Pioneros Hostel Reviews

Great hostel to a great price. The breakfast is poor, but compared to the price (50 pesos) that is maybe expected. Great common areas and great kitchen though we missed some better equipment there. Bad welcome in the reception. Receptionists have to be helpfull and forthcoming instead of being busy with other things. All in all we had a good stay in Calafate, and the hostel is still highly recommendable.

There was nothing in particular wrong with this place, but it's a bit of a walk away from everything, and it's just the sort of place that lacks any sort of character. If you need a bed to sleep in, it's fine. If you're looking for anything else out of your hostel experience, look elsewhere. The staff are cold and lifeless here.

heHostel is a 10 minute walk to downtown. But we didn't mind the walk. Kitchen is roomy enough, but not well stocked with some dishes. Deposit must be made for a set of cutlery. Breakfast was nice enough, real coffee. Otherwise, the room was fine, bed was good, shower nice, bidet in our twin room.

Good value for the money! It has a basic kitchen (but you have to rent your utensils), decent beds, clean bathrooms (but very communal), location is not amazing, but then again El Calafate is not that large. Overall nothing amazing but a good bang for your buck

It is a nice and very clean hostel, not really in the center, but that doesnt matter since the town is small and youre in the center in 5-10 minutes walking! We had cold showers in the morning, but heard from other people that they did had hot showers. The breakfast was ok. There is a lot of common space and a big kitchen. I would stay here again!!

Tolles Hostel, wenn auch etwas außerhalb. Dafür schön ruhig. Das Personal ist super freundlich und sehr hilfsbereit. Alles da was man braucht. Sehr zu empfehlen!

This hostel is a you-get-what-you-pay hostel, that means considering the usual rather high prices in El Calafate, where you find a lot of tourists. The breakfast is poor, consisting of white bread slices and two types of jelly, tea, milk powder and coffee. However, you can get a better breakfast if you pay more. The rooms are nice , warm and cosy!

Big hostel. We had a room in the new building across the street. The room was fine. Too bad the bathroom looked like NOT being made by a professional. There was something weird and annoying with the waterpressure and temperature (I had to rinse my hair in 'shifts' :-P) and a lot of things were broken already. But for us the most important thing while traveling is the cleanliness of the hostel, and that was absolutely fine!!

15 mins walk from the bus station, but the good price makes up for it. Clean and warm dorms, bathrooms and kitchen, very helpful staff and free brekkie (bread, jam and drinks). Deposit needed to get cutlery - but I'm guessing that's cause those pesky El Chaltan campers keep "borrowing" it! Not too much of a party hostel but that suits me fine. I'd stay here again.

Very clean hostel, plenty of good showers and helpful staff, but squeaky floors upstairs ment waking up constntley

The hostel is not located at the city center (10min walking) but it's not really a problem. The streets are safe enough at night. Very nice: someone from the hostel comes to pick you at yout arrival at the bus station even if you didn't ask for it!

really good hostel, a bit far from the center tho. thew alternative tour to perito moreno was good

I really like this place! The location is a little out of town (around a 10 minute walk), but if you arrive by bus, they come and pick you up by minibus. The rooms are clean and have a pretty good layout. There are two bunks and four large lockers, that easily hold a huge rucksack with room to spare. All the rooms are along the length of a corridor, with the bathrooms at one end and the common rooms at the other. There are 6 male showers and 6 female showers (for about 40 people), so you never

The kitchen at this hostel is the best we've seen yet - huge and has many electric burners scattered throughout so many people can cook at the same time. Dorms are 4 people, with lockers and locked door, curtains and reading lights for each bed. Staff is helpful with excursions and getting around town. They will store your bags for free while you go camping. It's on the edge of town, but the town is not too big so it's not a bad walk.

No outlets in the rooms, be up early to get one in the common room. Breakfast is really poor. And the biggest problem is the cutlery in the kitchen. Apparently, there is a possibility to give a deposit for it at the reception. When I asked the guy, he was really not nice, saying that we need to wait for someone to finish their food or borrow someone. Also, it is a little far from the center. However, it is really cheap for the city... Cannot have it all !

Little far in the middle of a residential area/outskirts of town. Decent facilities but kitchen is pretty filthy. WiFi, however no outlets in rooms?! It's a hassle having to find outlets in the dining room/hall.

Nice and clean, good folks and good times. Really good value hostel for Calafate. Walls are sort of thin on Fridays, but that is no big deal.

The hostel is a very good option for travellers. The hostel has a very good and large kitchen and dinning area, good sizes rooms, and coletive bathroom very spacious and clean. The staff was very nice and helpful

it is a big, but still a nice hostel - sure it is not in the center, but it is just a 10 min walk. the facilities were very very clean. would highly recommend alternative tour to the glacier that is offered by the hostel. we had a lot of fun there.

For the money that you pay (only about USD12 a dorm bed) this hostel is good value. The rooms are good- only 4 beds in each dorm, and each bed has a shelf, light and curtain which is great. The kitchen is good. Breakfasts are pretty average but given the price you can't expect more. Bathrooms get pretty bad by the end of the day so could probably do with an extra clean in the afternoon given the number of people at the hostel. Bit out of town but for the price you can deal with it.