Bear Packer Hostel Bewertungen

Great location, 5 minute walk from the market, 10-20 from other main squares (plaza de armas) and markets (San Blas). They store your bags for free while you are out on hikes or excursions. They also pack you a "breakfast bag" upon request if you have an excursion before breakfast starts (bread, banana, cereal). Bed was very comfortable and our private room was really spacious! Breakfast is a nice variety -- bread and butter/jam, one egg scrambled, some cereal and yogurt (pre portioned), fruit, and coffee / tea. However, we did have some issues : 1) the hot water in the shower in our rooms would literally stop working after 30 seconds, we would have to turn the tap off, wait a minute, and then turn it back on -- it seemed like the hot water was "charging" during that time. 2) the breakfast staff makes it seem like you are bothering them when asking for the eggs and yogurt/cereal that the breakfast is supposed to provide. They are often busy chatting amongst themselves or making themselves food / eating their food. I have no problem with this (they need to eat and socialize too!) however we genuinely got some dirty / dark looks when "interrupting" them to ask for breakfast, as well as when I asked if I could remove their food they had finished microwaving so as to microwave one of the breads (which was stale from clearly the previous day). 3) there are no real clear windows for natural light in the hostel, so it feels very cold and enclosed, and there is no real sound isolation -- one night I was up for an hour because people were chatting and laughing drunkenly somewhere in the hostel from 2-3am. Overall a pretty solid place in Cusco - I would recommend and stay again, but would encourage management to look into the hot water shower issues and perhaps for breakfast staff to not make guests feel as though they are inconveniencing them by asking for breakfast.

The friendliest and most helpful receptionist that I've ever met works at Bear Packer in Cuzco, and his name is Bruno. Gracias por todo!! Apart from that, Bear Packer has free breakfast, free storage, free wifi, nice beds, a good location in Cuzco and beautiful murals all over the hostel. If I can wish something for my future visits, it would be a more sturdy system around the locking of the storage boxes (not the padlock itself, but the metal / wood that I attach the padlock to, to be more trustworthy). Thanks! Sofia

We stayed in a private room with a bunk bed. The room was fairly tiny and dark. There wasn't much room to lay out our stuff besides a small bench and two lockers to store our stuff during the day. The hot water was inconsistent at times, but there was hot water. Overall, the stay was fine. The breakfast was very simple - a hard boiled egg, some bread with jam and some juice and coffee. While the place itself was fine, I would say the staff was very friendly and extremely helpful! A+ for the staff but so so for the accommodations.