La Casa de Chamo

Chamo's Hostel had a very good value for the money. We had a small room on the roof. Although the walls were very thin and did little to keep the cold out, the blankets were more than enough to sleep comfortably. The best part was how friendly and helpful the owner and assistant were. It located a nice walk from the downtown through a very busy local street that helped us know the city better.

The shower was warm but was in an open roof bathroom so it could get quite cold getting out of the shower

Excelente lugar, confortable y muy amable la atecion de chamo; siempre encargandose de solucionar cualquier problema q pudiera surgir y haciendo de tu estadia en arequipa realmente una verdadera felicidad

The owners were really lovely and us check in early in the morning after our night bus. The roof terrace is great and has views of the snowy mountains. Good value. About a 30 minute walk from town but there are some places to eat nearby and it is closer to the bus station than places in town

A lot of the listed facilities were inaccurate; no tea and coffee making in the room, no washing machine (although he did allow us to use their personal one), the kitchen shown in the photos is not for guests etc. Guests are not given a key to the main door so have to knock loudly and hope they hear which is inconvenient (the bell is also broken) and we didn’t have an external lock on our bedroom door for when we were out. Also we were woken up really early every day by the owners talking outside our room as it has thin windows directly onto their courtyard.