Macondo Hostel

T This is a superb, clean, relaxing and very well organised hostel that we definitely recommend. Our double room was in perfect condition with shared bathroom that was equally well kept. There are some other communal areas in equally great shape and they can fix laundry and such. We stayed three nights and had a night bus the fourth day. The hostel let us keep backpacks there and use their place all day and evening for free which was really nice of them. The desk is always staffed and they are very helpful. It’s in a nice neighbourhood with lots of cafes and restaurants close to the main square. There is laundry service, and please use it, but take care. Unfortunately they messed up quite a bit. We got several clothes that didn’t belong to us, which hopefully found its way back via the reception, but unfortunately we did loose some of our own stuff. San Gil is nice, but it’s the adventure trips that make it so very well worth it! We booked everything via the hostel which was super easy. The activities are then via other companies but it didn’t seem like the hostel made it more expensive for us. We did the cave (cueva de la vaca with Gua-Iti), the white water rafting (Rio Suarez with Colombia Rafting Expediciones) and paragliding (Chicamocha with Parapente Chicamocha). Everything was superb! Note that the caves you go by yourself to the travel agent Gua-Iti by bus to Curiti. That wasn’t so well explained but very easy to do. You can make that trip after lunch and it is absolutely worth it. The other activities were full day events with pickup at the hostel and lunch included. We visited the Juan Curi waterfalls by ourself by catching a bus, which was super easy and a great place to visit. Kind of wish we had done the rappelling too, but we were short of time then.

Amazing place to stay in San Gil. Extremely friendly owner and staff. They give you all the necessary information you need about tours on arrival and all the tours are competitively priced. The hostel itself is sociable and they host events most evenings (eg Tejo, games nights, curry night) which makes it very easy to meet people. The kitchen is very well equipped and spacious.

The private room we had was very close to the entrance and the main reception so could be a little noisy, plus there was no AC so the room could get a little hot with only a fan. There is filtered water available but it works through a drip system of some kind which meant that during our stay 50% of the time there was no water available which was a little annoying particularly if it was late at night / early in the morning.

Very good experience to during my trip, +1 for the the staff, very welcoming, listening and not against giving advices Many activities available organized by the hostel and outside. Would recommand to rent a moto and ride over the mountains :)

Great location, the hostel has loads of options for activity’s and the staff is great!!

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