National Park Backpackers Reviews

The hostel is literally right next to the ticket booth and entrance to the park! The grounds are nice and comfortable.We also enjoyed the movie night,although my pals wanted more light and would have enjoyed being able to hang out by the pool with no movie.There is a new restaurant that offered good service and good prices, there is also a kitchen for cooking if you like that. It was a nice place.

The hostel is great. Great location and also there are plenty of chances to meet people. The fact that Tico's stay in the weekends is a plus if you want to learn a bit more about costa rican culture. The fron desk staff was great and very helpful. The kitchen staff was incredibly lazy and looked annoyed when working. The food was not tasty and not worth even the little amount of money we paid for it. My understanding was that the hostel is under new management, so things might get better soon.

I think what made our stay not so good was that they turned off all the lights in the evening around tha outdoor sitting arena. There were no where for us to go and sit and talk in the evenings, if we did not want to go straight to bed. The doorms were also very small. Not much space on the floor. Movie evenings were good and the pool is also nice

You get what you pay for and it's a good place for just eating and sleeping. It's close to the beach, the pool is nice and they keep the hostel clean. It's almost to big, it's hard to get to know people, the dorms are really loud so you can hear someone talk 4 dorms away. The staff is okay, they stay to themselves and are neither friendly or the opposite. The restaurant manager is really rude and unfriendly though. Had to be added. Otherwise a good experience. Lots of couples though.

It was decent, clean, and very close to the park and the beach. It is the only hostel I have stayed in where I did not meet others though. It seemed like I was one of the few staying there who did not speak Spanish.

Some hostels bill themselves as five-star and fall short. This one doesn't claim that exalted rank -- but it should. Absolutely one of the best hostels we've stayed at in decades of hosteling. Magnificent setting, cheek by jowl to the national park; courteous, considerate and helpful staff; a splendid pool and -- good thing in Costa Rica -- grand air conditioning. For my money, one of the best hostels in the known world. Rock on.

We weren't able to stay there after all as they didn't have space available, so my rating is "good" in those areas I cannot speak to personally, "excellent" in those areas I can. The staff was very nice and took the time to make several calls to find us another location while we waited. Hostel is literally 1 block from the National Park - would have been a great location had we been able to stay there!

when we arrived the office said they lost our reservation and then he tried to hide the money we handef hom, because he was trying to get more out of us. Ive stayed in a lot of hostels and this was the worst.

It seems like this hostel does not have a good connection with hostel world. We made the reservations here but when we got there they said they didn't have a reservation. The hostel is fine but we ended up paying for a more expensive room the first night and then having to switch the second night. I don't recommend using hostel world for booking this hostel, other people booked their stay there and they ha to look for a place since the reservations weren't there.

The hostel did not have our reservation and sent us wandering through less than confirtable rooms. The mattresses were paper thin and dirty, the guests were noisy and disrespectfully drunk, the staff highly unhelpful. We left the hostel two days before just because we didnt stand it.

So unimpressed with my time at this hostel, easily the most disappointing part was the hostel staff - they were rude and unhelpful. I'm an experienced hostel traveler, particularly in Costa Rica and this is easily the worst hostel experience I have ever had. The hostel was mostly full of large Tico families, which is fine but limits the number of people you are going to meet and meant that in the 6 nights I stayed I was woken up every single morning before 7 by the family noise. Not recommended

What I found was a lively hostel with music blaring by day and exciting cinema projections by night. Film choices are always fun with a good turnout. Bar staff and reception staff were friendly and mostly helpful. However, do not expect gleaming pool, bathroom or shower facilities. Free internet with skype in the reception area.

NPBP is located very close to the entrance of the park and the beach is within walking distance. The hostel was nice overall, but had some major, MAJOR, shortcomings. The room was totally empty, besides the bed. The bed was a total disaster. The matras was as thin as paper and very uncomfortable, as were the pillows. The bed itself missed a couple of planks I guess, because the matras would sink though the bed. Also, the wifi was weak. The staff was unpleasant, except for Jimmy and Didier.

a real good location, the walls are really thin so there is noisy. no hot water.

You have to stay here because of the location. New place so it's all still clean and new. The big screen movie night is a nice touch. Good armosphere and people. Friendly helpful staff. Onlynthing is it has low partition so u hear everything outside and next room. There's construction on going now so maybe that caused the mosquitos. But overall it's a fun place to be in.