Oxygen Jungle Villas & Spa vs Gaia Hotel & Nature Reserve
Both properties are rated very highly by professionals. On balance, Oxygen Jungle Villas scores significantly higher than Gaia Hotel & Reserve. Oxygen Jungle Villas is ranked #3 in Costa Rica with recommendations from 6 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveler and Jetsetter.
Oxygen Jungle Villas & Spa
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Camino de Suenos, 1,5 km NE del Catarata de Uvita, Uvita, Costa Rica
From $399 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Condé Nast Traveler
"12 teak-and-glass villas overlooking the Pacific from a private mountaintop jungle preserve. The glass-walled accommodations use a clever interplay of jungle, bamboo screens, and curtains."
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Mr & Mrs Smith
"Concealed within a sprawling plot of protected Costa Rican rainforest and perched above the shimmering Pacific Ocean, Oxygen Jungle Villas hotel in Uvita is a secret worth keeping."
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Jetsetter
"Intimate glass villas in a Bali-inspired romantic escape on a jungle-covered mountainside."
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Travel + Leisure
"All across Costa Rica, other hotels have copied the genius concept of this mountainside hotel in Uvita: cabins whose walls are made completely glass."
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The Telegraph
9.0
"This romantic, mountainside retreat offers Balinese statues at every turn and Netherlandish, all-glass villas with panoramic ocean and jungle views."
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Gaia Hotel & Nature Reserve
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Km 2.7 Carretera Quepos a Manuel Antonio, Manuel Antonio National Park 6350, Costa Rica
From $201 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This luxurious pile comprises studios, terraces suites and three-story villas and offers nature tours within its expansive grounds – a former wildlife rehabilitation center."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Studios, the smallest accommodations, are spare and urbane in style, with views of green hillsides."
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Fodor's
"On 13 acres of private reserve, this boutique hotel is contemporary and very chic, with rooms rendered in slate, hardwood, and rattan with Italian fittings."
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Jetsetter
"Sleek Costa Rican retreat with a multilevel infinity pool, swim-up bar and intimate spa with jungle views."
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Travel + Leisure
"The Terra Spa at Gaia is set in the rainforest with views of the Pacific and a menu complete with Reiki energy treatments and Thai and Swedish massages."
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