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Rony, the owner, and his staff were very helpful. They arranged the Salkantay Trek, Rainbow mountain, Inti Punku and the Sacred Valley tour during our stay at Ukukus. Prices were really fine, just as the (basic) accomodation. Perfect hostel to explore Cusco and around.

Stayed in May 2025

Quite cold

Beautiful terrace and kitchen area and great location, wonderful staff, good value

Stayed in April 2025

Wifi signal is only good at certain areas of the hostel.

Close to everything tourists needs

Stayed in April 2025

The shower temperature only remained constant for a minute or so then became very cold or very hot. The kitchen area surfaces weren’t very clean.

On request they gave us a portable heater to use in the room which very effective. We enjoyed the free hot water and tea selection. The wifi was amazing, we got over 100mbps down and up in our room! The staff were all very friendly. We had some trouble organising a refund in Spanish on a website and the receptionist helped us for an hour to solve it and was extremely patient and kind.

Stayed in March 2025

Shower drain is not working well; water is off from time to time.

Staff is very friendly. Location is good.

Stayed in September 2024

Mercedes was extremely helpful in every way! Perfect hot showers & lovely beds too.

Stayed in June 2024

I do not like it that the clean sheets do not cover the blanket, but you see that a lot in Peru. We stayed in total 4 nights, and most of the time we had warm shower, but not always.

We stayed in different hostels in Cusco, but this was the best one. Friendly staff, nice rooftop to relax, you can cook dinner, luggage storage, good beds, location to city center is 5-10 minute walk, safe and quiet area.

Stayed in May 2024

I didn't have water on my last day but apparently it's a common problem in Cusco. Whenever I showered, it leaked on to the floor and created a big slippery puddle.

Check in was easy even though the staff member didn't really know how to work with the ATM POS terminal. My room was quite big and had plenty of sunlight. They cleaned it every day during my short stay. Staff was friendly and helpful. Good location close to the San Pedro market and San Francisco square. Safe area at night. Good value for money and quiet area. Wifi worked well.

Stayed in May 2024

The rooms were a little dated, and parts of it hadn't been cleaned particularly well. The blankets on the bed were very stained, but had clearly been washed/pressed so they weren't dirty, just not exactly appealing to sleep with.

Lovely little hostel in a nice quiet part of town. I'm an older solo-traveller so was not looking for a party hostel. This place was calm, well put together, and had lovely rooms. After having travelled for several weeks I was also very grateful for the always-hot and powerful shower. Truly a blessing! And the staff were very kind, looking after my bags which I visited Machu Picchu for a couple of days, and arranging an early morning taxi to the airport for me.

Stayed in February 2024

The kitchen is a little out of order

The bed is comfortable

Stayed in November 2023

It’s a bit of a walk to the centre. And this isn’t really a place to meet people as it’s so quiet. The kitchen is very basic and people steal food from the fridge even though it’s labelled

A good night sleep on comfortable beds. The staff are really friendly

Stayed in October 2023

Wifi was poor! Kitchen was not very well equipped. Only 3 hobs to cook on so people was waiting to use them. No microwave in the kitchen??? Shower on ground floor not good!

Location - very close to San Pedro square & market Had a hairdryer at reception

Stayed in November 2023

The kitchen is not very well equipped and there is occasionally a water issue. They could also do with restocking toilet paper/soap/matches more often.

The hostel is located near the market in a less touristy part of town (but be aware it’s a 10-15 min walk to the plaza). The staff were so friendly and helpful. The dorm room was spacious and felt secure. The beds are comfy and for the most part the shower was hot. There is a storage room to leave bags if you’re hiking.

Stayed in November 2023

Tried to switch me to different room at check-in. Had to negotiate to keep the specific room I reserved. Public street light shining into room, darker curtain would help. Thin walls, woken up by noisy guests. One day came back and door was open (not just unlocked, but open. Luckily nothing stolen). Requested no more cleaning service, but kept coming in to clean every day while I was out. Woken up by police marching band blasting music and shooting fireworks around 2:00am most nights, but I assume this is all of Cusco and not just this neighborhood.

Amazing shower, hot and and strong pressure if you want. Portable heater and extra blankets were more than enough to keep warm. 5min walk to big food market where locals shop. Helpful staff. Great Wifi. Good exchange rate when paid for room in dollars. Room and all common areas were spotless.

Stayed in September 2023

The kitchen could do with an upgrade, everything is really old, the pots and pans are deformed and handles are coming off. The gas to cook on is a bit of a fire hazard, you need to use matches and it lets out a huge flame. I'm surprised no one got burned yet. The common areas are pretty cold especially at night. The breakfast they offer (extra) it's not that great, very few options and everything is cold; we only had it once. There is no soap, you have to get your own.

The staff was really friendly and helpful, Ronnie runs the travel agency on site and he's really good and very honest. The room was clean and the beds comfortable, they gave us extra blankets as it gets cold at night and there is no heating, but under the blankets is was very toasty. The water was often off and we had to go to reception to ask for it to be fixed and they always did and after it was fine. The shower was hot and it had good pressure.

Stayed in August 2023

Very nice helping staff.

Stayed in August 2023

The kitchen was very outdated

Staff is super friendly and helpful. We had a room where it was super quite so we were able to rest from the hikes we did. Also the shower was amazing, nice and hot. The beds were also super comfy.

Stayed in July 2023

Sometimes cold in the room but extra blanket available. Depending on room could be a little noisy but only until around 10/11pm.

Great price and comfortable stay. Showers good and spacious rooms. Kitchen is good and staff are very helpful/friendly. Washing is cheap at 5soles per kilo too and returned same day.

Stayed in July 2023

The private rooms are very spacious and nice good hot showers! Also the staff is very friendly and eager to help you with whatever. Good price quality!

Stayed in July 2023

it’s was cold, only blankets provided

Close to San Pedro train station and the mercado. Only 10 minutes walk to the main square.

Stayed in July 2023

The bathrooms are located semi-indoor/outdoor. It is not the most convenient if you need to use restroom/shower in the middle of the night, especially if it is cold. There is no soap in bathrooms.

The staff is very nice and helpful. Place is very clean.

Stayed in March 2023

No ventilation in the dorms which did not smell so fresh

Location and the the outdoor area

Stayed in October 2022

Location had uber taxi cancel on me twice due to difficulty of traffic getting down the small side streets leading to the hostel. One was only 1km away but said it would be 45 minutes. Had to walk to the main square 10 or so minutes down to get a taxi to the airport. I have a feeling this is more a problem of the city in the evening than the hostel though.

Super friendly staff, the private room was very comfortable and came with a heater. Free working WiFi. The bathrooms were always clean and had toilet paper and hot water. Good spot in Cusco but down a couple small side streets that make it hard to hail a taxi. I got sick (unrelated to this place) and couldn't travel, but the hosts were nice enough to let me stay in the same room and book another nights stay.

Stayed in September 2022

The building needs a little TLC and sheets very thin and a little stained.

Great outdoor space and staff very attentive

Stayed in May 2025