Life at Macondo
A mango tree, a koi pond, a tiny plunge pool and a wall of painted macaws — right in the middle of San Gil.
Look down from the upper floor and the whole place makes sense: mango leaves (the young ones come in bronze-red), a wooden deck with loungers and a table, the coral MACONDO mural with its macaws, the small round plunge pool, and the koi pond tucked in below.
Lily pads, papyrus, a little fountain and orange-and-white koi. Macondo's own Instagram has a story called "Lunch time" featuring the koi, so they clearly know the routine.
Hover the pond. (It's a drawing — the real koi are in the photos.)
Small. Really. Macondo's own listings call it a small plunge pool (and, in Spanish, sometimes a jacuzzi). It's for cooling off after a hot canyon day — not for swimming laps.
A coral wall painted with macaws, toucans and leaves that spells out MACONDO. The toucan perched on this website's logo is our nod to it.
Hammocks around the garden, yoga under the mango tree, coffee by the pond — and, the hostel says, regular visits from hummingbirds.
Photos from Macondo's Instagram stories and booking engine.