La Ponderosa Reserve

This place is just magical! I instantly fell in love with the beautiful river, the amazing vegetarian food, the playful animals and the super nice people. This hostel is the perfect mix of social and private.

Leave your big bags and suitcases at home! The 40 minutes motor taxi ride and the river crossing on a floating raft is doable, but definitely not easy with a 60l bag pack. I like that there is a challenge to get to this place. For me it definitely adds up to the amazing adventure there.

The food was to die for, amazing location, and zero waste

rooms were very hot, fans weren't on very often, charging sockets also didn't work even outside of the 'off' time

The location is in the middle of nature. The restaurant does a great job in serving a great variety of vegetarian dishes

The vibe was somehow strange. I didn't feel I was welcome from the moment I arrived. The reception personal made you feel they are annoyed with any questions you had, not customer oriented at all. Also I was hoping to do some hikes, but was done with all trails in half a day. Even though I was in the middle of nature I felt I was hardly able to discover it. The hostel usually offers one activity a day. The first day it was skipped because I was the only guest to sign up for. The second day the river level was too high to cross it. So in the end it felt more like prison than paradise. Also it was hard to enjoy nature because 99%of their guests are British teens, half of whom are volunteers. They were more into partying and listening to Brit pop music than nature. I haven't seen a manager being around during my whole stay, the place seemed to be operated by volunteers only.

Property location is beautiful. The meals are amazing and I am not vegeterian. Great staff and private beach is something you'd expect to pay so much for.

Very minor but AC would be good in the rooms, however they are going for a sustainable model so it is to be expected. Maybe some more food options throughout the day would be great. The food quality is 10/10 but maybe some Empanadas or small bits you can order at the bar would be great for fat fu*ks like me :) Still 10/10 experience and 100% reccomendation anyone and everyone to go

Everything, amazing experience.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND, must stay. From start to finish the stay was faultless. If you want to disconnect from the the world and step inside a paradise off the usual backpacker route in Colombia this is the place to do it. The owners Stefan, Collette & Sam have created a little slice of paradise, with an off grid eco hostel in the Sierra Nevada mountains, family style delicious veg meals, cute animals and amazing people. 10/10 hospitality

Very special and loving place! it's all very eco and out in the middle of nowhere so be ready for using compost toilets and encountering a lot of different insects and some spiders

Absolutely magnificent place! This is a special one. Very remotely, but this is exactly what makes the charme of it. Such a perfect place for a few relaxed days, also integrated to indigeneous communities, very aware and trying to avoid garbage, they use solar energy, serve amazing veggie food and and and. Loved it 100%!