The Mantaraya Lodge is located just outside of Puerto Lopez, a 1 ½ to 2 hour drive from Manta. I spent from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27 at the Mantaraya Lodge as part of my travels with Adventure Life. When I first arrived I felt the Lodge presented better on the Internet then it did in person. In the time... More

Do not be fooled , Mantaraya Lodge bears absolutely no resemblance to the beautiful shiny pictures posted on its website . The Lodge is falling down and needs major maintenance works and a thorough clean. There are deep cracks on exterior and interior walls to the extent that we considered it hazardous. The rooms smell of damp , furnishings of... More

We stayed at the Mantaraya Lodge in May, off-season for the area. The hotel manager allowed us to pick our own rooms (we were 7 in total). Dinner was great. They catered to those who didn't eat fish/squid and instead brought out chicken. You could buy a huge bottle of beer for $2. At night we would drink beer and... More

My family and I stayed at the Manataray Lodge for 3 days in May of 2012, a month before whale-watching season began. We arrived at Manta from Quito early in the morning and our guide, Limberg, and driver were outside waiting for us with signs in hand. Although it was almost a three hour drive from the airport, when we... More

The hotel is great, but it is the moment for maintance and upgrade all rooms, some of the rooms are not in the best shape.

The place is beautiful, the staff very helpful, but the place could be cleaner, they did not have extra pillows, our room had a balcony with an outstanding view, but no place to sit down or sunbath except for two cheap plastic chairs! The food was terrible, with just one selection, the dessert made us laugh, one night it was... More

The hospitality, the outside jacuzzi and location were great. Always helpful, they organised a our fabntastic whale watching trip and a great tour to the dry forest. No TV in the rooms and not enough space to hang up our clothes were down points. Nevertheless I would recommend this hotel if you stay in Puorto Lopez and have a car.

Nice Mediterranean style hotel with nice view from the hills upon the Pacific Ocean and Isla de la Plata. Unfortunately, we didn't have a warm welcome when we arrived. The rooms are clean, but we didn't have a lot of warm water for a shower, and upon arrival, there were no towels in the bathroom. There is no internet access.... More

I just spent my holidays at Mantaraya Lodge with my daughter and we had a GREAT experience. The location is awesome, the whale watching tour incredible and we learned a lot about whales, Puerto Lopez and Isla de la Plata in Machalilla National Park. Food and rooms are excellent too and local people are extremely kind. This is a great... More