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Reviews of Kin Balam Cabanas

2 out of 5
Kin Balam Cabanas
Carret. Palenque - Ruinas Km 4.5, Palenque, CHIS

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 124 out of 296 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 108 out of 296 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 296 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 296 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

erica

Travelled with partner
We reserve the room but it doesn’t clarifies no were if the room has air conditioning… we were so bummed we had to pay 500 pesos a day extra for air conditioning daily
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

erica

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Celia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Eco friendly
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

santiago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ailysh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Raquel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Closer to the ruins , friendly stuff and clean
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Steve

Travelled with family
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ramiro

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable and felt like we were in the jungle.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Darlene, Surrey

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was small and ugly. Front desk was rude
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
it was different. Showers and toilets could use work
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

merivane

Room not expected it was inconfirtable
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maya

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Caitlin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was helpful, the rooms were clean and beautiful. I got to wake up to the sound of howler monkeys and it's within walking distance of Palenque Archeological ruins.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Francisco

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Joaquin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location is 1/2 way between the city and the pyramids. There are “Colectivos” every 10 to 15 minutes between 6am and 6pm that take you in either direction for $1 US There are also restaurant options across the street in the jungle. So you’re not stuck with the pricy menú at the resort. It’s super well maintained and travelers meet other travelers at the pool. Highly recommend it.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very beautiful very clean , u need to get a cabin with AC if not u will go crazy with how hot it is
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Jenessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
Simple accommodations, and a good location. The restaurant was okay.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Cabañas Kin Balam on 20 May,2021
Dear Jenessa, Thank you for allowing us to host you during your recent visit and for taking the time to share your words of appreciation. We are thrilled to know you had such a wonderful stay at Cabañas Kin Balam, we all look forward to the privilege of serving you on a return trip to Mexico. Best Regards!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Все сподобалось,унiкальна природа навколо iсеред природи досить непоганий готель.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kin balam
Nice cabanas
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is actually in the National Park. It is close to the archeological zone. It is a great place to be one with nature.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lots of birds, and very natural. It has a restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and cool Cabana. Perfect for me as a solo traveler.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Alexis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic hostel. A little cramped though. Perfect location!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excellent hotel
excellent location and rooms but restaurant staff were not helpful or even bothered to bring a menu when i went, so i went across the street and had a lovely meal. Apart from that, I highly recommend this place.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

MARCOS H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
best cabins in palenque!
Wonderful village with different accommodation levels, the room was clean confortable and the location ideal to visit Palenque. Plus the wide range of people staying there made the stay even more wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Roberto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great jungle stay on the way to see pyramids
If you are visiting the pyramids at Palenque and like to stay in the jungle, this is the place. You will hear animals at night in your room but there were no bugs in the room, very clean. Working wifi and hot water. I was planning to go into town for dinner but stayed at the restaurant there and the staff was really nice and the food was good. I was glad I stayed.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous resort in the jungle
This hotel is in a fabulous location with massive grounds for next to nix. The staff were fab too. On the downside the bed was uncomfortable and they leave the lights on all night long so its a tad bright making it hard to sleep. My husbands swimsuit was stolen from a chair it was drying on outside our room, but I truly think that was the rowdy backpackers coming in early in the am. We still loved the place and would stay again for the price. Beds in our opinion generally are uncomfortable in this price range.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Closest to the “jungle” I’ve ever been!
We loved it! The animal noises, the set-up of the place, the cleanliness...all staff super friendly and super helpful. The food in their little outdoor restaurant was decently priced and food tasted good. Bunch of animals and monkeys all over the property! Loved it! First time experience being in the south of Mexico and looking forward to going back and exploring some more. Best deal for the price!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andrew C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff was very accomodating and spoke English well. We missed our first nights reservation which was paid in advance due to bus scheduling issues, and they were able to credit what we paid to a second night. I would recommend booking in advance though because the private cabanas seem to book quickly. Otherwise, this is exactly what you would expect from a jungle lodge. The rooms are minimal but the facilities (pool, restaurant) are great. The bathrooms and showers were always clean, but hot water seems to deplete quickly. The location is perfect. Its within 2 kilometers from the ruins, museums, restaurants, ecomunde, etc. Easily walkable or hop on the frequently passing vans for about $10-$20 pesos. By the 3rd night we were ready for somewhere with AC, but overall staying here was a great experience!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Gerard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
bugged down
Eaten alive for 4 days by bugs in the bed

8/10 Good

Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Not for the light sleepers, yes for the easy going
Unlike other reviews, the staff for us was nice! It’s not a place for people who has problems sleeping with noises tho. Some other customers don’t care and will talk loudly in their room until 4am (thanks d**kheads). If the rooms around are quiet, don’t worry as the monkeys will also wake you up at 3am with the most horrific screams and will continue for a good 30/40min. If, only if.. you were lucky and none of that happened to you, don’t worry because the rain will fall on your thin metal roof and will keep you up for a bit. Anyway, for the price we payed, it was an overall enjoyable stay, despite the critters at night (you are in the middle of the jungle so..)
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

KD, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Jungle Animals
It is a nice place to stay, they serve breakfast in the morning, not too expensive. The cabana was good, hot water, and private. Saw lots of monkeys, staff were really nice. Overall good place to stay. If you want to sit outside tho remember bug spray!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Andy, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent basic hotel near the main site.
Friendly and welcoming staff, convenient location and basic but comfortable room.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Good location...
Perfect location if you want to be close to the park entrance and directly opposite El Panchan for dinner/drinks. No food or drinks served at the hotel other than a small fridge of beers/sodas and crisps. Pool too warm and small to cool off, and too busy at weekends with outside visitors to bother staying around. Nice and calm in the week otherwise. Cabins around the pool looked terribly cramped, our cabin further out overlooking the forest was pleasant, although huge security flood lights kept on all night ruined the "jungle" atmosphere. Great for one quick stop over nothing more than that.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Felicia, Martinez, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel!
This hotel was much better than I expected! My son and I saw iguanas, howler monkeys and there was an excellent restaurant we frequented across the road. We were incredibly close to the Palenque ruins. I plan to return to Kin Balam again! Highly recommend!
Our cabin
Cabin next to us
Howler monkey
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family friendly jungle hotel!
Super friendly staff, clean for being in the middle of the jungle, nice little pool. Across the street from a good, economical restaurant. Colectivos to ruins stop right in front of this hotel. Definitely rustic but perfect for travelers on a budget.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

joshua l ford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good vibes
fun lil spot in the jungle. not far from a supermarket and the ruins. swimming pool was very relaxing!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Paradise
It has a nice pool and they really maintained it well. The place is just at the entrance of the Archeological Site. The staffs are really accommodating. Will definitely stay here again.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Improvable
It's not a bad place but no food, no wifi, it makes it not as comfortable as desired. It's really hot to stay in the middle of the jungle just with a fan

8/10 Good

black sheep, Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great stay in the jungle
Basic cabins, but very clean and comfortable with a nice terrace. With the windows open at night it feels like you are camping in the middle of the jungle.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Jungle experience
Has a pool,nice birds and monkeys,close to ruins and walking in jungle! Cheyls has good coffee and happy hour. Don muchos has good pizza and feeding small fish in stream,music at night.

10/10 Excellent

Kevin W., nomad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great choice if you are primarily visiting ruins
stay was convenient which is all that was required as we just needed a place to sleep that was near the Mayan ruins in Palenque

10/10 Excellent

Nilofar, Merida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap and cheerful
Kim Balam. The price attracted us as backpackers we need to be on a budget. Kim Balam is on the doorstep to Palenque National Park which has an impresive Mayan Ruins site, possibly the best yet. Your able to really explore going in and out of the structures with freedom. We paid extra to have our own bathroom and with all the insects outside I couldn't see us walking out to use the bathroom in the middle of the night! The fan rattled and the room was just right. You get what you pay for.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Budget stay very close to the ruins
You need to know what you are looking for before booking. This hotel is in the middle of the jungle. Expect to see a lot of bugs and animals around. Excellent location if you want to visit the ruins and seeing the wildlife the jungle has to offer. The room was relatively clean and comfortable. There was a crack between the wall and the door that made an entry point for insects but other than that, no major flaws. Basically, if the you can live with some bugs, this is a great location at a VERY LOW cost.