Pets allowed

Facilities

Free breakfast
Health or beauty spa nearby
Proposal/romance packages available
Free WiFi
Terrace
Garden
Luggage storage
Concierge service
Wheelchair accessible
Snorkeling nearby
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Beautiful views
Friendly staff
Great amenities
Cons:
Steep hills
Geckos in the room

Categories

Cleanliness
9.18
The hotel was noted for being very clean.
Service
9.65
Staff was consistently described as friendly and helpful.
Location
9.19
Beautiful views and excellent location near beach and town.
Room Quality
9.14
Spacious and well-decorated rooms were highlighted.
Amenities
9.17
Great facilities including the infinity pool and spa.
Value for Money
8.63
Value was considered good given the location and amenities.
Food and Beverage
9.18
Food was frequently praised for its quality and variety.
Overall Experience
9.45
Overall stay was described as excellent and enjoyable.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-06 14:33

Property Description

Luxurious Amenities
Indulge in massages, savor a meal at the restaurant, and enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge.

Convenient Services
Make use of complimentary wireless internet, room service, and concierge services.

Comfortable Accommodation
Relax in one of the 12 air-conditioned rooms with minibars and cable programming. The hotel provides daily housekeeping and complimentary breakfast.

With a stay at Karuna El Nido Villas in El Nido, experience luxury near the airport. Book now for your perfect getaway.

Important information:

  • This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
  • Reservations are required for spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast.
  • Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
  • Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Airport code: ENI

Property Policies

  • Pets

    Only dogs and cats are allowed

  • Noise policy

    Noise-free rooms not guaranteed

  • Guest type

    Essential workers only - NO

  • Accessibility

    No elevators

  • Pets

    Pets allowed

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Location

Guest Reviews

9.2
Based on 538 reviews
Cleanliness: 9.18
Service: 9.65
Location: 9.19
Room Quality: 9.14
Amenities: 9.17
Value for Money: 8.63
Food and Beverage: 9.18
Overall Experience: 9.45
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Balkov • extended_group • ru
8
2026-07-17 • via Nuitee
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Jeorge Carlo • extended_group • us
10
Amazing views, friendly and accommodating staff, delicious food. Thank you Karuna El Nido!!
Pros:

Excellent views. Luxurious facilities and high quality food. The staff are super friendly and very easy to get a hold of via phone or WhatsApp. Would definitely stay here again in the future!

Cons:

N/A

2026-07-14 • via Nuitee
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Rosalie Templo • solo_traveller • ph
9
2026-07-08 • via Nuitee
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Peter • couple • us
10
People come try it out! Had a small issue with low power AC. They changed out room and we were fine.
Pros:

Really enjoyed the view and the staff

Cons:

I liked it

2026-07-05 • via Nuitee
劉寶雄 • solo_traveller • tw
9
2026-07-04 • via Nuitee
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Louise • solo_traveller • be
7
Pros:

De faciliteiten zijn prachtig en goed onderhouden kamers. Uitzicht is fenomenaal

Cons:

Personeel was niet erg vriendelijk, zeker niet de man aan de receptie. In vergelijking met de rest van de trip, was hier het personeel minst vriendelijk

2026-06-30 • via Nuitee
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Owen • couple • us
10
Pros:

Such an amazing view, beautiful properties and warm welcoming and attentive staff. We really enjoyed our stay here.

Addressing the frequent having to walk up a steep hill, we found the staff very helpful in this regard the was an intercom at the bottom of the hill which they would take us up for no charge, or their free shuttle from town drops straight to our room - therefore we only had to walk up once or twice.

Would definitely recommend a stay here, the location is very well situated and we had a very relaxing stay.

Cons:

N/A

2026-06-27 • via Nuitee
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Shannon • family_with_children • us
8
Pros:

Decent stay. Palawan is pricey considering the cost of things in the Philippines generally. Not super impressed.

2026-06-26 • via Nuitee
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Francisco • family_with_children • us
10
Great family stay in El Nido
Pros:

Karuna El Nido Villas provides a very big and comfortable villa with all needed amenities. We drove from Puerto Princesa and it was great to have an on-site parking. The service at the Karuna El Nido Villas were great. The staff was very helpful and caring providing a schedule shuttle to El Nido downtown. The breakfast is a la carte with a lot of great options. The view from the villa is great and it was very quiet. Highly recommend it.

Cons:

Nothing to complain.

2026-06-25 • via Nuitee
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Figueiredo • solo_traveller • pt
10
2026-06-24 • via Nuitee
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Oren • extended_group • ca
10
Karuna Suites is a superb property! 10/10
Pros:

Joglo 5 room with huge deck and views. Pool area. Stunning property overall!

Cons:

Lots of hills and stairs, but we needed the exercise!

2026-06-19 • via Nuitee
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Buğra Kaan • couple • pl
8
Recommended but fix the local vendors speaker
Pros:

It has amazing view both from the room and the pool. There were almost no other guests. We felt like it's private. Friendly workers. The room is good, shower also good. Room has a bathtub. They provide travel kit such as toothbrush and water dispenser. Breakfast had many options.

Cons:

In the early morning it's super loud. There's a roaster starts screaming from the 4am and local vendor is selling something just down street with extremely loud speaker. The worst is this sounds is on loop forever which makes hard to sleep. Food wasn't the best. Prices were okey. Shuttle isn't every hour.

2026-06-15 • via Nuitee
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Yi Fei • solo_traveller • tw
9
Pros:

Room and view

Cons:

Non

2026-05-31 • via Nuitee
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INGRITE • couple • us
1
NIGHTMARE IN EL NIDO
Pros:

Nothing, I was placed in a room called the shell 🐚 made by plastic rather bizarre. The view was magnificent but that was all.
Walls dirty you will see in photos, night time to lights to get up to the room completely dark and dangerous, the office can only turn AC of after 10 AM and at dark they also turn AC off so office is an oven. The restaurant bar the food is horrible we order 2 pastas not sure which one was worst a couple from Arkansas asked for the stake all stayed in the plate. Restaurant at 8 pm said we had no ice we could wait 20 minutes to have a cold beer 🍺 could drink wine no ice for the ice bucket.
I had a medical emergency the city has no eye doctors and only a very limited small clinic. The people are very very nice but far prepared to help foreigners. Lots of BS rules but yet they serve drinks inside the pool food inside the pool and on my check out date which was before the total dates where they said early departure not refundable we were treated like you need to leave the room now as if we were thief’s to steal any of the garbage that they have there. Towels are small and far from white
The floor dirty, the toilet with stains. Rather insulting when they take 6000 as a security deposit lol. 2 days was plenty enough I was sick and they couldn’t care less but to care of no refunds.we went back to Manila to the Makati Diamond residence which is highly recommended.

Cons:

We liked nothing ! This hotel is good for young people that don’t mind climb a stiff mountain on 95 summer.
That don’t care about not having drinking water in the property not even to brush your teeth as they advise you not 🤦
They don’t give you a bottle water like most hotels do but a container with a water that God knows if you can trust. Definitely not recommended for older people and people that expects the basic standards. I am shocked by the reviews I went by but this was the worst hotel I stayed in years I am on a 33 days trip in Asia and this was the 6th hotel in line and the worst.

2026-05-21 • via Nuitee
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Lorna • couple • gb
8
Worth visiting for the stunning view and pool
Pros:

The pool area and view is stunning! The breakfast was delicious, and the team were friendly.

Our villa was also gorgeous and very spacious, secluded and relaxing with the outdoor bath tub.

Cons:

It’s a very steep climb up to the property - and although car rides are included to go up and down the hill, some of the drivers in the evening seemed very fed up, as if we’d put them out having to come collect us - it felt awkward.

But the only small thing I can think of - other than that it was a great place to stay.

2026-05-18 • via Nuitee
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Doriane • couple • au
10
Best Villa in el nido
Pros:

The best accommodation we’ve booked in El Nido!
Staff are so friendly and helpful, easy to communicate and the onsite restaurant serves really yummy food with very reasonable price! So is the Spa we booked for 90 mins, very relaxing we didn’t leave for 2 days!
The staff came to the room with a cake for my birthday surprise and sang for me, it was beautiful and much appreciated

Cons:

Nothing at all! It was an amazing stay I only wish I could stay longer

2026-05-15 • via Nuitee
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ANGELA • extended_group • it
9
Paesaggio mozzafiato tramonto super
Pros:

Tutto essere in collina è un plus x El nido poi c’è la navetta gratuita La nostra stanza era un appartamento con 2 camere

Cons:

Un pó faticoso salire e scendere xchè situato molto in pendenza

2026-05-06 • via Nuitee
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Jude Fullerton • extended_group • gb
9
Fabulous views
Pros:

The view from the room was amazing and the staff were always very helpful with excellent good communication. The stairs upto the room would be a challenge if you aren't fit but they do warn you in advance on it. The view is worth it. Breakfast was great and portions were quite big! Also booked a massage which was excellent!

Cons:

There wasn't anything in particular I didn't like

2026-05-03 • via Nuitee
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Kiarra • couple • us
10
Beautiful!
Pros:

Beautiful views and amazing helpful staff. Villa 1 had the most perfect views

Cons:

On an elevation but that was as expected

2026-04-29 • via Nuitee
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Faith • couple • au
9
Pros:

We alloved our stay here. We booked Joglo 3 which was a very beautiful villa with a balcony that overlooks the mountain and the ocean, with a hammock, outdoor bath and shower/bathroom
The restaurant and bar also has a nice pool and with the same view
Also loved multiple choices of complimentary breakfasts, and the hourly shuttle van service from accomodation to town and back

Cons:

When we turned up to check in at around 12 the reataurant/bar staff were deep cleaning the place and couldn't serve us until it was finished
The dinner choices weren't great, I also had a cooked blowfly on my inasal 😅

2026-04-28 • via Nuitee