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Decameron Baru - All inclusive

3.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Front of property
Terrace/patio
Aerial view
Kayaking
On the beach, sun-loungers, beach umbrellas, beach towels

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • All-inclusive
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Pool
  • Gym
  • Spa

Explore the area

Map
Baru Kilometro 7 sector Portonaito, Pasacaballos Portonao, Cartagena, Bolivar, 130009
  • Blanca Beach
    2 min drive
  • Brasa roja
    1 min walk
  • Marsol Bus Station
    66 min drive
  • Cartagena (CTG-Rafael Núñez Intl.)
    88 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Room

Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Room (Ocean Front Plus Room)

Deluxe Room (Ocean Front Plus Room) | Living area

Deluxe Room (Ocean Front Plus Room)

  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

View all photos for Room (Standard Plus Room)

Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Room (Standard Plus Room)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

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Front of property

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Pool
Spa
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4.7 out of 5, Exceptional, (417)
The price is NZ$1,201
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
5 Jan - 6 Jan
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About the area

Cartagena

When you stay at Decameron Baru - All inclusive in Cartagena, you'll be on the beach and within a 5-minute drive of Blanca Beach. .This all-inclusive property is 15.8 mi (25.4 km) from Isla Grande Beach and 25.3 mi (40.7 km) from Bocagrande Beach.

What's nearby

  • Blanca Beach - 2 min drive
  • National Aviary of Colombia - 25 min drive
  • Blanca Beach - 30 min drive
  • Bocagrande Beach - 98 min drive
  • Isla Grande Beach - 115 min drive

Getting around

  • Rafael Nunez Intl. Airport (CTG) - 88 min drive

Restaurants

  • Blue Apple Beach House
  • ‪Humo - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Bahía - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante Pesca Del Dia Decameron Baru - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Restaurante Euroasia - ‬5 min walk

About this property

Decameron Baru - All inclusive

Family-friendly fun on the beach, with 4 outdoor pools
Decameron Baru - All inclusive offers 366 accommodations with safes and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers. Hypo-allergenic bedding and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
A health club and complimentary bicycles are featured at the property. 4 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the property's full-service spa. Services include massages. The spa is open daily.
Stay in one of 366 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and ceiling fans.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 4 outdoor swimming pools and a health club. Additional amenities at this property include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room.
This property is all inclusive. Rates include meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.

Satisfy your appetite at Buffet Portonao, one of the property's 4 restaurants. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.

Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet Portonao - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Pesca del día - This seafood restaurant serves dinner only. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Il Forno - This restaurant serves dinner only. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Asia Asia - This theme restaurant serves dinner only. Reservations are required. Open daily.

All-inclusive details

This property is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).

Gratuities and taxes

Gratuities are included.

Food and beverages

All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included

Activities and facilities/equipment

All non-motorized water sports are included.

Water activities

Kayaking

Land activities

Tennis

Lessons/classes/games

Dancing

Entertainment

Onsite entertainment and activities
Access to onsite nightclubs

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Electric car charging station on site

Food and drink

  • 4 restaurants
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Buffet Portonao
  • Pesca del día
  • Il Forno
  • Asia Asia

Things to do

  • 4 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/games room
  • Bike parking
  • Canoeing
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Free bike hire
  • Full-service spa
  • Kayaking
  • Playground
  • Surfing/body boarding
  • Tennis
  • Windsurfing

Family friendly

  • 4 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/games room
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Computer station
  • Conference centre

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace
  • Vegetable garden

Spa

  • Massage - on the beach
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • 100% renewable energy
  • At least 80% of lighting from LEDs
  • Beach towels
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Local artist showcase
  • Local culture and ecosystem education
  • Locally owned and organised tours and activities
  • Smoke-free property
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea filters (reusable)

More

  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • LED light bulbs
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient toilets only

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Guests must transfer via boat to the property; guests must contact the property at least 48 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 2 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • You may be required to pay VAT (19%) at the property. Nonresident travelers who pay using a foreign card or bank transfer and present a valid passport and tourist visa may be exempt from value-added tax (19%) on tourist package bookings (accommodation plus other travel service).

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
This property uses a grey water recycling system

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
If you are traveling with a child your property may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for non-Columbian citizens) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance.
Some facilities may have restricted access; guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation

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Decameron Baru - All inclusive Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 138 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 120 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 61 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 28 out of 369 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Wilson, Jackson Heights

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The property is a maravilla but they have to improves a.lot is my first time in my own Country but in tourism they are so far ... Chek in too much time compare with others resorts people recommend Decameron resorts the property is wonderfull the rooms excellent the food very good no complain about it but the procedure with the staff has to change is not the workers cause they always try to help we think is the administration. Any way we pass and excellent time cause the place is beatifull nothing is perfect over all when you compare Colombia with resorts in Mexico Aruba even Dominic Republic those places you get there chek in take a least 15 to 30 min maximum Decameron 1 hour that means something is wrong.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Mariemi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful resort. The road to get to it is a long dirt road and uncomfortable to navigate. Food options could be better. Resort itself is beautiful.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wilson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The road should be fixed, they are and reallly bad conditions but biside that, the resort is pretty good, nice service, excellent food, many entertainment
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

María del Carmen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Na
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Lauren

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Our main issue was that our room had bedbugs. They moved us after some insistence, but that was it. No apologies or follow up. The front desk staff doesn't seem to care ar all. We even had the "plus" upgrade which made no difference. The pools and beach are lovely. Restaurant staff so friendly and great. Food is very average. Lifeguards are on a massive power trip and make things pretty unpleasant as they are constantly blowing the whistle for one reason or another. They will not let you even put your feet in the ocean after 6 pm, which seems completely crazy. Lots of iguanas and racoons, racoons come into the restaurant which seems really gross and dirty.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Jesus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No hot water. Access road was almost impassable
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Elida, Smithtown

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is 90’s timeshare! I wasn’t thrilled with the food, drinks, and overall the entire hotel. Food is horrible, the two “special places” the Asian and Italian you need to be up by 7am to make a reservation. We opted for the Asian. Sushi horrible, pre wrapped, the fish ok and the rice too. This is not a 3 star hotel. I will never book another vacation there. Check in a nightmare, transportation to airport was another nightmare. This is only for nationals that are used to crowded places and it wasn’t cheap! It was truly a huge disappointment.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Pamela

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
El check in es terriblemente largo (2 horas esperando) solo tienen 2 personas en eso y muchos viajeros. Querían cobrarme a mí nena de dos años, cuando la política en expedía dice que se cobran a partir de 3 años, sin embargo la persona de check in no lo sabía y tardo mucho averiguando. El lugar es un paraíso, lástima que el servicio al cliente no es el mejor, desde meseros, recepción, hasta el mismo doctor que no apoya en emergencias. Sin embargo la belleza del lugar estando ya dentro puede llegar a cubrir estos temas, porque la playa es hermosa, las instalaciones, la fauna y estar ahí es bello.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Sha

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Esta muy lejos de la ciudad, algun personal es muy bieno pero otro es muy malo super malo con ina cara de no querer trabajar los meseros algunos pero no me gustaron. El manager del restautant 6/20/2024 fue muy corriente y tuve muy corriente y tuve un problema que no me pudo resolver y muy mal trato. Muy mal de verfad
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelvis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
El personal muy amable el lugar muy tranquilo es muy bueno para relajarse y descansar
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Steven

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is not worth the money! Plenty of Better places
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Sean

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It was good but starting to get a bit run down. Everything isn't on perfect working order and is starting to show its age. Lots of little things, very hard to say exactly what. Staff were friendly, food was good (very Colombian) and services were great.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Mitchell

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

JORGE ALBERTO PEREZ

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service. Staff very helpful, friendly and professional. Food is awesome, delicious. Entertainment options are great. Beaches are fantastic. Only issues is the humidity in some areas of the building, access to apartments have no ramps for people with walking problems, and staff should stop people in the restaurant to feed the native mapaches. Overall, we enjoyed the stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

fernando

Liked: Amenities
Very long ways to go anywhere you want
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Juan, Glendale

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice beach hotel. Food in restaurants is not the best
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

OMAR

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
the food it is no really good,salty no variety, no to much fruits, no too much meats,
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

marcelo

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
We liked it very much. For those who don’t speak Spanish May be challenging. Staff was cordial and friendly. Chairs was a little bit of an issue in the beach. Food was good.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Lucia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Angela, Jamaica Plain

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The entrance to this property is unsafe. Its a 30 minute drive in an unpaved road. The hotel doesn't inform you about this and it's a scary experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an excellent peninsula/island resort that is extremely beautiful. The people are outstandingly cordial and go the extra mile. If you want a nice beautiful vacation in Colombia, i highly recommend. The trip from Cartegena to Baru is a little rough once you croos the bridge to Baru, and the internet can be spotty at times. But that is expected of a remote resort as such. But once you are there, i promise you will love it.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bernard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
EVERITHING WAS SO PLEASNT
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Martha Bravo

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
I think they need to be more improved with the services tourism. Dislike the customer services
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Luis G, North Las Vegas

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The place is beautiful, nice private beach area, calm water. Lots of wild life, staff is great and willing to help. It was mostly local tourism the days we were there. The place is very expansive, lots of walking and no elevators, wouldn't work for older people or parents with small children on strollers. Cartagena traffic is crazy, don't even think about renting a car. The last 6 km are on a dirt road which turns really bad when it rains. The entertainment team is very busy, lots of activities.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Lourdes, Ft. Lauderdale

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
My travel to this hotel was in April 2023. Standard room was ok until raccoon’s got into the air duct above our room and started to mate at 5am. The reception area was nice enough to switch our room but given that we were only there for 2 nights, one night was very uncomfortable. The food is below poor average. The reviews I read prior to booking are exactly correct. But I decided to give them a chance. I have stayed in all inclusive resorts before but this does not stand a chance. Also note, The beach area is rocky and small. Wouldn’t recommend. Pay extra and stay at Sofitel on the opposite side which I also stayed in March 2023. You will love it. Now, they really know cuisine and impeccable service!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023