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PACHAMAMA BACKPACKER HOSTEL LONELY PLANET. SOUTHAMERICA HANDBOOK
It is an ubercozy place offering simple dorms and rooms as complement to the Canyon`s best hangout spot, a candlelit pizzeria and bar run by hip guitar wielding brother tram from Ayacucho, who provide the sing-along sound track and like brother hospitality to loads nationalities cavorting over drunken travel tales. You can rent bikes, chill in hammocks, or just soak the global vibe: This is travel
Pachamama is a family-run hostel, owned and operated by our mother Carmen, my brother Mirko, my nephew Phenril, our cousin Percy and my fiancé, Liv, from Belgium. We’re all in charge of making backpackers feel like they’re at home in Pachamama. My name is Luy and I’ve been a guide in the Colca Canyon for 8 years. Because of my extensive experience, I can provide tourists with comprehensive information about the Colca and as well as accompany them inside the canyon, to the Valley of Volcanoes, or to many other alternate trails in the canyon and surrounding areas. We also offer downhill biking from the Cruz del Condor to Cabanaconde or to the bottom of the canyon.
Pachamama has the best atmosphere in all of Cabanaconde. That’s not just our opinion, but that of Lonely Planet as well! Our hostel opened in 2007 with rooms for 25 people. |
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We offer shared rooms and rooms with private bathrooms.
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HOT WATER – We have large solar panels that use the strong Cabanaconde
sun to supply hot water to the showers.
Additionally, we back up the solar panels with a gas-driven
system to ensure that you have hot water all day long. |
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BREAKFAST – Breakfast includes delicious crepes, local bread, homemade jelly,
tea made from coca leaves and other regional herbs, fried eggs and juice. |
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LUGGAGE STORAGE – Feel free to leave your bag with us in a secure room while you hike.
And better still, this service is free! |
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BOOK EXCHANGE – We have a huge bookcase full of books in many different languages.
If you visit Cabanaconde and finish reading your book,
Pachamama is the place to exchange it for a new one.
If you don’t have a book, you can also buy our books second hand. |
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My abundant experience as a guide has helped me to make my own
map of the canyon which I give out for free to our visitors. |
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Our bar won an international competition “Shinga Beer and Lonely Planet” for being
ONE OF THE BEST BARS IN THE WORLD,
taking 7th place in the category “OFF THE BEATEN TRACK”
Our bar and pizzeria is the best place in all of Cabanaconde to drink and eat.
We offer delicious Pisco Sours as well as our house drink,
Colca Sour, made with a local cactus fruit from the canyon and our own recipe!
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In our restaurant we have a very nice clay fireplace that we use to make
the best wood-fired pizzas in town (we use a recipe given to us by Italian backpackers).
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The oven is always hot in the evenings, making it a perfect place to warm yourself by!
We also offer traditional alpaca dishes and vegetarian options.
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