Donde German Hostel

German and Maria Elena, a friendly, young, local couple have designed and set up a comfortable, homely hostal. They have thought of all the facilities necessary to ensure that your stay is as active or relaxing as you wish. The wooden house is immaculate and welcoming with the garden, the terrace and most of the bedrooms offering an amazing view of the volcano. It is surrounded by the mountains of the indigenous community of Quelhue and the national park of Villarrica, simply magnificent. In winter the log fires add an extra special touch to an already special place.There are different types of rooms to suit different requirements, singles, doubles, triples or dormitory style with and without private bathroom but all with the same quality of service, daily room cleaning, towels and slippers provided, free internet access and WiFi and much.much more. The hostal can arrange most of the outdoor activities, with its own team of guides and equipment, in this way the activity is personalised and the fun and safety guaranteed. These activities include climbing the Villarica volcano, white water rafting and others. IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING YOUR RESERVATIONThe hostal is very sought after and only has 10 rooms, we strongly recommend reserving in advanceThe hostal is located in a quiet residential area, and although it is only 2 blocks from the TurBus station, it is 5 blocks and about 8 minutes walk to the town centre, if this is too much for you, please do not reserve a room.The hostal is lovely and extremely clean. In order to maintain this standard there are a couple of rules which are simple and easy to follow; No outdoor shoes inside, Eat, drink and smoke in the designated areas and not your rooms and no washing your clothes in the bath as there is a laundry service. Check out is at 10.00 from your room and at 12.00 from the hostal, there is a free luggage store service, alternatively to stay another half day (subject to availability) is only 5 eurosFor fire safety reasons the hostal kitchen will be closed at 00.00 and open again at 06.00It is a special place to stay and experience some of what Pucon has to offer, but it is not a party hostal, it is for relaxing and meeting new friendsWe do not accept credit cards, only Chilean Pesos. US dollars or Euros can be accepted at the owners discretion

Directions

From Santiago:An easy way is to catch a bus in the night (22:00) arriving Pucon at 08:00 in the morning(about US$10-20 one way)Some people take the bus that departures in the morning at 08:00 to arrive Pucon at 20:00 (for seeing the landscapes but it is a long way and exhausting).We recommend Tur Bus Company with many buses and different prices each one.Also you can do this trip by train until Temuco and then take the connecting bus to Pucon.You can come by plane to Temuco;that takes about 2 hours and then catch the bus to Pucon that takes 2 hours more (about US$120 roundtrip plane ticket.)From Puerto Montt:Almost all trips from Chilean or Argentinean Patagonia arrive to the Chilean city of Puerto Montt. The only way to come to Pucon is by bus. It takes about 6 hours. One bus in low season an 3 buses in high season (Jac buses recomended, the price is US$10 one way.Pucon is at 3 hours from San Martin de los Andes and at 6 hours from Bariloche (2 famous destinies in Argentina.)'Donde German' hostel is located 2 blocks from theTur Bus bus station and we can pick you up there if you let us know before.