Milenarios Hostel

Lovely hostel but the host was a bit odd - he didn’t let anyone bringing friends round even if they just sat in the kitchen and fussy about keys and cash payments. It wasn’t a very social hostel but the facilities were good.

We booked a dorm and ended up being the only people in it, which is what made this stay better. With other people it would have been difficult, e.g. not much space and poor bathroom door was a privacy challenge! Host is very attentive, but stops you for a chat every time you come or go.

This hostel was what I could afford, but honestly I think the value for money in El chalten isn’t *great* in general. The hostel was clean, but we had no control of the heater in the dorm, rooms were a bit overcrowded, and after checkout we were told that even with our 9pm bus; we couldn’t use any facilities after checkout at 10am. This meant we had to go on our 22h bus to Bariloche sweaty and smelly from the hiking on that last day, and didn’t have any fresh food for the night bus :(