Hotel Cumbres San Pedro De Atacama

“Hotel Cumbres Exceed Expectations”

Hotel Cumbres is one of those rare gems you'll be delighted to discover. It’s a 4-star hotel that feels like a 5-star experience. The rooms are comfortable and beautifully decorated, and the hotel offers excellent common areas. They also maintain and respect the local fauna. Additionally, the hot... more

Hotel Cumbres is one of those rare gems you'll be delighted to discover. It’s a 4-star hotel that feels like a 5-star experience. The rooms are comfortable and beautifully decorated, and the hotel offers excellent common areas. They also maintain and respect the local fauna. Additionally, the hotel is self-sustaining and has its own water treatment plant. It’s perfect for families and solo travelers alike

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“Very nice hotel, minor issues to solve”

Cumbres is a very nice hotel, well-located, with cosy facilities, excellent food, and friendly personnel. Probably one of the best if you do not want the tours included in your stay. Only two thing bothered me: 1. Costumer service through e-mail does not work during weekends; 2. If you hire tours... more

Cumbres is a very nice hotel, well-located, with cosy facilities, excellent food, and friendly personnel. Probably one of the best if you do not want the tours included in your stay. Only two thing bothered me: 1. Costumer service through e-mail does not work during weekends; 2. If you hire tours other than the hotel's, they have the unpleasant routine of asking the tour guide where we were without consulting us. First I felt this was for safety reasons, but as they started asking this after we had arrived from a tour, I began to think this might have to do with others things.

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“Solid place to stay, some downsides”

We stayed for a weekend and generally enjoyed our time. Pros: the staff are amazing and friendly, the food was really good (especially bbq night), the outdoor showers, sizeable bathrooms, the shaded back "deck" with views out to nature, sunscreen in the common areas, and the aesthetic of the room... more

We stayed for a weekend and generally enjoyed our time. Pros: the staff are amazing and friendly, the food was really good (especially bbq night), the outdoor showers, sizeable bathrooms, the shaded back "deck" with views out to nature, sunscreen in the common areas, and the aesthetic of the rooms were all top notch. Cons: when they water the plants (especially at night) there is definitely an unpleasant smell from the water they use (ie it smells like sewage) so if you're sitting outside in the evenings or early mornings watch out for this, and the pool surfaces need refinishing (they are peeling). Neutral: it's a little bit away from the main historic town, but in our case that was fine, and in general made it easier to skip the narrow town streets when heading out to see the sights.

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“Four-Star Hotel? Yes. But Too Many Tour Groups!”

The Cumbres San Pedro has been awarded 4 stars and quite rightly so! It offers nicely fitted and spacious rooms with a large bathroom and even an outdoor shower plus a private patio. It has a number of pools, a huge lounge with a bar, a restaurant and a downtown shuttle service. And they can arra... more

The Cumbres San Pedro has been awarded 4 stars and quite rightly so! It offers nicely fitted and spacious rooms with a large bathroom and even an outdoor shower plus a private patio. It has a number of pools, a huge lounge with a bar, a restaurant and a downtown shuttle service. And they can arrange for excursions to the desert and the salt lagunas. Nevertheless I did not like it that much... We had a friendly welcome but the promised "particularly nice room" no. 1001 turned out to be at the very end of a long-stretched building complex. And this meant not just an easy stroll from the bungalow to the restaurant and parking (or double the distance to the pool at the other far end) but rather a long walk along an uneven dusty path. The staff was friendly but most of them did not or preferred not to speak English - even at the tour desk. We liked the lounge with the tricolor cat and we liked the pisco sours and empanadas from the bar but we did not like the way tables were arranged in the restaurant. The hotel is quite obviously popular with groups and seemingly less interested in individual travelers. So as a couple you may have to speak out clearly if you don't want to end up at an inconveniently positioned table squeezed in between noisy tour groups - whether for breakfast or for dinner... The food quality is average and - again - reflects the fact that most of the guests come as part of a group and do not stay longer than two nights. While I rate this Cumbres higher than the sister hotel in Lastarria Santiago we had a déjà vu experience: Again we found a platter with charcuterie and a bottle of wine in the room when returning from a 3-course dinner at the hotel restaurant. Thanks for this nice gesture (and the good intentions) but please inform your guests in advance to avoid a waste of food! On our last day we got to know our neighbours from 1002 and 1003 - individual travelers like us - and we had a good laugh wondering whether Germans are put in the "faraway" rooms because of their reputation as tough hikers... Hello to Steven Mark and Silvia Gerda, Florian Bernd and Susanne Marianne from Anita Juliane and Hermann Eugen!

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