Active Advisories
The hotel will be undergoing renovation and refurbishment work starting in June 2024. This work will be done in stages with the first stage expected to be completed in October 2024.
This stage will include a full remodeling of two hotel room blocks, including block five (ocean front) that will be upgraded to create a VIP section in the hotel with its own separate swimming pool. The plans for the remaining 3 blocks will be to refurbish them in summer 2025.
The reception area and adjacent common areas will be fully refurbished this summer.
With respect to the food & beverage areas, the lobby project includes a full new bar and in this phase the specialty restaurant (Estrella del Mar) will be refurbished. The other restaurant will be refurbished at later stages in 2025.
Although some noise may be heard, all efforts will be made to minimize impact to guests during this time.
Overview
VIK hotel Arena Blanca and VIK hotel Cayena Beach are two distinctive resorts in one, perfectly situated on white-sand Bavaro Beach. Stroll in the tropical gardens, head to the beach, relax by the pool or join in one of the daily activity programs.
Check in
3 p.m.
Check out
12 p.m.
Rooms
447
Inclusions
- Daily activities
- Round-trip airport transfers
- Non-motorized water sports
- All gratuities
- Nightly entertainment
- All taxes
Rooms
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Garden view
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Garden view
- Minimum 1 adult, maximum 3 adults
- Maximum 2 children
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- Balcony
- Ceiling fan
- Mini fridge
- A/C
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping
- Phone
- Safe ($)
- TV
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Ocean view
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Ocean view
- Minimum 1 adult, maximum 3 adults
- Maximum 2 children
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- Ceiling fan
- Mini fridge
- A/C
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping
- Phone
- Safe ($)
- TV
- 1 king bed, and 1 sofa bed, or 2 double beds, and 1 sofa bed
- Oceanfront
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, and 1 sofa bed, or 2 double beds, and 1 sofa bed
- Oceanfront
- Minimum 2 adults, maximum 2 adults
- Maximum 2 children
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- Ceiling fan
- Mini fridge
- Smoke-free
- Balcony or terrace
- A/C
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping
- Phone
- Safe ($)
- TV
- 2 double beds, and 1 sofa bed, or 2 single beds, and 1 sofa bed
- No more than 5 guests in the room
- Minimum 2 adults, maximum 3 adults
- 2 double beds, and 1 sofa bed, or 2 single beds, and 1 sofa bed
- Minimum 2 adults, maximum 3 adults
- Minimum 2 children, maximum 3 children
- No more than 5 guests in the room
- Balcony
- Mini fridge
- A/C
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping
- Phone
- Safe ($)
- TV
Amenities
Pool area
Pool
Pool and Cayena pool terrace
Pool views
Beach
Pool aerial view
Resort aerial view
Beach lounge
Aerial View
Beach
El Bucanero
Estrella del Mar
Gardens
Gardens
La Trattoria
Lobby Bar
Pool
Spa
Sunrise
Location
Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Always the same, always different and always a great stay
Dave G (Charlottetown, Canada) on May 01, 2025
We return to the Vik each year because the previous visit was enjoyable. The Vik is renovating building 5 and that will be good for those who need more upscale accommodations and don't want to pay for the ...Cayenne Club. We have always been lucky in both the rooms we got and that with a few exceptions everything worked. We have stayed and payed at more upscale locations up the beach and never felt the cost was worth it. The food id good and a variety available. The beach has suffered from storms and rising tide levels but is still not as crowded as many of the larger resorts up the beach. Losing about 15 palapas near the dive shop certainly has caused some problems but many people simply move to the grassy area in front of building five. The large pool is definitely in need of updates but I don't travel to the tropics to sit by a pool. Miles of beautiful beach stretch off in both directions from the Vik. Never attend the evening shows so can't comment there.. we head tot he beach after supper to watch the stars and occasional thunder storms off shore. Our trip was flawless and enjoyable, again, so you will likely find us drinking our coffees and meeting new friends down near the Pelicano Dive Shop next April.
Please put ALOT of consideration into your decision to come here and pay your hard earned money!!!!!
Curiosity22176580935 on Apr 18, 2025
I'm here right now and had to take this time to write something. This is not a 4 star hotel, the pics of the hotel and amenities are a lie. It's old and decrepit. We've had to be moved, when we arrived we ...were given a room on the first floor without a locking balcony and they said "that's fine". Absolutely not, me and my children are in the room with no security in a foreign country. We were moved to the second floor, but there's no elevator, so had to carry up all luggage. Beautiful beach, though there are people CONSTANTLY harassing trying to sell stuff, like excursions, hair braids, jewelry, pictures with parrots (beware the holders are violent), Marijuana and alot of drugs! When you fan one off there's another behind. And if you don't oblige, they dirty talk you in Spanish! The good is low grade and there are CATS all over (some look sick), plus there are only 3 restaurants and 1 snack bar and 3 bars. The beach is absolutely beautiful, but get there early the loungers get reserved by 8 am! Also there are not alot of towels, they open at 8, so we line up for 8 and they don't get there until 8:30 or 9 and have an attitudewhen they do! Lots of crabs walking all over in the crevasse. I've tried to be nice to staff, though everyone here looks like there just here to work, no extras (including being friendly, especially the people that get you to play games, very mean snd seemingly annoyed). We played a game this morning reluctantly, based on how well we're asked and as we were playing, they started trying to embrace my 10 year old son on the mic, it was suppose to be a game. Just not friendly and we paid to be here. Honestly make sure you get a great deal ($$$ wise) to actually come to this resort, cause I feel ripped off BIG time!
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