Casa Azul | Hostel

March 22nd, 2024 by missingcall65

Cosy place for tents with some space for a van but not for a big rig. 8000.- per person camping/van. Hot showers, good kitchen, bad wifi, cool owner and good vibe. They also have rooms

October 3rd, 2023 by tschuang.tse

Still a good, cheap base to explore the surrounding area. Various overnight options. Kitchen, hot shower, good WiFi. Plenty of parking and centrally located to restaurants, supermarkets and the trailheads of the beautiful hikes. Also popular with long term residents working the season.

February 17th, 2023 by alpaca.my.panniers

A low cost and busy hostel with very helpful owners and guests from around the world. We stayed one night in a bunk room (4000peso = 5USD pp), one night in the trailer (3000 peso pp) and one night in our tent (2500 peso pp).

The owner went above & beyond when I left my wallet there, driving to the bus station to look for me, informing our bus company and keeping it safe (and full) until I realised!

Plenty of room to store bikes & luggage if you go hiking too.

January 7th, 2023 by folkert2007

Nice owner but campground, kitchen, wifi and hostel facilities are overcrowded. Campground could use some love. I paid with Chilean pesos .

September 24th, 2022 by expedition_colibri

Nice cozy place, Mr Juan is a lovely grand pa who is running this place with he’s wife, we paid 15 USD two people per night as toady you get a kitchen, place to park rigs, and Trailers with bunk beds inside. Totally recommend

March 4th, 2020 by burtonsnow29

The NICEST owners you could possibly encounter. It’s nearing the end of the season, and they are still somehow incredibly friendly/happy to see you. Beds in upstairs dorm (USD$10) were super comfy. Felt comfortable leaving my moto with soft panniers in their parking area (behind house/out of view from street) during overnight hikes. they also offer free baggage storage in a large/locked shed. Kitchen can get pretty crowded, better to cook at off-peak times and you’ll likely have it to yourself.

February 19th, 2020 by playoff92

Still 300 for camping, a bit sheltered from wind.
700 for a bed
Nice place in El Chaltén and the cheaper we found

February 15th, 2020 by wheelsoffortune.org

Super crowded, two toilets that were dirty the whole time. Kitchen was ok, no knives to chop stuff with. Was ok. If you don't have a good tent, don't camp. I was watching tents getting ripped apart by the wind ;)

January 26th, 2020 by ludivine.hale

Prices as of January 2020: $300 (tent), $400 (trailer), $600 (dorm).

Casa Azul is quite busy, although it remains quite clean. The kitchen is well equipped and there is hot water at any time. Don't expect to connect to the Wi-Fi easily, unless you try early in the morning/late at night. Also, there is rarely toilet paper in the washroom. Other than that, the owners (Juan and Nelly) are very nice.

January 15th, 2020 by louis.ligaulthurel

For real this place saves your wallet when you get to El Chaltén.

Super friendly owner, super affordable prices (7USD for bed in Trailer and 11USD in comfy dorm room in the House)

5 USD for camping, take credit card. As everywhere in Chaltén garbage wifi.

January 7th, 2020 by tassleouff.travelmap.net

Cheapest option in town and a really good one for the price. Camping 300pp, dorm 400pp. Juan the owner looks always happy. The kitchen is basic but it works. Two toilets/showers (Juan let you use his own when it's too crowded) with good warm showers. They let you wash your clothes if you need to and have buckets for that. The common room/kitchen is kept warm and cosy. The camp site can be really windy (I didn't find any camping which isn't) so pitch you tent well. Windwise it looks like a better option to pitch the tent behind the house but it's not! The place can be crowded, and the kitchen quickly becomes too small and the two toilets/showers quickly becomes not enough but if you successfully made your way this far, sure you learned a great deal about patience.
They would keep your stuff safe during your trekks (no charge).
Ah, and yeah, WiFi is available, but same as the wind being a constant in El Chalten, WiFi being slower than a loaded cyclist in the Carretera Austral is also a constant... Patience my friends, patience.

January 7th, 2020 by whatridley

300 for camping, which is the cheapest in town. Not particularly good wind protection, some spots are better than others. Definitely a great place to stay in Chaltén though, nice kitchen/common area, seems to attract a good type of crowd, and the owners are very friendly and happy for cyclists to store their bicycles when going off on multi-day hikes. Wifi is extremely temperamental, but it's as no different to anywhere else in town. Its not fancy, but this is definitely the place I'd stay again if I went back to Chaltén.

December 17th, 2019 by b.schmidttroschke

Nice place, with kitchen, hot showers, and Wifi (slow).
There is little protection from the wind, but one has the possibility to sleep in a trailer, which costs not much more.
Price for camping 300pppn.

March 12th, 2019 by theintentionalwanderers

Still the cheapest campsite in town. 150arg pesos to camp, dorm in a trailer for 250, rooms from 300. The owner is lovely. He let us leaving some stuff in a closed deposit without any charge while we were hiking.

February 26th, 2019 by monier.thomas

super friendly hosts, camping is now 150 arp pp / dorm bunk 300 / dorm inside 400.
many nice advices about the city and don't forget to ask for an address if you're heading to El Calafate
perfect for cyclist, hot showers, kitchen, common room for lunch and camping spot are sheltered from west wind

February 7th, 2019 by Instagram.com

Dorm bed in the trailer 300 pesos, camping 200. Beds inside more. Worth the extra 100 to get out of the wind! Decent kitchen, good hot showers, good vibes. Lots of cyclists.

April 2nd, 2018 by amndegroot

Dorm bed in the trailer (which seemed a bit cold to me) 150 ArP, dorm bed inside (nice 'n warm) 200.
Not the fanciest place but the atmosphere is very relaxed.

January 5th, 2018 by hanshans_hans

Nice place, it was 100 pesos pp. Has 2 hot showers and clean bathrooms. Kitchen it’s ok but not the best. Has a good common room but wifi is average.
I would recommend to stay here, must be one of the cheapest places to camp

December 25th, 2017 by holoholotales.com

Was expecting a bit more after reading the reviews. The price for camping is 100pesos pp. Very crowded, the kitchen is very basic, many pans are missing handles, just one bowl and the kitchen is far from being clean. The toilets don't usually have paper, nor soap. Wifi is super slow. The owners are very-very friendly though!

September 29th, 2017 by eentikkienaarhetzuiden

The owners just arrived a day before so were still busy making everything ready for the season. The kitchen and living room were already super clean and heated! They offered us a night for 150 pesos for 2 persons in a car, super friendly.

April 22nd, 2017 by drakeskakes

$30p for a shower. $80p to sleep in your vehicle and use the hostel services.

March 20th, 2017 by craftersm

AKA The Blue House. Single rooms, dormitory-style bunks in a converted trailer or camping. 24-hours hot water, fast wifi, large kitchen/recreation room for all guests. Super friendly, chilled owners. Excellent value for El Chalten. Example prices: Camping - $80, dorm bunk in 4-bed trailer - $120.