Double Room — Shared Bathroom
- 1 double bed
- Shared bathroom
- 2 guests
- 15 m²
Macondo's budget private — a tidy double with a shared bathroom just outside the door.
See the roomSan Gil · Santander · Colombia20+ years of adventurers
Your basecamp for the unexpected
A little garden.A lot of adventure.
A family-run backpacker hostel in the middle of San Gil, Colombia's adventure capital. Hammocks, a koi pond and a tiny plunge pool to come home to — and a crew who raft, jump, cave and fly, and will point you to guides they trust.
The Original Tejo TuesdayJust outside the garden
Chapter 1 · The garden
A garden in the middle of all the madness
Step through the door on Carrera 8 and San Gil turns into a garden. A mango tree throws shade over the hammocks, lily pads float on the koi pond, there's a small plunge pool, and a wall of painted macaws spells out the hostel's name. Read, do yoga under the mango tree, or just wait — someone always comes back from the river with a story.
- Mango tree
- Koi & lily pond
- Small plunge pool
- Hammocks
- The mural
Illustration — the real koi are in the photos.
Chapter 2 · Out there
The adventure begins here
San Gil is Colombia's adventure capital, and the people at Macondo actually do this stuff — they're rafters, hikers, bungee jumpers, cavers, cyclists and paragliders. Nobody sells you a package: they tell you what's good this week and connect you with guides they trust.
Chapter 3 · Tuesday night
The Tuesday you won't forget
Tejo is Colombia's national sport: you lob a heavy metal disc at a clay board and try to hit little paper packets of gunpowder that go off with a bang. Macondo says it started the first backpacker tejo night in the country — a mini tournament, new friends, and some weeks a trophy.
Typically Tuesday evenings, around 8 pmConfirm this week's plan with the team
Chapter 4 · Your people
Come alone. Leave with stories.
Macondo is social without being a party hostel. There are group dinners in the big kitchen, Catan rivalries, someone rounding up tomorrow's rafting crew — and quiet corners of the garden when you want them. Travelling solo? Tell the team; they'll help you find buddies for activities.
The small print we're proud of
The details that matter
Free luggage storage
Hiking for days or catching a night bus? Your bags stay, free.
Early arrival?
You're checked in as soon as possible. If the room isn't ready: free coffee and a hammock.
After check-out
Keep using the bathrooms and common areas while you wait for your bus.
Real advice
The team knows the operators, the rivers, and which day is better for flying.
A big guest kitchen
No restaurant — the kitchen is the social hub. Cook, share, repeat.
Free lockers
Lockers for every guest, plus a safe in several private rooms.
Free Wi-Fi
For maps, messages and uploading the bungee video.
Right in town
About 0.7 km from San Gil's centre, by Hostelworld's estimate.
What we don't have
Straight from Macondo's own booking conditions, so nobody's surprised:
- Air-conditioning — rooms have fans
- Breakfast or a restaurant — there's a big kitchen
- On-site parking — several affordable car parks nearby
- TVs in the rooms — there's a TV room with Netflix
- Pets — sorry, not accepted
Find us
Carrera 8 #10-35, San Gil
Right in town, a short walk from the main square, the market and plenty of cafés. Coming by long-distance bus? San Gil's terminal is a short taxi ride away. Flying? Satena sells Bogotá–San Gil flights to the small Los Pozos airport; Bucaramanga has the nearest big airport.
Getting here, in detail Tell the team when you arrive (opens in a new tab)
Start in the garden. See where it goes.
Your people are waiting. The river is too.