Hostel La Ballena Backpacker
  • Hostel
  • Las Galeras
  • 7.2/10

Hostel La Ballena Backpacker

Essential Facilities: Hostel La Ballena Backpacker in Las Galeras offers a terrace and free WiFi. Guests can relax in the lounge or enjoy the outdoor dining area. The property includes a shared kitchen, minimarket, and games room. Comfortable Accommodations: Rooms feature air-conditioning, private bathrooms, and parquet floors. Additional amenities include a coffee machine, refrigerator, and wardrobe. Interconnected rooms and ground-floor units cater to various needs. Prime Location: Located an 8-minute walk from Las Galeras Beach, the hostel is 75 km from Samana El Catey International Airport. Nearby attractions include scuba diving opportunities. Guests appreciate the convenient location and excellent service.

  • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.6)

Kids

Children are not allowed.

Dogs

Pets are not allowed.

Address

Calle Principal S/N, 32000 Las Galeras, Dominican Republic, Las Galeras, Dominican Republic

Facilities

Free WiFi Non-smoking rooms Facilities for disabled guests

Gallery

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Reviews

Kinga 10/10
Poland 🇵🇱

Pros: Great staff- very helpful and communicative and giving a lot of good advices. The hostel is small but very cute and location is perfect. Comfy beds with mosquito nets for better comfort,

Cons: Everything was good

Giancarlo 9/10
Brazil 🇧🇷

Pros: Attention from staff, location, facilities, everything.

Erik 8/10
Netherlands 🇳🇱

Basic but nice place

Pros: Staff and volunteers are really nice and helpful. It is a typical backpackers hostel in a beach village with a relaxed vibe. Dont expect any luxury but its a good place to meet other people. There is a kitchen which does the job. Beds are alright and have mosquito nets

Cons: Its very basic and especially on hygiene they could do better. Also, there is a bar with very loud music across the hostel, during the week they close around midnight but for example on a sunday they stayed open until after midnight and you can hear the music pretty well in the dorms

Heins-bunde 10/10
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Pros: Best Traveller Hostel It s a nice hostel with even nicer people working there. Angie, Sophie and Thai helped me wherever they could...giving great hiking informations, organizing my travel, finding my next hostel as well as organising affordable ways to go to great places and come back.... This girls are just beautiful and I had a great time with them. I will never forget. I highly recommend this hostel to all travelers, especially the ones who travel alone.

Cons: the shower was cold and had no pressure at all

Diana 10/10
Poland 🇵🇱

Good option for the private room in Las Galeras :)

Pros: Great location in the center of Las Galeras, cosy rooms and really good value for money :)

Christopher 10/10
Netherlands 🇳🇱

Pros: Clean, good kitchen, close to the beach, friendly staff. Had a great stay!

Andrea 10/10
Argentina 🇦🇷

Pros: Excelente ubicación, a 5 min caminando de Playa grande y 10 de La playita. Cómodas las instalaciones y su gente muy amable.

Marta 9/10
Spain 🇪🇸

Pros: El personal, la limpieza y la ubicación. Ha sido una experiencia maravillosa. Gracias hostel La Ballena, volveré!!!!!!

Cons: Nada

Leslie 8/10
Hong Kong 🇭🇰

Pros: Super hostel! El staff era muy simpático, accogliente, nos aconsejó sobre las actividades allá. Linda terraza y buena onda con los otros viajeros!

Cons: En la habitación faltaba aire fresco porque no había ventana dando afuera, pero era tranquilo, funcional y limpio!

Sandrine 8/10
France 🇫🇷

Prévoyez les bouchons d'oreilles en chambre eco

Pros: L'emplacement est très central. Nous avons eu la chambre économique et la supérieure. Les 2 étaient propre, avec eau chaude et moustiquaire. La cuisine commune est équipée avec le nécessaire. Cafetière et café à disposition. Distributeur d'eau à la réception. Personnel serviable et aimable. La déco, l'ambiance, petit salon avec vue pour se poser.

Cons: Bouchons d'oreilles indispensables pour la chambre eco qui donne côté rue donc extrêmement bruyante. Les coms précédents ne sont pas exagérés. Prix un peu plus élevé

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