I came to San Gil specifically to go rafting and the team at Macondo were fantastic. They helped organise everything, with regular updates, they even lent me a pair of old shoes to use in the river. In between rafting and sightseeing trips, the hostel was a fabulous base in San Gil. I met some great people, the garden is beautiful, and the hammocks are perfect for a lazy afternoon.

“Great Hostel”

Really friendly hostel vibe which encourages socialising whilst providing information on what activities to do in San Gil. Staff are great, everything was clean, Tejo Tuesday's shouldn't be missed. Good stuff all round

“Great hostel, super kind and Accomodating!”

The staff here is incredible! They are so lovely and helped us organize everything!!!

Great hostel. Staff are incredibly nice - have information on everything San Gil, whether its cafe recommendations, activities or hiking information and they go out of their way to help with whatever you need. Good location, a short walk to shops, restaurants, the main square and the local bus terminal (for trips to Barrichara etc). Actually hot showers and free luggage storage if you go hiking. Would definitely return.

“Lovely stay at Macondo hostel”

Shaun and his team were very welcoming and always willing to help to organize activities or events. The hostel is a little oasis and the chilling in the garden or the pool is lovely. Many thanks and until the next time! :)

“A very happy week spent here with the hopes of returning”

The people, help, activities, location

Fantastic and incredibly helpful staff ! So kind and helped with organising activities and more 😊

“Good base to get info and meet people for activities in San Gil”

Great staff who explain local activities. Close to shops banks markets and short walk to location. Appreciated being able to hangout before night bus.

“Excellent hostel and super friendly”

Brilliantly run hostel. Excellent at arranging many different activities and events. Very social and friendly. Highly recommended.

“A superb and well run 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 social hostel in the heart of San Gil”

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 place to be!!”

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 :)

“Perfecto!”

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

One of my favourite ever hostels - the staff, especially the reception and the owner Shaun, go above and beyond. The social vibe is great, the activities they help organise and evening events can't be beaten. This hostel really became like a home away from home in the week we stayed.

Beautiful space, great vibe and amazing people working there

“Fabulous”

Fabulous friendly and helpful staff. They organise activities (eg tejo) and make great recommendations (activity tours, spas). One of nicest hostels I’ve ever stayed in

“Great place”

Friendly, social, clean and comfortable hostel. The staff and owner were so informative and helpful. I really enjoyed everything about my stay here.

“Great place to stay in San Gil”

Great hostel near the centre of San Gil. Our double room was comfortable and a decent size for two people and we really liked that it had a safe for valuables.The staff are excellent and help you organise lots of activities, such as caving, rafting, horse riding, etc. We also got to try the Colombian game of tejo, which was super fun! There's a good sized kitchen for if you're self catering.

“Great stay!”

Cool place, the owner and the staff was very helpful. They gave us a lot of good tips about the area. Would recommend!

“Unsafe bunk beds”

The staff was friendly.