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Reviews of The Journey Hostel

Km. 33 Troncal del Caribe Via de Santa Marta a Riohacha, 470001 Los Naranjos, Colombia

#17 of 20 hotels in Los Naranjos

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Review score

Based on 334 hostel reviews

8.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.4

  • Comfort

    8.4

  • Location

    9.1

  • Facilities

    8.8

  • Staff

    8.8

  • Value for money

    8.1

  • Free WiFi

    7.9

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  • Reviewed: 6 August 2025

    9.0
    Lovely views
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Spotty WIFI which can be expected

    Beautiful location, nice pool, friendly helpful staff. Stayed in the private rooms where the bathroom is pretty dated but otherwise comfortable with AC and a hammock on the private balcony. Great common facilities, music is a bit loud and could be lowered a bit, but it didn't take away from the friendly atmosphere.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great staff, amazing food. Fabulous location and great vibes. Would highly recommend.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 July 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Bungalow
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Little noisy but all good!

    Pool, food and staff were great!

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 July 2025

    9.0
    Great vibes, perfect location! Best hostel during my travels, perfect for meeting other people.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The bunk beds are fine but move as soon as one of the two parts moves. There is almost no space in the big dorm to put your stuff down so everyone's stuff is everywhere. The lockers are tiny, I could barely fit my laptop in there.

    Amazing place to spend a few nights! Perfect location to visit the park. The vibe was super nice, especially for solo travellers, with family dinners every night and other activities. Solid wifi, even for meetings. The entire thing is so well run and organised with the bracelet system so you don't have to carry your wallet around with you.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 July 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    no check in after 10pm

    Gorgeous view

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 30 June 2025

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

    Brilliant hostel with amazing views of the area. Super close to Tayrona park. The staff were all incredibly friendly and really accommodating, helping me with anything I needed. They went above and beyond what I expected

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 16 June 2025

    9.0
    Excellent
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nice hostel with nice view and nice atmosphere

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 June 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing Hostel! Brooke made my stay even more wonderful :)

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 3 June 2025

    10
    Stunning views and good food
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    N/a

    We got a private room that was really nice and spacious with an amazing view. The food and drinks at the restaurant was also really good :) service was also really good!

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 June 2025

    10
    Best hostel I've ever stayed at!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard Bungalow
    • Stayed 1 night

    Nothing.

    Amazing stay, highly recommend!

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 May 2025

    10
    Must for northern Colombia!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Loved this hostel!! Great vibe, friendly volunteers (thanks Brooke!) and delicious food!! Can recommend the massages and family dinners especially!

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 May 2025

    8.0
    A great base and a great pool with a beautiful view with some minor issues
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff - apart from the lady who did the happy hour announcements and then proceeded to seem like the only member of staff to do anything in the hostel. A lot of them seemed like you were an inconvenience to them whenever you asked them for anything and there didn’t seem to be much joined up thinking between them. The family dinner is good but it is cheaper on the menu for the same dish and a bigger portion which is a bit off? Also no WiFi in the rooms.

    The pool is great and the view from the pool is fantastic. It is a great base for going into Tayrona national park and great that they store your luggage for you. The family dinner is also nice and is a good way to meet people.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 May 2025

    8.0
    Good location and nice pool
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food is really average and very overpriced (everything is done on a wristband and our payment was way too high for what we got - feel like maybe some items were added by accident each time we ordered as they don’t show you the breakdown?). The packed lunch for the park was a soggy wrap that fell apart when unwrapped so inedible which was kinda annoying

    The hostel itself is beautiful and well located next to the Zaino entrance to tayrona park. The vibe is good in the evening and very social.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 May 2025

    10
    Stay here, best hostel in South America let alone Colombia.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing at all

    Amazing location, food is a very good standard and the staff are incredible. Jeimy especially was very helpful with any queries and needs we had and helped us on numerous occasions. She was the best.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 May 2025

    8.0
    Lovely spot, but inprove your laundry service!
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The laundry service is shockingly bad... had all my laundry returned crumpled up in a ball, most stuff needs redoing as it's too creased to wear...

    Lovely spot and a short walk / bus hitch from zaino gate. The pool is amazing. The food is good, but a little overpriced. The rooms are nice, get an aircon room, you won't regret it! Nice social but relaxed atmosphere, lots of people hiking each morning early in the park so more of a relaxed atmosphere

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 April 2025

    9.0
    Very sociable hostel with amazing views of the Tayrona National Park
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The included breakfast was average and the system for ordering / service wasn’t very good. One person taking orders, collecting food and serving it meant during our three night stay our breakfast was forgotten twice and a lot of the time it was served lukewarm. Beds in the dorm could have done with a shelf to put things on - the top bunks have a massive gap between the wall which makes it easy to drop stuff.

    The location, pool and the view was amazing. There is plenty of common space to relax and the family dinners are great value. Dorms were spacious. Staff were very welcoming when we arrived. It was a sociable hostel but more chilled vibes rather than a focus on drinking etc.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    All my staff was wet, so was I after staying in the room with no walls. I just didn't expect that

    View, nicely built

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Bungalow
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bed was not enough big for 2 people.

    The location was amazing .

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2025

    10
    Stunning
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Delicious food, stunning view and just a really cool and social spot to hang out. Perfect location if you’d like to visit the Tayrona Park.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2025

    10
    Best Hostal I've stayed in
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location: About 15-20 min walk to Tayrona National Park. The common area is very big and really relaxing, ideal for meeting other travellers. The rooms were really good. I stayed here twice (before and after a stay in Tayrona National Park). The first stay was in a 10 bed dorm which was open (no walls) to the lovely breeze. It was designed really well and didn't feel that there were 10 beds in it. The second stay was in an air conditioned 8 bed dorm which was good also. The have an excellent pool area overlooking the jungle. The staff are really friendly and chilled which adds to the atmosphere. It's the best Hostal I've stayed in after over 6 months of travel.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 April 2025

    9.0
    Excellent
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing hostel. Volunteers were so helpful and friendly, and facilities incredible.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 April 2025

    9.0
    Beautiful place right by the entrance of Tayrona, great for solo travelers
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I stayed in a private and I found it a bit expensive for what it was, it was also very loud as it was just below the rooftop and across the kitchen. The AC wasn’t working the first day but the staff fixed it when I mentioned it and gave me a discount.

    Really great hostel - the location is super convenient just at the entrance of Tayrona, the infinity pool is amazing and the views from the rooftop and the rooms are incredible.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 April 2025

    10
    Really great hostel with a unique view of the park!
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Bungalow
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It’s a wonderful hostel, with really nice and clean rooms. We stayed in a bungalow, which has really great view. But the real diamond is the view from the swimming pool at the sunset! Stuff is very nice and friendly and the ambiance is really great! Hostel is very close to Tayrona park.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 30 March 2025

    10
    Excelent
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great great views, great pool, easy to make friends, group activities every day, cheap food

    Stayed in March 2025

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