (8/5): -
• William (8/5): -
• JoserrA72 (8/5): Buena experiencia - Buena ubicación, tranquilidad, piscina muy buena, buen desayuno. Sabemos que funciona con energía solar, pero no da la capacidad para los servicios básicos del hotel. Primera noche con un solo cuarto, no hubo problema, pero la siguiente noche con 5 cuartos ocupados nos quedamos sin energía y sin agua desde media noche.
• Jakeline Gonzalez García (10/5): - Es un lugar en el corazón del desierto. Las instalaciones hermosas y en buenas condiciones de limpieza.
• David Esteban (8/5): -
• Gabriele (6/5): Schöne Lage mit Schattenseiten - Wir waren 2 Paare und hatten 2 schöne, einfache und eigentlich saubere Bungalows für 2 Nächte mit gutem Frühstück mitten in der Wüste. Das Moskitonetz war neu und groß, leider waren wir am nächsten Morgen in beiden Bungalows trotzdem alle 4 mit Stichen an Armen und Beinen übersät. Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit keine Moskitostiche. Die „Stichstraßen“ jucken stark und lange, wir hatten noch zwei Wochen Probleme damit. Man sollte die Betten und Matratzen genau prüfen, es könnte sich um Bettwanzen handeln. Leider ist die Bungalow-Anlage abends zu stark ausgeleuchtet, um den vielgerühmten Sternenhimmel sehen zu können. Dies war sehr ärgerlich, da es unser Hauptgrund war den Aufenthalt hier überhaupt zu buchen. Hier könnte man das Licht ruhig auch mal ausmachen. Die Sternwarte ist ca. 1 km entfernt und nachts im Dunkeln und/oder bei regnerischem Wetter nicht gut fußläufig zu erreichen.
• Debora (7/5): Bello ma da migliorare nei servizi - La posizione e il silenzio Manca l’acqua calda e il personale di servizio non è dei migliori
• Aliaksei (9/5): - Es un lugar realmente genial!
• Juan Carlos (9/5): -
• Damián (7/5): Correcto -
• Florian (10/5): - Die Gastgeberin ist einfach unbezahlbar. Sie macht alles möglich, was nur möglich ist und kümmert sich um alles! Die Anlage ist wunderschön und der Pool an heißen Tagen echt Gold wert!
• Ine (9/5): Leuke accommodatie in het midden van de woestijn - Heel leuke huisjes in het midden van de woestijn. Prijs kwaliteit verhouding zeer goed. Zwembad is ook mooi meegenomen want het is er heet. De gastvrouw is zeer vriendelijk. Ze kan enkel Spaans maar met Google Translate is er veel mogelijk. We kregen er elke dag ontbijt en dinner was mogelijk voor een klein prijsje. Je kon tours en vervoer boeken via de accommodatie. Houdt er rekening mee dat de accommodatie vrij ver van het dorp ligt en het moeite kost om er te geraken. Zeker als je geen auto hebt. Dus neem je tijd als je deze plek wilt bezoeken.
• Sanchez (10/5): Du confort et de la fraîcheur dans le désert, hors du temps - Expérience de vie loin des bruits urbains, contexte de ferme dans le désert. Beaucoup d'espace autour des habitations très bien entretenu. Petites cabanes bioclimatiques très propres et saines. Des draps et des serviettes de toilette bien blancs. Nettoyage tous les jours. De l'eau dans la douche et au lavabo. Sanitaires très propres. Une magnifique piscine avec vue sur le désert. Les balades à cheval ou en buggy et à pied dans le désert. Le petit déjeuner et le dîner avec des produits simples et frais préparés sur place par Mireilla. De bons jus de fruits frais. La disponibilité de Mireilla et les réservations d'activités par ses soins. Cet endroit est fait pour ceux qui recherchent la tranquillité et le calme, tout en étant prêts à entendre le chant du coq. Expérience hors du temps dans un désert splendide. Rien de particulier.
• Michael (8/5): Gute Lage - Gute Lage für Exkursionen in die Wüste.
• vladimir (8/5): Casi como en casa - La atención y alimentación muy bien Las duchas muy deficientes, pues sale muy poca agua, de hecho un chorrito minúsculo y bañarse se torno demorado
• salazar (10/5): -
• Rinke (7/5): Prima plek intussen de rotsen. - Mooie plek, leuke huisjes. Als de lucht zonder wolken is, is er denk ik een prachtige sterrenhemel Er waren veel loslopende dieren zoals ganzen, honen, kippen. Dus vroeg wakker en zeker de ganzen waren niet altijd vriendelijk.
• Dulce (8/5): Buen alojamiento en el desierto - Simple cabaña, cómoda, con ventilador (aire habría sido mejor), buena piscina (aunque la valla sobra), y cerca de los dos desiertos. Para entrar y salir necesitabamos que nos abrieran la puerta cada vez, un poco molesto.
• Margaret (10/5): - Molt tranquil, la pisina perfecte, el personal molt atent
• Paulina (10/5): Great view in peaceful environment - Very very friendly staff, super nice view from the pool, very Peaceful atmosphere with animals around, organization of tours - nothing important, maybe organic shampoo would be nice
• Bart (9/5): Superb - Nice quiet place in the desert, some 20 minutes by car from town, 5 minutes from the main road. Great breakfast, a pool overlooking the desert, nice beds. You need a car to get there, bathroom could be bigger.
• Barbora (10/5): Exceptional - Absolutely wonderful place. The location is quite remote, so it's very quiet, the only thing you hear are birds! And yes, it's an absolute paradise for birdwatching! The owner is really lovely and she takes great care of her guests. The breakfast is delicious, you can also buy dinner, and they sell water, sodas, beer and some snacks. My room was a really cute and beautifully decorated cabin with my own patio (with table and chairs). The wifi works surprisingly really well, plus, Claro has a signal there. You can easily walk to the red desert trail. Can recommend for 100%!!! I loved everything.
• Milton (9/5): Superb -
• Nelson (9/5): Superb -
• Agustin (10/5): Exceptional -
• Nenagh (7/5): Very remote and simple, but still nice - Rooms were lovely, pool was nice and clean. Amazing view of the night skies. Food on site was ok, standard Colombian food. Host arranged a tour for us through the deserts which was great. Quite far away from all the other places so you’re stuck eating the food served here, although nice, it is very plain. Lots of bugs get into the rooms but they do provide nets over beds. 2 angry geese roam around and make quite alot of noise. They will hiss and chase you, and sit outside your room honking at 5am. Host offered us drinking water, but then charged us for them when we checked out. No other option for drinking water.
• Alejandro (8/5): Good value for money - Clean, with nice pool and great location. Good value for money The listing says it is possible to pay with credit card but on site only colombian cards are accepted, we had a to pay for the room with cash in the end.
• Sandra (9/5): Superb - Calm and beautiful environment. Swimmingpool is relieving under high temperature conditions. Energy is provided by solar system. Restaurant was not available for lunch time and the location is a bit distant from other options. There are no possibility of refilling water bottles.
• Kistiñe (8/5): Very good - Good location, nice room and area. Comfy beds. Cold water in the shower, but bearable as it was really hot outside
• Louise (8/5): basic facilities as expected in the desert but as advertised - swimming pool, owner organised taxis for us, good location for seeing stars at night isolated from the rest of the desert facilities, 30 min walk to main road, couldn’t always get transport, dependent on the owner to organise for us, filtered drinking water made us sick so drink bottled water
• Edith (8/5): Very good -
• Travelbonkers44 (10/5): Incredible stay in the heart of Tatacoa - Absolutely fantastic property but you need to have the right expectations. The water and electricity are scarce. The accomodation is rustic and has open holes close to the roof so creepy crawlies can be encountered and obviously sound proofing is not the best. But the location is incredible, very close to the "red zone" of Tatacoa and the observatories. Our cottages were spotless and the hotel is well maintained and secure. The food was delicious and we enjoyed hanging out in the open restaurant having a few beers at night. The value for money was excellent and we would definitely visit again.
• Oliver (8/5): Very good -
• Tiffany (8/5): We had a nice and relaxing stay! - It was a peaceful place to stay at in the middle of the desert, so you can fully enjoy the tranquility of the environment. If it rains, this place is impossible to reach by tuktuks. We unfortunately had this problem, but the hostess kindly arranged some horses for us.
• Simon (7/5): Good - very peaceful location, cute chalets After the rain the only access is by foot or renting the horse or a buggy. Limited choice of food. We stayed for 2 nights and dinner was almost the same on both days. Host lady doesn't understand English and with our limited Spanish communication was very difficult. No network connection (SIM from Movistar), WiFI slow.
• John (3/5): Poor - The rooms were clean and the breakfast was okay. Located in the center of the park. The host was annoyed at us the moment we arrived and responded begrudgingly whenever we asked for something. We had to park a kilometer away from the hotel because the road was impassable. The pool is shutdown because it needs repairs but on the plus side we were given a pass for the nearby hotel's pool and absolutely loved the neighboring hotel, staff there was wonderful. Quite the contrast!
• Ama (9/5): Superb -
• Benpatient (7/5): Good - The site was beautiful: right in the desert. Mirella kept the place spotlessly clean and served good food and beer. The bed was comfortable and there was a fan in the room which was very welcome in the heat. The pool is lovely. The location is far from the main road which meant relying on the very overpriced tuk tuks to see the sights. The price is high for colombia. The shower was a trickle of water so it was very difficult to get clean after a hike in the desert.
• Gabriella (8/5): Desert experience - Nice and clean room, the dinner was perfect and the lady was very kind with all our requests. The shower was not working properly, was almost impossible to have a shower with such a small amount of water, but we are in the desert so do not expect all the facilities. The location was a little bit too far, if you don't have a car and you're walking it takes more than half an hour to get to the main road.
• Paula (9/5): Superb - Super nice location, very welcoming, friendly and helpful staff. The room was simple but nice and very good value for money. The included food was tasty. There was even wifi at the lobby and Claro users might have mobile service. Would go again!
• Andresa (9/5): Superb -
• Viviana (10/5): Exceptional -
• Amanda (8/5): rural retreat in desert - we loved the pool, the stars and the rural location created a nice space to relax and feel the atmosphere of the desert. it is close to observatory, red and grey deserts. we were lucky because weather was good so the road to property was dry but it could be tricky to drive in wet weather. cabins were very rustic and luckily they have mosquito nets over beds. there were three young men working on site who were very friendly and always there to help with anything. we felt the prices for drinks and food on site were very expensive for Colombia, especially the wine. to be fair we did not check the price of a bottle before ordering, so we carry the blame. if we had known how much was being charged we would not have ordered wine. we would recommend taking supplies as location is very isolated with no shops nearby.
• Ruth (10/5): Exceptional -
• Maria (10/5): Great place to visit the desert. - Doña Mirella was great. She cooks spectacular food. The place has an included pool near by which was greatly appreciated. If you want a tour of the dessert ask for Mario, he can sell you a great tour of the important/ best looking places. He seems like a great guy and a tour with him is a must.
• Key_van (10/5): Exceptional -
• Jorge (10/5): Perfect place to escape from routine. - It is a quiet place, away from any noise and perfect to rest. Mrs. Mireya a great person and attentive to suggest things to do in the desert. Fully recommended!
• Bekahcarr (8/5): Very good - A lovely place to stay to visit Tatacoa - the room was incredibly clean and comfortable, the area was peaceful and the breakfast was great. We arrived mid-morning after an overnight bus and our host very kindly made us breakfast despite it being long after breakfast time! Plus there are cute dogs and lots of birds to keep you entertained!
• Jared (6/5): Average stay - Family Run and located in the desert near observatory Bad value for money compared to other properties. I paid nearly £65 for two nights which included breakfast and dinner. Dinners were very basic menu del dia style food and breakfast was ok. Definite language barrier between host and i, however was never clear on what to do in the desert, little help with itinerary or getting taxis into dssert or knowledge of prices etc. Bedroom has many open air holes which are good for ventilation but awful for bugs, constantly itching. Three very badly trained puppies on property constantly chase and make you feel uneasy walking around. No pool either compared to many others in area with pool.

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