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Take time to pamper yourself with a visit to the full-service spa. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool and bicycles to rent. This lodge also features complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.. Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite..
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Reviews
The rooms are quiet, clean and tucked into the forest. The primary reason for 3 stars is THE BALCONY DOOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS WHEN YOU SHUT IT, and this is by design and can’t be changed. My wife and I stepped out on the balcony to check it out. We shut the balcony door to keep bugs out of the room, and found ourselves stuck. The only way off would have been to jump down to the sidewalk below, and probably break a leg. We could have been out all night in the bugs and the rain. Luckily another guest came out on their balcony to read, and we were able to climb over the dividers and go through their room to get out. The staff didn’t even apologize, and told us this was the design, and you couldn’t change it.
My stay was ok, but i was definitely expecting more. Rooms are clean, staff very friendly. What i didnt like: the food was not so good. I also got a slight food poisoning the second day after just eating at the hotel restaurant. Breakfast was also just ok. Another downside: i liked being a little outside in the jungle. Being reliant on quite pricy taxis to get anywhere was not so cool. I didnt feel 100% comfortable with the prices - paying 65 000 ARS in the end to get to the Brasilian side felt like a tourist scam. Same thing with water in the mini bar. First time i had to pay for water bottles in the mini bar in South America...
We went to the hotel to eat at the restaurant, hoping for a nice lunch. The food was terrible. On top of that, we were forced to pay 50,000 pesos each (100,000 pesos total) to use the pool on a very hot day.
We got to swim for literally two minutes before it started raining. When we asked for a refund, a commercial gesture, or even a restaurant voucher, the staff refused outright. We even asked to speak to a manager or someone in charge who could help, and they refused again.
The two receptionists we dealt with were rude, dismissive, and completely unprofessional.
In the end, we paid 100,000 pesos to swim for two minutes. Absolutely outrageous. Save yourself the trouble and stay away from this place.
Our stay was perfect here. Our flight had been delayed several hours causing us to miss check in hours. The hotel and expedia worked together to check us in and have night security let us in. Our stay was also peaceful as it was an adults only. The restaurant, Green Mandioca, was so good and food was better than any of the outside restaurants. Rooms were clean and AC and dehumidifier allowed us to sleep well in comfort.
A cautionary tale for travellers, particularly those aged 60 and over, who are intending to travel to the Iguazu region in general, and the Sevaje Lodge Hotel in particular.
As part of our trip to Argentina in the autumn of 2025, my wife and I booked 5 nights at the Selvaje Lodge Hotel. Ahead of our trip, we visited a Travel Vaccination Clinic to ensure we received all relevant inoculations before we left home.
The Clinic assisted us by formulating very thorough risk assessments, and advised us that this region of Argentina was classified as a Yellow Fever risk area. WHO and CDC both indicate that travellers to the region should get vaccinated against Yellow Fever, which can cause very serious illness and death if contracted from infected mosquitoes.
The Travel Clinic, however, also advised us that it was strongly recommended that people over 60 should not receive the Yellow Fever vaccine, as the potentially serious health risks from side effects of the vaccine itself ramp up considerably if you are over 60, and even more for people (like me) who are 70 or over.
We felt therefore that we had no choice but to alter our travel plans and instead go to an area of Argentina that does not present a Yellow Fever risk. We contacted the Reservations Team at the Selvaje Lodge to ask if they would cancel our booking and refund our payment.
We were aware that our booking was classed as non-refundable, but asked whether, under the circumstances, the hotel would make an exception. We made contact in plenty of time for the hotel to have the opportunity to re-sell the room. We started this process, and have been exchanging emails, with the hotel and Booking.com since 10th September 2025.
After an exchange of messages, the hotel’s Reservations Department said that, had we booked directly with them, they would have had no problem refunding our payment. However, the fact that we had booked through Booking.com complicated matters, as the latter charged a booking fee. However, Reservations said not to worry - they would fix it.
Booking.com was entirely helpful and supportive to us. They indicated that they would waive their fee, and contacted the hotel to inform them of that, so that the cancellation and refund could go ahead. The hotel claimed on a number of occasions that no communication was sent to them by Booking.com, despite the fact that we know that Booking.com sent a formal refund request through their normal channels.
Our last three messages to the Selvaje Lodge General Manager and to the Reservations Team have not been favoured with a response.
We are obviously unhappy with the hotel’s disingenuous approach to us as clients, who are in a difficult and unforeseen situation. To string us along with promises then switch to complete silence seems to us to be disrespectful and a shoddy way to treat us in the circumstances.
We sent the Selvaje Lodge management a draft copy of this review so that they had the opportunity to respond regarding its fairness and accuracy. No response has been received.
I’ve written this review in the hope that other travellers to this region, particularly older travellers like us, are aware of these potential difficulties with travelling to this region of Argentina, and booking a stay with the Sevaje Lodge Hotel in particular.
