Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Amazing Experience!

I loved this resort! So much to do and see without leaving the resort, natural cenote to snorkel in, petting zoo, Cat-land, wild monkeys and Coati roaming the grounds. The pool was good, but food was a bit of a walk if you were on the beach or at the main pool. The rooms were nice, had bunk beds in the room even though I did not use them. Big resort, so lots of walking needed.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Good value family vacation

Our family of four spent a week at the Sandos Playacar at the end of November. The Playacar Beach is fabulous, and we have previously stayed at other resorts in this area, without kids at the time, so our priorities for resort were different this time. Sandos Playacar was good value for our family vacation, with good quality food in both the buffet and a la carte restaurants. It is a very activity-oriented resort, with entertainment staff keeping things going on the beach from 10 am to 4 pm e [... read more]very day of the week, every day with a different themed beach experience. Other travelers might have loved this, but for our family of four, we would have liked having a quiet day on the beach, or a shorter program where there are a couple hours of sunlight available where it is quiet by the beach chairs. There was always music, games, and noise right in front of the section of the beach set aside for families, which got tiresome after about day 4. The beach section rooms are very conveniently located right where the main pool, beach, and buffet restaurant is, and from previous reviews, we knew they were tired and worn out, so it was something we were prepared to live with. Our boys (aged 6 and 8 years old) liked the arcade games. Overall a good choice for our family vacation.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Good for family!

Love this place, more natural and lots of things to do especialy for young families . Recommend this place to anyone who want to enjoy life, nature, a nice beach and different good restaurant. Service was good also and room, was nice (we had monkeys on our balcony)

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Great resort.

Very Eco friendly. (Hence the name) No disposable plastic cups, No straws. Designated smoking areas. so no smoking around the pool,beach, restaurants and bars. We upgraded to the adult only area. Very quiet pool area. Adult only restaurants. Front desk very very slow both check in and check out.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Let down

This hotel is very geared towards families and kids. I would not recommend this hotel for young couples or singles looking for fun activities. The beds are extremely hard and gave me a very sore back after 3 nights. The staff was unable to help me with the situation at all. The resort is very large and requires walking a lot, especially if your room is in the adults only section. I will not stay here again.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Amazing Resort

This resort is beautiful, the room was very clean and the staff was beyond amazing!!!! I loved the fact that there was so much to do on the beach for activities! Highly recommend this place!! We can't wait to visit again !

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Better than last time!

The resort improved it's food, took away the annoying reservation system, improved it's shows and the show location. The beach and pools are amazing! Drinks and staff awesome. Only complaint: the rooms in the beach section are getting a little tired.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Very big Resort.

This resort was HUGE. There is usually only one trolley going at one time so there is sometimes a wait. The food was a little disappointing. At the Asianz and french restaurants the food was very good and, more importantly, hot. In the other ones the food was usually lukewarm, not hot. The rooms were ok, a little tired but clean. Some of our linens had rips in them and stains on the duvet. The staff was great and Fabian the swim up barkeeper was great. He remembered what you liked to drink  [... read more]and had it real for you. The adult only section was ok but there was only about 15 feet from the family rooms. It was ok but you could hear the kids sometimes.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Great place. Great food. Environmentally responsible.

We stayed October 31, 2017 for 7 days. Overall great resort. The good: The food was excellent especially at the à la carts. No complaints whatsoever. Buffets were good but typical buffet style. The restaurants had allergies listed for the majority of the food which is great for people with sensitivities or allergies. My fiancé is Celiac (gluten allergy) and never had any problem finding food to eat and they even offered to specially prepare stuff for her. The resort was very clean includ [... read more]ing the room. The resort is very environmentally conscious, for example they use reusable plastic cups instead of throwaway plastic cups which always end up littering the beach and pool area’s. Smoking is only allowed in designated areas which for guests with the kids is especially great. Water park is great for kids and teens and there is tons of wildlife on the resort. The bad: The resort is very big and spread out. Be prepared to walk. Was under Construction while we were there so some areas were closed but that was supposed to be finished fairly quickly. The beach was very rocky at the resort there were definitely nicer beaches further down towards Playa Del Carmen

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Amazing stay once again!

This was our second stay at sandos playacar and it didn't disappoint. The layout of the resort is incredible with a little something for everyone. The beach is unbeatable and the staff are absolutely fantastic! Highly recommend.

Sandos Cancun: Awesome resort!!!

The resort was great, awesome location, the rooms and all of the facilities were very clean, great views from all of the rooms. The food was really good, and plentiful, overall nothing to complain about except the internet connection which simply was crap outside of the hotel, but it is called vacation for a reason so perhaps crappy internet connection is not so bad.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Wonderful staff!

The hotel itself is lovely, no different from other resorts we have stayed at. The beach is lovely and the entertainment was good. The best part for us was the friendly staff. They really made the difference. We went with our almost one year old son and the staff was so great with him.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Awesome Jungle

These were the most natural grounds that we have experienced. Once you walk out of your room you are in the jungle. With lots of animals wandering around. We saw coati,raccoons, birds- parrots( unfortunately only in cage) , peacocks, interesting looking blackbird with beautiful blue wings, monkeys and then there were farm animals - donkeys, sheep, pigs. The beach was not the best for wading as there were many rocks but oh so many fish to see. You did not even require a snorkel and mask. But do r [... read more]emember the water shoes. The evening entertainment was awesome. Usually there are 3 Miyan shows each week. Plus other shows on the other nights. All of the staff are fantastic and very friendly. They are great representatives for the hotel. The food was very good and you had your choice of buffet or a la carte every evening! Only required a reservation at the Japanese restaurant. Our room was always very clean but there were a few days when housekeeping did not come til 4:00 in the afternoon. The only problem we did encounter was our key (electronic card) was malfunctioning for about 4 days due to the humidity at this time of year. This required us waiting for security personnel in order to get into our room and then waiting in the room while they repaired it. A lot of time was wasted waiting to get access to our room. This was not an isolated situation as there were others experiencing the same problem. Overall we enjoyed the hotel.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Beautiful Resort

Very nice place had a great time!! Rooms are nice big and clean. Resort is big nice walk path to beach, would take about 10 minutes. Beautiful beach. They should improve on the night entertainment shows are not great. The service and food was very good.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Nice resort overall.

Food was great and there were lots of animals for the kids to see! Being an Eco resort was nice for the animals and cenote on site, but being natural also meant it smelled a bit swampy at times. Pools were nice but could have been kept cleaner and most of the water slides were closed for renovations. Construction was underway as well and rooms were a bit dated. Lobby staff were very hard to understand but tried to help. Nice resort, just don't think our timing was the best.

Sandos Cancun: Luxury birthday gift.

We don't want to leave this place but our luxurious one week is over, building/grounds well maintain, amazing swimming pool, daily housekeeping, amazing/friendly staff who remember your names and entertainment every night and daily activities, you will not get bored. Thank you Sandos!

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Great Place

Great resort and grounds. The bugs can be problematic so bring lots of bug spray. The restaurants are amazing, loved the vegan a la carte. Really didn't care for the hassle about timeshares, if you really aren't interested please decline upon arrival as you will waste time with the representative. I'm not sure if you can, but try if possible. I would have liked to know about it ahead of time.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Wonderful vacation

My kids are already asking if we can go back next year! My 12, and 17-year olds had a great time there. The activities that were included such as animal keeper, snorkelling, bike tours, walking tours, just to name a few kept us busy for the week. You really did not have to leave the resort. Rooms were great-we stayed in a newly renovated Eco superior room which I would highly recommend. The beds were very comfy. Food was good. We liked the Japanese and the Italian restaurants but our favourite w [... read more]as the Steak and fish one. It was amazing.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Great Kids Resort- but bring bug spray!

We travelled here from Aug 16-Aug 23 2017. We were a family of four (kids age 5 and 3) and traveled with another family same age as our kids. The resort itself is lovely and a lot for the kids to do. Resort is about 40 MIN drive from airport. Rooms: There are 3 sets of rooms.. I stayed in the basic room with my family (Building 36/37/38/39) all very close to the kids Aqua Park and Cenote. This is the simple room, but the space was sufficient. We pushed the two big beds together and there wa [... read more]s a lot of room for the stroller and space for the kids, beds were comfortable and good pillows. Open concept washroom area for shower but private toilet. We did get mosquitos in our room as well though, so bring extra spray for inside and outside the room. Also the monkeys are close to these rooms which we saw every morning. Next set of rooms are ECO upgraded rooms (Rooms 13-19), can't tell you about that, but more money to upgrade. Last set of room is the SUITE (our friends stayed here), they were in building 9 (extra $1800 US and ask for it when you are there), and had two washrooms and lots of space and access to room service and separate sleeping area for kids and parents to relax in, these buildings are close to the BIG MAIN pool and adult GOLD member restaurants. Food: First day and last day food wasn't the best, but overall was fine. Began to get repetitive. Lots of options for vegetarians (there is an actual vegan restaurant too on the beach) and lots of gluten free options too, lots of fish and sliced up vegetables and always apples to take out with you. They are fine if you take food out as long as you ask for a plastic plate. Waiters very nice. We tried Teppanyaki restaurant (Reserve when you check in), we found it just "OK", food was over cooked and the sushi was cream cheese sushi, so wasn't "amazing".. The vegan restaurant was good, just VERY hot/humid in there (no restaurants have AC) and the Mediterranean restaurant had a great breeze from the beach and good food (but service is very slow) there, it opens at 5:30. Buffets open 5:30 or 6, and always pizza/pasta/chicken/rice/beans etc.. There is also a snack bar, but we avoided it, out in the heat and the Coati animals all around it.. Restaurants NOT air conditioned so you are sweating and hot while eating.. Entertainment: My only complaint is that the shows begin at 8:30pm, which was too late for my kids who were fast asleep by 7:45pm! (one hour behind and humidity all day), they never saw a show. Kids club is a big indoor playground and they let the kids run wild, not as much planned activities there as I would have liked. I generally stayed there with my kids to cool off as it's air conditioned and they have a movie theatre there too (not always in English though). Sign up for activities the day before though. Pools: Great AQUA KIDS POOL, pretty amazing, tons of slides, shallow waters, and water is warm. Always ice cream and hot dogs here and chips as a snack. My 3 year old went up and down the slides by himself and was easy to supervise them here. Overall great family trip, just VERY hot and humid (bring shorts or very light long pants.. not jeans). Bring a lot of mosquito repelleant and after bite and aloe cream for the bites.. luckily my kids weren't eaten alive as bad as I could imagine, but my husband was! Must go swim in the Cenote, it's open daily from 9-5 , the water is cold but you see lovely fish and turtles. Also lots of animals to see, that the kids loved.. petting zoo with donkeys, sheep, bunnies, pig and ducks. Along with another area where the deer are and lizards and monkeys out every morning too waiting for a banana.. ( I wouldn't feed them directly as the monkeys have gotten mad or grabbed the banana out of our stroller), we just tossed it at the bottom of the tree and saw them run down to get it.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Excellent family resort

PROS - beach was beautiful - food at buffet was fantastic - staff and service phenomenal - very attentive to detail (especially for wedding couple) - entertainment was different every night and very well orchestrated CONS - rooms are dated, had to be moved 2x (air condition was low, and huge tree obstruction on balcony) - resort was huge, front lobby to beach/pool was too far, very inconvienent - music at pool was poorly set up, and entertainment at beach was mediocore Overall, a v [... read more]ery good experience for friends and families, and especially for Wedding, the wedding coordinator did an amazing job and the actual wedding day went as perfect can be and was beautifully set up (very impressed with wedding day) Manny.