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Reviews of Ch'i Bocól Community Hostel

Unnamed Road, Lanquín, Guatemala

#6 of 17 hotels in Lanquín

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 60 hostel reviews

8.9

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.6

  • Comfort

    8.4

  • Location

    9.2

  • Facilities

    8.4

  • Staff

    9.5

  • Value for money

    9.0

  • Free WiFi

    6.7

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  • Reviewed: 19 April 2025

    10
    I would always go back!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Perfect place to stay! Wonderfully located in middle of the jungle(30min easy walk from the next street)

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 April 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing location really enjoyed my stay + yoga area is great. Very thoughtfully and beautifully built hostel. Fully off the grid but a fairly easy hike to it. didn't even visit semuc as I enjoyed exploring the area so much it is truly beautiful. Everything 10/10 other than the kitchen- you can't keep too much stuff in the fridge (luckily I had stuff for sandwiches) and the hob is off limits (understandable given gas prices) Heard from other guests that the cooked meals you could buy were small portions and were often hungry after. Do keep in mind that rooms, bathrooms and kitchens are spaced apart and lots of stairs! Dorm was nice (brilliant spot for stargazing) but my mattress was sunken and could feel my bones touching the bedframe underneath

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2025

    10
    Amazing!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I would have appreciated to know a few more details about the way to the hostel - which has its challenges, but is absolutely worth it!

    It’s a beautiful hostel with very friendly owners and staff, amazing food and a lot of space to just hang around and relax.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 February 2025

    10
    Great vibe
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing feel to the place. Really lovely staff and food. Awesome location worth the hike.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 February 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Hiking over the broken bridge felt dangerous (especially in the rain). Slightly unclear rules about whether guests can use the kitchen which could do with clarifying.

    Great location, surrounded by nature and away from it all. Lovely that you have to walk there. Dinner was really good quality. Cabin room was super comfortable and private. Staff friendly and family feeling.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 3 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Away from everything, in the middle of nowhere next to a river, great for swimming. Semuc champay is about 50min walking distance

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It is a steep walk to the dorm rooms. Staff sometimes hard to find

    Nice quiet location in the forest. Easy to arrange tours of Semuc Champey. The guides for Semuc Champey were good. And it included a cave tour

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 August 2024

    9.0
    Perfect place if you like to be in touch with nature.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The atmosphere was really chilled and very welcoming. The stuff was super nice and food was very good!

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The mattress of the dormitory is really thin, so not really comfortable.

    The hostel is located in nature from where you can reach the Semuc Champey with an hour walk. The kitchen and common area is really nice and chill. Just remember to take your grocery as last shops are in Lanquin Martha cooks really nice dinners (60Q), lunch and breakfast also available.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 May 2024

    10
    It’s a short (but beautiful) hike to get there and it’s 100% worth it!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Saying goodbye

    A purely magical place, great staff, authentic food cooked freshly every day by local people. It’s a bit far off but that‘s the best thing about it: No cars, just the sounds of the jungle and river closeby but still good location to reach the nice spots in the area

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 May 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing people, friendly staff, will help you with everything! Unique stay in nature. Loved it!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    AMAZING location. So tranquil and the perfect place to connect with nature. Very remote, but an amazing atmosphere. Great staff as well.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 April 2024

    10
    Lost in nature paradise
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    To leave this place was hard!

    The hostel is lost in a green paradise. You can swim on the river and enjoy the beauty of fauna and flore around. The local staff is very nice, especially the manager who is very helpful. Definitely best place to stay for people who want to experience a more unique stay than in a traditional hostel. You have to walk 25min along the river to reach the hostel, so it's better to have a backpack. They will send you a guide to walk with you, it's very safe and the walk is not hard. It's totally worth it! Bring your food if you wanna cook because there is no shop nearby. You can also sign up for meals and it's not expensive.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 April 2024

    9.0
    A pleasant time in a very honest little place hidden in the jungle.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The beds could have been more comfortable in the dorms

    The staff, general vibe, food. And the surrounding nature is beautiful. Walking to semuc champey was a nice hike from the place.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 March 2024

    10
    One of the best hostels I've been to
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No shops nearby, so you must buy everything in advance!

    It was our favourite hostel during the whole trip! The personnel was very friendly, the food amazing, the atmosphere magical, and the views stunning! It was great to listen to the River and observe the stars by the bonfire each night <3 moreover, the hostel offers also a range of cool activies, such as tubing or chocolate making classes! I wholeheartedly reccomend visiting this place!!!!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 February 2024

    9.0
    Nice Jungle-Vibe Hostel in the nature
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    - the mattresses are way to thin (dorm) -

    - Far away from the road, right in the nature. - Nice Staff - Hostelarea is beautiful

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beds aren't the comfiest. The toilets are quite far away from the dorms but that's all explained at check in and they said they're hoping to add more in. Also the hike in is not the nicest with your backpack on, but that probably is due to my fitness levels. It's definitely an adventure to reach the hostel.

    The food made at the the hostel is so good, nice family style meals for breakfast and dinner to get to know the other guests. All of the staff and guides are super nice, I did the Semuc Champey tour (which includes an 1.5 hike, views are insane, super sweaty though ngl) and Oscar (our guide) was lovely and knowledgeable.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The only thing is that you have to eat there or to bring food with you to cook

    The location was amazing!

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 December 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Did not get to do the chocolate making but that's ok! Everything else was great

    Adenai and Esteban were great! Our private room was comfy clean and amazing, the views were incredible and the other guests were cool. Great location right on the river by a small waterfall. Shower was only cold water but very clean, along with the bathrooms.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 December 2023

    8.0
    Remote, friendly atmosphere. NO YOGA
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    This is not a YOGA RETREAT. There was no classes, instructor, and only 1 mat that I’m not even sure is for guests. The platform is beautiful, but was utilized in a different era of the hostel. Not a crazy long hike from Semuc, but long enough that you’ll only want to hike there once. Was around 10 or 11 km round trip. All the trails were extremely muddy. Was not a huge issue as we brought hiking boots, but would be for some. Cold showers.

    The setting is beautiful with abundant wildlife and a waterfall right in front of the property. The communal area brings people together and fosters relationships. The local lunch tour was a beautiful hike and well worth the 70Q cost. Transportation in and out of the hostel was well organized. There is no roads nearby so no noisy traffic. The half hour hike in serves as a filter to only bring in a certain type of backpacker.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 September 2023

    10
    A place to change your plans and stay another night
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing. And the minor things that need repairs (like the shower head in one of the bathrooms) is already being done.

    The location is excellent, the guide for the tour is from the local community, the hostess is fantastic company, the place allows for proper wind down. You are a bit off the beaten track but not so much to make it difficult. The staff communicates excellently about this and arranges for a guide to pick you up for the 30min (easy) hike to the hostel. We extended our stay, that’s how much we liked it.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful peaceful outstanding hostal. Community living, nature concered, good food, nice stuff
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The 30 min walk to get to the hostal is not mentioned on the page Also, some stuff about the place is not updated on both booking and hostalworld and it is also not the same info for both. But I mentioned the imprtance of that to the manager and they will be working on it. All in all, it is better then the description you read online

    I loved the location of the place! Recently, most of the stuff changed and they are very friendly, helpful and concerned to make it a good place! The ladies cook great fresh food with the veggies from their garden. The views are more than breathtaking

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 August 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Awesome location right in the jungle, allowing for a truly spectacular expierence where you get to see numerous exotic animals and listen to the music that nature plays for you.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 May 2023

    10
    A peaceful place to relax, amazing excursions to semuc Champey!
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    everything went fine!

    I loved the place ! A hidden paradise in the middle of the jungle! it is worth the hike to get there!

    Stayed in May 2023

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