Casa Berita

The view from the suite was amazing! we enjoyed the open air kitchen/dining area. Wonderful to hear the waves below. Everything was clean and tidy with lots of kitchen supplies. The bathroom appeared to be newly renovated. We were met at the water taxi, and our luggage was hauled by wheel barrel to the unit. This is not a place to stay for people with mobility issues. A long windy road to the property, then many stairs up and down to the unit. Of course this is not unique to this property, Yelapa is a hillside community. Visitors should be ready to “hike”

Really a minor complaint but the toilet tank didn’t always fill after flushing. It was a bit intermittent. I think it was a water supply issue

fabulous location, great views, amazing hospitality

Someone met me at the dock and helped us with luggage and checked us into the room. Beautiful views and nice ocean sound to drown out all the noise so we slept really well. Love the hammock and outdoor kitchen!

We climbed down to the beach, but would be nice to have a way to access the beach at the bottom of the stairs. No credit cards accepted.

We had a 2 bedroom apartment here. The place is absolutely gorgeous. It's situated partway up the mountainside, and the views from the large balcony - where there is a wonderfully situated hammock - are just incredible. You get a perfect view of the bay, the beach, the mountains, and the river. Watching the fishermen and the huge amounts of seabirds was spectacular. The kitchenette is fully equipped including a water cooler sized bottle of water. One of the bedrooms is air-conditioned, but the breeze and fans on the balcony made it plenty cool. The host, who just goes by Berita, is a lovely matronly woman who met us with the keys on arrival. She lives one door down and seemed to be always available when we had a question. Her daughter Yuri, who speaks better English than her mom, doesn't live there but is available on whatsapp. We showed up like total amateurs with no cash. There's no ATMs and they don't accept credit cards. But Yuri very kindly arranged payment by Venmo or PayPal, and even arranged additional spending cash for us through her mom. It was an absolute lifesaver. But you should bring cash - as mentioned, no ATMs in town and credit card acceptance is spotty. We had a relaxing time here and would highly recommend!

The property isn't the easiest to get to if you are arriving by water taxi from Puerto Vallarta, you either have to wade through the shallow mouth of the river - which is hard to do with bags - or take an ATV ride around the back, including walking across a hanging pedestrian bridge across the river. So pack light. But the payoff is amazing.

Beautiful, quiet location. Spectacular view over the bay of Yelapa. Huge king beds. Quite humid but the apartment has many fans. Each night, because of the time of year (August) there was an amazing thunderstorm to watch from the huge balcony. The option to read, snooze, spectate from the string hammock was excellent. Watching the tides come in and out while the pelicans, cormorants and frigate birds were fishing was amazing! Lovely waterfall. No pressure shopping. Plenty of small markets and restaurants. The ocean was nearly the same temperature as the air. The apartment had a fridge, range, sink and all utensils. Half hour water taxi from PV. Will definitely visit again.