Chogogo Resort

Curaçao , Curacao
WILLEMSTAD , Jan Thiel Bay
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49 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2026

Jim

The ocean was visible from our room. Very nice room and complex. Lots of amenities and restaurants in walking distance.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Feb 2026

Kim

The entire place was wonderful. The room, the amenities, the pool, the staff, the view. Such a great time. The gardens are also extremely beautiful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2026

Jeffrey

Sometimes things go wrong, that can't be avoided... but it's how a place responds that sets it apart. Our fridge died and all our food went bad, plus we had hot water issues. The staff and management went above and beyond to make it right. Thank you!

The restaurant and pool are amazing. We loved having a deck and a place to cook meals.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

30 Nov 2025

Enzo

Ac was good! But only in the room, which is ok for me. The ocean view was nice view with 2 confortable chairs and hamac for the late drinks and morning coffee! But the ocean is no close enough to listen to the waves.
Bed mattress are bad, way too soft, you will sink in. Also 220V electricity Europe style 2, but the reception has adapter (no converters to 110V

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2025

Rozina

Room was very clean and the front desk staff were all very friendly and helpful.

The unit was spacious with a beautiful veranda and a hammock. Resort is very quiet which is nice especially at night (after midnight). However note that a few days a week they have live music and DJs at the beach club until 12am so the noise does travel (not an issue for us but some might find it a bit loud).

The room could use a bit more light as it was very dim.

Things to note:
-They provide Shampoo/Conditioner (bring your own body wash).
-They provide hair dryer
- You can get free bus tickets from front desk to get the bus into Willemstad.
- They have free laundry facilities (3 washers and 1 dryer). I could only get 1 washer working but it did the job. Dryer wasn't working.
- You can buy dishwasher tabs and laundry soap from front desk or bring your own.
- Bring a converter if you are using North American chargers as these are different (2 prong circle)

Very close proximity to Kokos/Zanzibar beaches (5 min walk).

Grocery store is also within walking distance about 10min... it is quite pricey so if you can drive to find a local supermarket it might be cheaper.

Renting a car to see the island is a must. We rented from Ruseler (right beside the supermarket). Nice service.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

01 Oct 2025

David

The bungalow was advertised as having air conditioning. What they didn’t say was only the bedrooms had air conditioning. The living area and kitchen had no ac. With 90 deg temperatures, it was very uncomfortable.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Aug 2025

Dawn Leigh

They tout being green, but then there are wooden slats, no glass in the bathroom windows and front door allowing in the heat. The air conditioning just didn’t cool the room even when we kept the bathroom door shut. We were given two bath towels and two pool towels. When we requested additional towels for drying our hands, it was as if we were asking a lot. The restaurant and service was good but one afternoon we had to leave because there was such a bad sewer smell. I would not recommend this resort with three tv channels and two Dutch channels for early morning and bedtime viewing.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Apr 2025

MiRan

Loved having diving available on site. Staff were super accommodating.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Good family friendly hotel

Location - was pretty good, there is a restaurant inside the resort and a few restaurants and bar within five minutes walk. Supermarket 10 minute walk. Beach few minutes Walk. hiking Trail just behind the resort.
The villa - we booked had two rooms each with its own bathroom which was very convenient. Small kitchen with sufficient utensil for cooking. small living area and a resting balcony to chill.
Hotels swimming pool - There were a 1 meter deep swimming pool, a 1.5 meter deep swimming pool and a kiddy pool.
You can arrange to book cars directly at reception.
There is No Room service.
overall good hotel considering price, location, amenities, we would come here again.
Small thing - would be good if they provided coffee and tea.( only 4 coffee capsules were provided although we stayed for 8 nights, when asked at reception they said we would have to buy, which wasn’t expensive but would be nice touch to have as complimentary like other hotels)

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2025

Jennifer

The property is beautiful with nice pool and soaking pools. The air conditioning works very well in the room. (My significant other needs it colder than I like. We were able to get a blanket for me but they are in short supply. I recommend bringing your own if your travel companion likes/needs the room colder than you.) The kitchenette is very nice and comes with everything you need.

Housekeeping comes every 3 days which was great. Towels weren't a problem we traded ours in daily when we passed reception.

The pillows were old and need replacing. They were flat and hard.

The shower is an eco shower and hot water is short lived. The shower soap is a body hair all in one soap. It works good as body wash; I used my own shampoo.

The onsite restaurant is amazing.

The hotel includes beach access to Jan Thiel Beach this does not include the chairs. The chairs vary from $5 USD plus depending on location and type. Amazing snorkeling right from the beach. The reef is right there and the layout of the bay means it is usually very calm. All the restaurants at Jan Thiel Beach were very good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2025

Mihaela

Very nice property, very nice staff, close to beach and shopping, great room.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2025

Cornelis Maria van

Very nice resort with mature gardens

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2025

Jim

Excellent property.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2025

Herve

Cute Resort in Jan Thiel

Great resort with cute and comfortable bungalows. The property is beautifully landscaped, has a nice restaurant, pools and walking distance to the beach. And the staff working there is super friendly and helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2025

Jaclyn Denese

Beautiful, clean, conveniently located resort. Kitchen is small but serviceable. We had the apartment, which has a separate area to sit and watch TV.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jan 2025

Melissa

The quality of materials (furnishings, kitchen, etc), was not very nice. Very sparse rooms, air conditioning in only the bedroom. Kitchen was too basic, only 2 burner stove and small refrigerator. Bed only had a sheet, no blanket. The living room only had 2 sitting chairs, no couch. Too basic for us.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Dec 2024

samantha

Very big property and a bit hard to navigate at first but great walking and helpful staff

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

23 Nov 2024

Michael

If I could give this place half a star, I would. There’s nothing “resort” about it—it barely qualifies as a hotel. You’re essentially doing everything yourself.

The resort has one restaurant with a repetitive menu. The food is okay, but portions are small and overpriced. Better options are a 10-minute walk away, but there’s no convenience store on-site. For essentials like water or toiletries, you’ll need to trek 15 minutes to a supermarket. The resort is extremely hilly, with steep climbs back to your room—especially exhausting after a day at the beach.

Rooms lack basic amenities like shampoo and conditioner, offering only a generic “hair and body wash.” They also provide no washcloths or hand towels—just two plain towels. Coffee machines come with only two complimentary pods, and extras cost $8 each. The beach is a 10-minute walk, crowded, and restricted to a small section for guests. You also have to pay for beach chairs. The resort has three small pools and hot tubs, but the latter aren’t regularly cleaned—just refilled nightly.

There’s no room service, and food from the restaurant has to be picked up and carried back up the hill. Breakfast options are basic unless you’re willing to pay extra for toppings like onions or peppers. Rooms are only cleaned every three days, with sheets left unchanged. Towels were refreshed just once during our stay, and we had to take out our own trash because staff didn’t respond to requests.

The only positive? The staff are pleasant.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2024

Jean

The front desk was very helpful. We enjoyed the proximity to the trail to the salt flats, the beach and the supermarket.

Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Apr 2024

Lucretia

The property is clean and the staff were friendly.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2024

John Joseph

You could walk to many restaurants and shopping

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Feb 2024

Harry J

Happy about our stay at Chogogo.

We enjoyed our stay at Chogogo. The furnishings were somewhat spartan but very clean. We loved the view from our balcony - the beautiful gardens and birds. The overall atmosphere of the grounds was relaxing and inviting.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2023

Julian

Amazing place! I had a great time, I see no troubles in the hotel but the public transportation is hard to find. The rest was amazing.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2022

Paul

Definitely catered to Dutch culture, but still worth it

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2022

Lidia Rosa

I would like to have a microwave in the kitchen.

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Very frendly staff,location is verry good, with the near the beach en manny shops

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 May 2018

Aussie Couple

I would not stay here again

Disappointing for the price. Location was good and apartments look nicely painted. However the complex is much bigger than we were lead to believe and a lot of apartments on top of each other doesn’t make for a very private experience. Soundproofing is poor with a lot of noise from the regular slamming doors from other apartments around you (they need to fix these doors with some rubber door stops etc). The pool was not enjoyable as too many uncontrolled children, my wife and I were hit by flying balls and toys on a number of occasions. Poor behaviour by guests that staff need to do something about for the sake of respectful guests. Staff were very polite and friendly, but did not seem overly knowledgeable about services within the resort. The kitchenette was very limited, just a hot plate. No basics at all provided in the kitchen, no salt or pepper, cooking oil or even dishwashing liquid.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2017

Steven

It was trouble free and exactly whst I needed. Very courteous personnel

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2016

Bruce

Chogogo at Curaçao

Stayed a week and toured from on end of the island to the other.

Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Nov 2015

Jennifer

Not American friendly

The units are hot and a/c in the bedroom goes off as soon as tou go out of the bedroom. The bathroom is accros the hall from bathroom and super hot...you sweat while you shower!! TV only has 3 channels, 3 in German and 1 in Dutch. No free wifi in the bungalows.

4/10

Poor

13 Jan 2015

MichelleK

Best Seen From Afar

The gardners and waiters were really nice. The landscaping was nice. The other staff could not smile to save their lives. We arrived at night, and security could barely tell us how to get to our room, and it took several tries to find it.
Then, there was no soap in it. Not in the bathrooms, the sinks, anywhere. Every towel we got was torn or frayed. No wash cloths at all. The pillows were tiny and only one each. It took five days out of our seven day stay to get more pillows. We could not buy soap on site, or any amenities. We had to go to the store down the street. The cottages are clustered together on a hillside. Down the hill is the beach, which is closed off with a fence covered in barbed wire. The beach has chairs side by side covering all the sand. You pay for your chair. Its a whole mentality of being separated from the rest of the island and the people who live on it. I have to say that there was just nothing gracious or welcoming about the resort. The other guests were nice, that much is true. But they too had come to vacation among the very same people they live with. Also, it is a desert island. Don't expect the tropics or big beautiful beaches. But that is Curacao, and not about the resort.

4/10

Poor

04 Nov 2014

Verified traveler

basic but okay

Chogogo is the oldest resort in Jan Thiel Beach. The 2 bedroom appartments are spacious and clean. The landscaping is beautiful, very lush.
You will have a great time in Jan Thiel Beach, with shops, ocean, diving, restaurants all within walking distance. There's a busstop just infront of the resort that will take you into the city.
Just don't expect too much comfort staying at Chogogo.
Beds are terrible, waterpressure in the shower is minimal, as is the service at the frontdesk.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Feb 2026

Ronaldo

Quarto pouco confortável ! Mal distribuído em relação aos outros hotéis do mesmo nível !

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Nov 2025

Bruno

Accomodatie was iet wat verouderd en niet rechtstreeks aan het strand. Je had wel gratis toegang tot jan thiel maar daar moet je dan weer betalen voor de stoelen. Verde was de kamer basic met oncomfortabele zetels/terasstoelen.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2025

Andrea

Der Ausblick vom Zimmer 2613 war hervorragend

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

25 Aug 2025

Ella

There were some work/renovations being done early in the morning next to our bedroom. We could hear every noise outside and couldn't sleep as we wished.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

tomy-jonathan

cozy and confortable bungalow. very well designed.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2024

Elke

It is a very lovely Resort.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2024

MARCO ANTONIO

Bem no Sul

Fica um pouco afastado do centro e das melhores praias, que são as do Norte. Mas, compensa pela tranquilidade e da brisa que bate na sacada do apartamento. Também gostei da piscina.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2023

Evanir Mauricio

Tranquilidade!

Muito Legal! Quartos com cozinha e varanda em uma estrutura turistica completa bem em frente de uma das melhores praias de curaçao.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Sehr schöne Anlage, viele Blumen und Pflanzen!

Supermarkt und Beach zu Fuß erreichbar , nettes Personal

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Deilig Bungalow

Hotellets 3 roms bungalower var et fantastisk godt tilbud til en ferierende familie. En liten skuffelse var det st Hotels.com annonserte kong size beds i alle rom. Det var det ikke. Ett rom med king size, ett rom med to enkle senger og ett rom med enkeltseng.
Området hadde gode tilbud både hva gjelder aktiviteter og bespisning.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2017

Santiago

Muy agradable

Habitaciones cómodas, bien equipadas, buena atención, volveré.

8/10

Excellent

10 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Zufriedenstellender Aufenthalt

Wir hatten eine Superior Suit mit Meerblick.
Das Zimmer war von der Göße ausreichend.
Leider waren an 2-3 Tagen kleine Ameisen im Zimmer. (Wurden dann vom Personal stark reduziert.)
Ein Nachteil ist dass an den Türen und Badfenstern kein Glas ist, sondenr nur \"Holzjalousien\" --> Nicht 100% abschließbar --> Ich wurde von Mücken geplagt.
Sonst ist das Resort gut.
Lage an Jan Thiel
Es gibt kostenlose Bustikets in die Stadt.

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jul 2015

Americo

Cadeiras de praia são pagas!!!!

O hotel é bom e bem localizado, porém um pouco distante da praia.
Acho um absurdo ter que pagar para usar as cadeiras de praia !!!!!

Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2015

Verified traveler

Buen Costo Beneficio

Muy buen hotel en relación a su precio.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2015

Torsten

Tolles Resort

Wir waren im März 2015 für 12 Nächte im Chogogo. Der Aufenthalt hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Das Personal ist durchweg freundlich und hilfsbereit, das Restaurant ist spitze.Die tropischen Pflanzen der Aussenanlagen sind atemberaubend.
Das Zimmer verfügt über einen großen Kühlschrank und Kitchenette.
Der Strand Jan Thiel ist ca. 3 Gehminuten entfernt, schönere Strände können einfach mit einem Mietwagen erreicht werden. Ein Mietwagen empfehlen wir für Curacao.
Und hat der Aufenthalt gut gefallen, wir werden wieder ins Chogogo kommen!

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2015

Juan

Restor recomendado

El hotel es bastante bueno; las instalaciones muy amplias, muy bien cuidadas y el servicio de buena calidad; las habitaciones son amplias pero por el tamaño del complejo es indispensable contar con un auto de renta para poderse mover comodamente.

Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2014

marja

vlak bij het strand en restaurants.

strand en restaurants op loopafstand.Shuttlebus naar Punda voor de ingang.
Wel problemen met internet gehad ,maar gunstig verrekend.
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