Hostel Independencia | Hostel

February 29th, 2024 by twowilddogs

Very friendly and helpful owner who lives at the property.
There is room for a few cars on the driveway which is secure and locked with a gate at night.
Basic kitchen but does the job fine.
When this hostel is full it does feel busy as it isn't that big.
Enjoyed our stay.

January 27th, 2024 by primaryovershoot12

great place, was there for 3 days. Full of hitchhikers

March 4th, 2023 by wimibes

This is the second time we've come to this hospedaje and of all the places we've been, it has to be our favorite, and that's saying something! The accommodations are good and clean, but not spectacular, the price, at 13,000 pesos per bed, was quite good, but not the cheapest; however, it's the owner and the energy of the house that makes it exceptional. We loved every minute of our time here and highly, highly recommend a stay if you have the opportunity!!

February 28th, 2023 by ioverlander

Very nice place, super clean, friendly kitchen area. The owner is very nice and helpful. 13000 CLP per person

January 21st, 2023 by deportare2017

The place is filled with the love of the owner. I really enjoyed staying here. There are not much place for cars but he tries to find a way so I recommend you to just visit there and knock. Hot shower, warm kitchen, hot water to drink.

December 29th, 2022 by Sanddragon II

Very nice place with clean bathroom hot shower and warm and friendly owner. The drive is a little tight for our motorhome but we enjoyed our 3 nights stay very much. Highly recommended! Bent B

December 7th, 2022 by roberta_otto

Very nice hostel, we paid 13500 per bed (doesn't make a difference if it's in a bed or private room), the owner was really nice and gave us a lot of advices. He owns a minimarket just next to the hostel in case you need anything.

November 14th, 2022 by gaspard-royet

Quelques places pour les tentes à 8000 pesos par nuit par personne. Wifi, douche chaude, propriétaire très sympa. Aussi quelques places en dortoir à 13000 pesos par personne.

October 9th, 2022 by tessedelaat

Really nice owner. We put our campervan in the parking area. Kitchen, wifi, hot showers. Open the whole year.

March 19th, 2022 by MiLi Weltenbummler

a perfect place to stay 1 or 2 days in Punta Arenas. 10000 per person for a bed and 5000 for camping. there is a small kitchen to cook for yourself, warm showers and a small room to chill. Attached is a small shop where you can get the essentials. everything is clean and tidy. very sympathetic host.

February 16th, 2020 by guillemette.claudet

Great hostel run by a great host ! Eduardo is lovely and will give you loads of advices about Punta Arenas and its surroundings. 10k for a bed in dorms or 5k if you camp with tent. Bathrooms are spacious and very clean. Breakfasts included for those who sleep in the hostel, and it is a full and delicious one I can tell!

January 3rd, 2020 by donmoto300

Great Social Hostal, run by Eduardo who is a really nice guy, keeps the place clean, is relaxed and friendly and then atmosphere of the Hostal is great because of this. 10k for dorm with breakfast, 5k for camping without. I had a great time, gracias!

December 2nd, 2019 by maya.quest

Not the nicest looking place, but friendly owner, has clean bathrooms, with tp and hot shower. Okay WiFi, reaches the parking spot. Parking not very level, but fine. Room for two vehicles (he’ll move his car out) also has gravel area for tents. Small kitchen. 5,000pp. Central.

August 29th, 2019 by lena.cavatica

Open all year round - yay! There is space for 1 normal sized van at the moment, a big RV won't fit. Price 5000pp/pn. Nice place, not crowded in winter.

March 2nd, 2019 by liset.nauta

super Nice guy, who let us Stay the night with our small car with rooftent. not a lot of space, you have to be lucky that there is place available for your motorhome. super clean showers and hot 5000 pesos per person. and nearby town. also places for tents. bit noisy with cars passing by the whole night.

January 25th, 2019 by iz4dja

cosy place and friendly owner , bed in a dorm with breakfast is 10.000 clp. camping is for 5.000.
good vibes between travellers and there is a shared kitchen. parking is possible but not for.big rigs, motorcycles and three cars, they have a.special parking for bycilcles with roof and safe. you will love this place.

January 24th, 2019 by iz4dja

nice little hostel , frendly and polite owner with common kitchen and place to camp and parking.
cheapest in town for sure tourist office said that and also other travellers met on the road. 5000 clp camping per person per night. motorbike safe inside. hot shower and fast wifi. thats all folks !

January 18th, 2019 by georgep_north

All as described below. Eduardo is such a fantastic guy! The kitchen gets very crowded, but the place has such a friendly vibe that it doesn’t matter too much.

January 4th, 2019 by CHrOEtli

Perfect place to stay, even possible to stay in your car if it's not too big. Eduardo, the owner, is super friendly and tries to find space for you. also possible to camp with your tent is the "garden".
rest as stated before!

December 13th, 2018 by Katharina und Matthias auf Hochzeitsreise

we love the place. The owner takes care of his guests very well, is interested in anyone. breakfast is delicious.

November 23rd, 2018 by zejose.com

Camping $5000 CL , nice place, buen lugar acceso a baño, cocina común con hostal

November 3rd, 2018 by herrsilie

Eduardo is a great host! We loved the time there. His breakfast is incredible good :) he also helped us fixing Aluminium poles for the tent I couldn’t found in town.

October 22nd, 2018 by marine.carassai

Lugar con muy buena onda. El dueño es muy amable y conoce muy bien su ciudad. Limpio y ordenado. Cocina con todo que necesito. Hay dormitorios y habitación matrimoniales. Es el mismo precio : 9000CPL sin desayuno y 10 000CPL con desayuno. El desayuno es rico con frutas, huevos, té o café, pan, mermelada, mantequilla... somos cicloviajeros y después no teníamos hambre!!!
Cerca del centro

February 14th, 2018 by /blogs/17183

Camping - 5000 CP per night. Good facilities, great crowd. Small kitchen and open area. Owner is really helpful and always around. Kitchen hours are restricted, but he’s a bit flexible on letting you cook if you need to. A little far from town (10 minutes walk to center) but good budget place to stay.

February 1st, 2018 by shokmax

One of the only place in this city where you can put your tent, if their is still place.
Everything is cool, shower, owner, wifi, location.
One of the place for backpackers.
When i come, campsite was full, but i stay 2nights in a dormitory, with clean bed, bathroom,...,for 9000pesos/night, and for 10000 you have breakfast included

December 23rd, 2017 by happinessiscamping.wordpress.com

The place to be in Punta Arenas! There are two, maybe three places for campervans and a few places for tents in the garden from Eduardo‘s Hostal. We paid 10‘000 CLP / night (2 persons & a campervan), you can use the toilets and really nice hot showers inside the Hostal. In the kitchen and the living room you have always persons for a little chat and also Wifi. Eduardo is very helpful and funny, you can ask him everything. We spent Christmas Eve with Eduardo, his familiy and the other guests in the Hosta - a really nice experience! Very recommended!

December 10th, 2017 by cometthevan.reislogger.nl

nice sheltered camping for a van or 3 and some tents. also rooms available. nice atmosphere and a cool stove in the kitchen!

October 20th, 2017 by samsammetjuh

We stayed here in the campervan for 5000 pesos pp. Clean shower and toilet. We arrived at 14:00, relaxed, walked in town and made dinner in the kitchen around 18:30. Perfect. After 19:30 it got really crowded, so we fled to our campervan around 21:00. Shower gets cold when one does the dish wash.

In the end Edwardo had 12 guests. A room costs 9000, if you want delicious and enormous breakfast it's only 1000 more. He gives everyone a lot of information and really enjoys taking care of his guests.

We dropped our campervan at the Soul Van (partner-)office in town and Edwardo rang a taxi for us to the airport, he said it would be 7000 pesos total, don't let the driver charge you more. As we got in the taxi the driver said it would be 8000, but we said 7000 and we took off. At the airport he tried again to charge us 8000 and showing us the numbers on the desk of 12000 but we paid only 7000.

October 8th, 2017 by eentikkienaarhetzuiden

Good place if you want to sleep in your vehicle; 5000 pppn. The time we were there, they only had a few other guests and the communal places were already crowded.. Hot showers, fast WiFi and an awesome stove to use.

June 12th, 2017 by combisour.wordpress.com

We stayed 3 nights here. It was the cleanest place I've for long! Hot showers so great. And the owner is really nice and have lots of tips (they opened the hostel 22 years ago).

March 6th, 2017 by NateTheNomad

Great hostel! 9,000 pesos a night with tight parking for a few bikes or 2 cars. The wifi was fast when it work which was not often. The kitchen is good but can get crowded at chow time. Overall a good place to stay!

February 16th, 2017 by uleczqa

One of the cheapest hostels in Punta Arenas where you can get a double room for 5.000clp pp with breakfast included. The owner Eduardo is very friendly. The rooms are small but bathrooms clean and in good shape.

December 28th, 2016 by timo.luft

Only Hostel in Town where you can Camp with tent and/or car. But only small cars!

December 9th, 2016 by hastalavista.

The cheapest and best place we found in town. (9000 for a bed in a 4 bed dorm, breakfast for 1000, camping 5000pp). Very nice atmosphere. Come in early if you want to camp, the camping area is not that big and fills up quickly.

November 22nd, 2016 by fb.com

very nice owner, Good showers and toilets. too noisy to sleep on rooftop tents.

May 31st, 2016 by uyarak.ch

Nice little hostel in a normal family house. Camping in the parking lot in front of the house. The owner is very friendly and the shower is perfectly clean. All in all a good place to stay in Punta Arenas.

May 5th, 2016 by rswann

Stayed here with campervan parked in front drive. Use of kitchen, bathroom and WiFi. Owner very helpful and friendly. Don't be put off by initial appearance of the place from the road - it's very homely.

February 2nd, 2016 by valkanoise

Nice place, you can put your tent or rent a room. Hot water and wifi. Eduardo is the owner, nice fellow.

February 2nd, 2016 by australis70

We went here for the second time in 2 weeks. For camping it's a very tiny place and it's fits probably 3 travel car's. It's a really busy place, but thats ok. Eduardo is very friendly and helpful and always in action. The bathrooms a very clean, couldn't get cleaner for that amount of people. The price for camping is 5000 Clp and for a bed its 8000. For the fantastic breakfast he charge 1000 Clp. We can highly recommend this place.

December 18th, 2015 by svsilverfin

Good and funky place. Owner very friendly and helpful. Small camping area and very tight parking. Probably the best deal in Puerto Arena. Spent four nights here.

December 13th, 2015 by ADopReis

Small campsite, not for big rigs. Nice facilities inside the hostel.

November 14th, 2015 by mat_millard

Contact info for Edwardo +56 61 222 7572 [email protected] www.hostalindependencia.cl

November 14th, 2015 by mat_millard

Excellent value hostel. Family style house/hostel. Currently no space for tents as they are re growing lawn but will likely open again soon. Space for car camping. A large outdoor kitchen under construction which will be excellent. Highly recommend this hostel ring or email ahead in high season it's already busy. 4000 cp per person for camping, 8000 for dorm inside 9000 with breakfast which looked good value although I didn't take it.

February 17th, 2015 by Song of the Road

We didn't camp here, just stayed in the Hostal while our truck was getting some repairs. Eduardo the manager was super helpful an friendly. The showers are clean and usually very hot. They could probably use 1 more bathroom in the place given how many people were staying here. For campers, there is a grassy area to camp and maybe 1 truck camper could fit. Wifi was super fast but would sometimes drop out. We paid 7000 pp/night for a private room.

December 31st, 2014 by cragkungfu.com

4,000 pesos per person. Level parking, room for a couple vehicles. Nice owner. Legit backpacker type place. Decent wifi.

August 11th, 2014 by Get out of Town

- 3.000 CLP per person
- camping on a small yard of the hostel (really small, about 3 cars max, height limit because of low branches ca. 2.3 meters on one spot)
- lot of noise from the street
- decent wifi
- power only with a long cord (about 12 meters, maybe more)

January 1st, 2013 by globalfootprints.de

good value, small courtyard, nice ablutions in the building, wifi, common area, large kitchen

January 3rd, 2011 by panamnotes.com

Central. This hostel is the owner’s house which he lives in with his parents. There is normally room for one camper in the driveway but it is currently occupied by a broken-down Honda. The owner doesn’t seem to have any plans to move it but graciously let us shower for free.