Name: Kantaya Hostel
Address: 220 Santiago Giraldo, Puno, Puno, Puno, 051, Peru
Rating: 8

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We loved our stay here for two nights. The price is very affordable and the room was clean. We had hot showers and the WiFi is actually pretty good. The best part of the hostel is the staff -particularly sayda. Not only does she know English , she is warm and hospitable and took care of us. The free breakfast was also a surprise- pancakes, bread cheese ham olives banana were all available . They serve it early so that you can have before early tours. I really appreciated this as many other hostels don’t start breakfast until you are already leaving for a tour. Out in the reception area there is 24 hour tea station. We felt safe in the area and it is super conveniently located to the main square. Highly recommend!.

The Best staff, great location hot shower good WiFi

When I visited Puno, the Kantaya Hostel was just reopening after the long pandemic closure. Though I arrived very early in the morning, they answered my doorbell and immediately checked me into a bed. 

The location is excellent: it is on a relatively quiet, pedestrian-friendly street, away from all the car and foot traffic; yet, it is only a 2-minute walk from Parque Pino and the delightfully busy streets of Puno, including the Plaza del Armas and its numerous restaurants, eateries, and shops. Also, from the hostel, I could walk to the port of Lake Titicaca in about 15 minutes, and to the main bus terminal in only 20 minutes.

The hostel served a nice breakfast of bread, butter, jam, olives, fruit, and tea; and Saida, who worked as a guide during pre-pandemic times, is super smart and helpful. She was always willing to go out of her way to offer me suggestions or even to find me transport out of town, and she was an excellent conversationalist, as well.

As with nearly all hostels, there is some room for improvement. The bathroom in my dorm room was a little cramped and could get slightly flooded when showering; however, the shower was nice and hot, and all the essentials were in working order.

If you stay at Kantaya Hostel, be sure to climb the stairs to explore the fourth, fifth, and sixth stories of the building. Some of the highlights include a sauna, a gym, old locker rooms, and excellent views from the rooftop! This hostel has a lot of potential.

And for all of you who are traveling on a budget, it is very affordable.  Kantaya is a good option when staying in Puno; I’m happy that I stayed there.

Good Location, Service, Price

We arrived at 6am without a booking and Veronica and Herman were so welcoming and helpful. They let us use the WiFi with free tea and coffee till they could check us in as early as they could. Thank you!

Super nice staff!

We arrive here without booking but the welcome was incredible nice, Herman give us a nice room, very clean, and all the information about tours and how to visit the city. In you are planing to come in Puno, this is the place, cheep, in the midle of restaurant and very close to all you need! Thanks Kantaya hostel

Amazing

The best thing about Kantaya was that in February 2022 it was actually open, unlike half a dozen of other hostels found with Google maps, which all were padlocked. (Not sure whether because of the pandemic or the low season, or the combination of the two). Overall, the stay was quite pleasant. Clean place, friendly bilingual staff, functional shared kitchen, comfortable public spaces (including a solarium-type rooftop lounge on the 6th floor, pleasant to sit in on a rainy day). The location is good too: just a block or two away from one of the two central squares of the city, the marketplace, and the Vea Plaza supermarket. 

The breakfast (included with the cost of your stay) is decent, and is served early (6:30 to 8:30), which is very convenient for those who get up early and want to go out and explore. There is also a hot water thermos, to make tea or coffee any time throughout the day: something that's common in China, but not so much in Latin America.

One word of caution though: if you expect to have some wet items in your room during your stay (like, you know, your towel after you take a shower, or your clothes after you come in from the rain), figure how your room is ventilated before you take it. Dorm rooms seem to have some kind of a window in their bathrooms that opens to the street;  but my private room only seemed to have a brick-size opening in its bathroom wall, and an openable window not much bigger than that in the room itself, both opening into the hallway. True, there is some clothes-drying space on the roof; but Puno is a rainy city,  so I ended up taking wet items to dry to the 6th floor lounge.

Nice place, but check for ventilation

Great place to stay. The staff that work there are so lovely and we were lucky to be upgraded to a private room even though we paid for the dorm.

We stayed another night in the dorm after an overnight tour. The dorm room has a window above the door (with no glass) and another one at the top of the wall which leads into the kitchen so the dorm can be very noisy and bright when youâre trying to sleep!

The staff was nice. Our room did not have any window. The bathroom was very small, and there was no shower curtain. The room was really cold and wet, so the host put a stove in the room for 30 minutes. The hostel is overall ok for a short stay.

Basic

Great location

Pros:
Great location
Cheap food nearby
Clean
Decent breakfast 

Cons:
Beds like a rock
Cold at night need space heaters in rooms
WiFi isn’t great in the rooms
Smells a lot as the woman mops with the same mops throughout the hostel including toilets 


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