“Stay Here if You are a Surfer”

Hotel Oasis

For the ride across the ocean on a barge, and the rocky drive to Mal Pais, I wouldn't recommend this "hotel."

There is not much to this property, and if you are used to nice accomodations don't stay here. There is a little cooking area outside with a refrigerator. Inside, there is little more than just beds. I know that one goes to Mal Pais for surfing, but I wanted to watch TV before falling asleep. There was no TV (there might be now).

The doors allow plenty of bugs to crawl under at night, along with geckos, to join you in bed or make noises on your ceilings at night.

There was a property next door that showed movies, outdoors, at night while the crabs crawled across your feet. Other than that, I was aware of no night life.

Mal Pais is mostly a surfing area, not suitable for those of us that are used to entertainment and nicer hotels.

“Hotel Oasis in Mal Pais”

Hotel Oasis

Stayed at Hotel El Oasis in Mal Pais on the Nicoya Peninsula for 3 nights. Overpriced - cabins aren't kept up well. Ceiling fan was very noisy and didn't work well. They did promptly deliver a standing fan which worked great, but they seemed a bit annoyed. There were burnt out light bulbs, and a very worn out set of pots and pans and cutlery for the kitchen. I think $70 a night is too much for what they offer. Their little pool is nice, but quite small. When we were awakened by someone next door zooming around on a motorcycle for 1/2 an hour, we complained to the Oasis staff who looked at us like we were crazy to complain. They didn't seem concerned about provided top notch service here.