El Güis hostel

Peaceful and comfortable place with a nice Nicaraguan family.

The lady was very attentive, welcoming and kind. You have electricity and good wifi because of the solar system.

Quite basic accommodation and facilities.

Really lovely local staff (not volunteer-rude) Situated right on the water Nice hammocks provided Basic cooking facilities but hostel wasn’t crowded.

A little hard to locate from the path. (Next door to jaguar hostel) Ask ferry to drop you straight to the hostel. Our room (4) the door would only open 1/2 way. Apparently a guest broke it & it was getting fixed. I’m not overly tall but when I sat on the toilet my knees were pressed hard against the bathroom wall (not sure if this is the same for all of the rooms)

The BEST host family. I cannot begin to explain how amazing our stay was. The whole family was so kind and helped us book anything we needed. Every day our room is clean and the kitchen was wonderful. I cannot believe that we paid such affordable price for such a great room. This is the best place to stay in Ometepe

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The hosts were very friendly and the location was safe. Great place to stay in Balgue.

The host was very sweet and the property is kept extremely clean!

Odelba was so welcoming - “my casa is your casa” she said as she gave us a cool welcome drink. Beautiful setting, chill out on the hammocks, rooms are basic but good for the $$, a lovely natural spring 10 mins walk from the house. Odelba happily organised transport etc for us. We loved our time here!

Great to be able to use it for our own cooking, but the Kitchen needed a good clean.

Super friendly and helpful hosts, helped us organise a taxi to pick us up, cleaned our room everyday and gave advice about things to see and do around the island. Incredibly cheap - but it is basic! It's rural, and there are chickens that love to call from about 3am, so if that wakes you up - bring earplugs. Cold shower only (but in the heat that's generally fine). The location is excellent for Balgue, and you're near scooter/ATV hire and a few restaurants (recommend la Isla Bonita and Cafe Campestre). The outdoor area is comfortable with hammocks and rocking chairs and very peaceful. The mosquito nets are all intact/no holes beyond the netting. Spacious room. The kitchen looked clean but we didn't use it. We unfortunately didn't get a chance to try the breakfast either as the host had slipped and hurt herself - she was very apologetic! They do clean everyday but it is on the edge of the jungle and there are lots of bugs. There was a tarantula in the foyer space and the host's husband quickly removed it with no drama (with his spider glove on!!). A great place to stay very cheaply, as long as you're aware that it is basic, and that Ometepe in general is very buggy!