Milenarios Hostel

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 :(

while it was clean and the showers were hot, I would not recommend this hostel if you have other options. social atmosphere was dead. I also watched the hostel owner harass and argue with multiple hostel goers about cleanliness and taking showers longer than 5 minutes. very uncomfortable environment to be watched like a hawk by the owner. this type of behavior ensured that the hostel was not social

Roberto and Julia were so friendly and went the extra mile to take care of their guests. Recommendations and good chats abound. They cleaned the room every day, provided a towel and made the beds every day. There was a great atmosphere with likeminded hikers and a great kitchen to have a beer after a hard days hikes. Will definitely be back!