Zopilote Permaculture Farm | Informal Campsite

Came for pizza night on Saturday. Cool little spot with a nice hostel/social vibe. Bring a light to walk up through the jungle path.

The non-vegan pizza looked pretty good. We got two vegan pizzas and, while the crust was fantastic, the flavors were horrible. One was overloaded with curcuma, and both had a “vegan cheese” made from cashews that had no cheesy flavor at all. Just acidic and tangy. Been vegan for three years and had lots of good vegan pizzas and good vegan cheeses. These weren’t it. We ended up trying to give it away, but nobody else liked it either. Went to the dogs 😅

Try Meditteraneo across the street for better vegan pizza.

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If you want a luxury accommodation, don’t stay here. It’s a eco permaculture hostel and farm. They try to do it sustainable so they keep down on using water and electricity. It’s definitely not for everyone. But I liked it.

The dorm doesn’t have any ventilator, plugs to charge or Wifi. You have to charge at reception or use the WiFi there.

I don’t mind about the whole basic thing and being in nature. Including the bugs and compost toilets etc. But honestly it was quite hot in the dorm without a ventilator , I definitely didn’t sleep much because of that. But this depends on the weather.

I paid 8 dollars for a dorm. The food in the restaurant is a bit pricey if you put local prices in consideration. But they have a nice and cheap vegetarian option.

The stray dogs at this place are annoying. There are there because the tourist feed them…

The staff was very nice and comunicative. I speak Spanish, maybe that helps. I don’t have any negative experiences with them.

There is daily free yoga (tip based) and other free and paid activities. I liked the tour around the farm to learn about the perma culture and comunal dinner. There is a bit of a hippie atmosphere.

If you traveling by bicycle, you have to push up your bicycle a bit. Nothing bad for a bikepacking setup, for heavy cycling bikes it might a bit more heavy. I parked my bicycle on the terrace of the dorm and locked it there.

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Dont stay here - awful from start to finish. Our worst accommodation choice in 8 months across latin america.

$22 per night for a private room: no electricity, no fan, mozzie net was full of holes (bed had cockroach & chunky spider in it), dirty sheets, people having loud sex in the dorm next door. we expected so much better than this.

location is wrong - it shows it by the main road. in fact you must walk 10 mins up steep tracks to reception, then 10 mins further up to your room. not easy with touring bicycles.

many posters saying how not to have your things stolen (it did not feel safe).

no refunds and very unsympathetic staff - they just shrug. we booked 2 nights and left after 1.

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It is not possible to stay here with a car.

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Don’t stay…. Checked in and where shown camping spots close to kitchen, everything seemed fine then came back to our camp and a dog had eaten our tent, the staff basically told us it was dumb to camp near the kitchen because of the dogs…. Not looking for a handout but a sorry would have been nice…

Good is alright, organic but nothing special. Water jugs where constantly empty, not able to fill our bottles very often.

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We camped here $4 per person per night. We really enjoyed our first night here. The second day we came back to a giant rip in the side of our tent. We are currently talking to staff about compensating of our stay or meals, but it seems unlikely to happen. Another girl who works here said the same thing happened to a volunteer two weeks ago.

I would not recommend camping here. Find somewhere else where your belongings can be better secured. It’s a bummer because we really wanted to like this place but having a rip in your tent will ruin your trip!

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DO NOT CAMP HERE

We planned on staying here for three nights, but after the first night a dog or some other creature ate through our tent while we were out during the day. It’s a big problem, since we are on motorcycles and this has been our “home” for the past four months.

The owners won’t offer to cover the cost of camping. But you’ll hear similar horror stories happening to other volunteers that live here.

Find another place to stay if you want to camp. The property is pretty but the restaurant is very pricey. Quite disappointed this happened since we enjoyed our first night here. But a ripped tent will ruin your trip, so avoid this place.

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Stayed here only for lunch. Food seems to be really fresh but not something special. The portions are rather small. Prices are normal. At Tuesday is pizza night. According to an employee it‘s pizza, drinking, dancing and loving each other.
You have to take a short walk to the area (about 10-15 minutes). You can park your bike on a safe place at the entrance for 1$.

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Here you can park to visit the Zopilote hostel/restaurant up the hill. We stayed for two nights, paying just C$30 per night to the family living here. (and we offered an additional C$20 to use the pit toilet).

Zopilote is a great place to visit! Great vibe, smoothies, juices, (vegan) food all coming from their own (permaculture) grounds. They offer free yoga, communal dinners and many other workshops.

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