Casa Colibri Tankah — Hotel in Quintana Roo

The perfect home for a Tulum escape. Highly recommended to spend the entirety of your stay! Impeccably situated right on a pristine stretch of beach, protected by a reef and perfect for swimming and snorkeling, this beautifully situated home felt like a home-away-from-home in paradise. The grounds are impeccably maintained. With plenty of privacy, this location has a private road with a guard gate (friendly), is a couple hundred meters away from a Cenote with tons of aquatic life (and not teeming with tourists, since it’s on a private drive), and has all the accoutrements necessary to appreciate the natural beauty of the area: hammocks, comfortable reclining beach chairs, ocean-view patios, ocean kayaks/paddleboards for guests, outdoor kitchen, sand-palm trees-flowers and exotic birds. The rooms were great. All recently constructed: tiled floors, all wood frames and furniture, comfortable beds, room refrigerators, great room fans with Persian doors (slated doors that can be opened to appreciate the sea breeze) and air conditioning when you want to close things off and get cool (also worked great, efficiently cooling entire space). Bathroom was great, shower was walk-in, tiled and new – water is solar-heated, which was great (never ran out of hot water). WiFi was perfect the entire time – I used it for working remote and took video calls privately every day, without issue. Fresh clean water serviced for the room daily, along with coffee for your in-room machine. The service was remarkable! It always helps to stay at a place where you feel welcomed, and the property owners embody the warm hospitality of the region, maintaining high standards in cleanliness, care, comfort and privacy for guests. Had breakfast every day, which they prepared using locally sourced ingredients (a majority sourced from their private plot of land in the jungle), including local fruit, eggs, banana pancakes, fresh baked pastries, homemade granola, and fresh squeezed juices daily, et al. Hosts are a wealth of knowledge on local things to see and do, places to eat, etc. They were able to arrange whale shark/manta ray excursions, culinary and ecological experiences, and cultural tourism experiences on request. They are a part of the community and have been for decades, care about sustainable development and preserving the rich ecological and cultural heritage of the area while making it accessible to guests. So you definitely have the chance to get an insider’s experience if you want it through them, but also you can just keep to yourself and chill.

So anyway, highly recommended stay! The area in general isn’t well-documented in terms of things to see and do, so do yourself a favor and build in some extra time to explore this incredible region (and stay away from the dumb hotel zone and the large, foreign-owned...

The hotel is right on the beach, just a few rooms, very very calm. You can see palms, pelicans, sand and the sea just 5 steps from your room. I had even a house with a bedroom, a living room and small kitchen which was fully equipped. There was refrigerator and all necessary diches. There were sunbeds, hammocks and two small tables with chairs outside my house. The house was clearn, good towels, a hairdryer, beach towels were also provided. There was airconditioner in both rooms as well as fan. Housekeeping personal was very good and cares about everything. Drinking water and coffee was provided. Brekfast was delivered each day at 8:30 in to rooms.|The was nice cenote 5 min. from the hotel, open from 9 to 17 where you can swim, snorkle, get a lifejacket, or have a diving lesson. Entrance fee is 150 pesos.|There are a few other hotels arround where you can get lunch and dinner.||The hotel is quite far from everything if you have no car. It is about 10 km from Tulum downtown, and the same distance from zona hotelleria.|Taxis can be found just few steps from the hotel but they are expensive (400-600 pesos for 10 min ride, more expensive after dark). There is a possibility to use a Collectivo microbus that runs from Tulum to Playa del Carmen but you need to catch it standing on the highway, and rising a hand. It costs only 25-50 pesos.|The beach was bad in my opinion: lots of trash a few steps from the hotel, and there were lots of rocks in the water, and sea was not calm. Do forget about Mexican beaches from postcards. All area on the right side of the hotel looks abandoned. |For dinner the best option is to go downtown of Tulum where there are plenty of local and more fancy restaurants or to a Zona hotelleria for expensive western type restaurants and bars.|Breakfast first two days was quite good but later it gets absolutely bad: fruits, juice, pastres and some granola.|Pillows very hard, very uncomfortable, only one glass for a vine in a room. No TV, no safety box in a room. Internet weak and in some places not existant but managable. ||In summary : Quite Expensive 3 stars bed and breakfast in not the best location and...

My wife, two older kids (19 & 20) and I stayed here for our last few days in Mexico at the end of our two week adventure before going back home to London. Couldn't have picked a better place to end the holiday. Melissa and Nancy have created an authentic haven here and they really care. I honestly couldn't fault the place. Breakfasts are delicious and healthy. The rooms are really comfortable and clean. Shower was the best we encountered in Mexico. The rooms are so close to the beach and the and grounds are so lovingly maintained you feel a real connection to nature and the elements. It's amazing value for money when you compare what you get in the places close by. Although it depends what you're after. Basically, it's a real antidote to the bland, sharp edged and overly designed chain hotel rooms you see nowadays.

Although we didn't feel the need to go anywhere, in hindsight I'd probably recommend getting a car as the only downside is the cost of travel and food in the surrounding area. We took taxis which are incredibly expensive. £25 for a 20 minute journey into Tulum. There are plenty of hotel restaurants nearby but they're all expensive, which in itself isn't a problem if they're decent, but most aren't good value for money at all. Depending on how many sights you want to see the cost of the car will probably be saved by eating in better, cheaper places and the saving on not getting taxis. Out of the hotels along the strip, Casa Altamar next door is the best of the ones we tried.

Anyone who gives this place a one star review has obviously got some...