Hostal Inti & Killa — Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama

I stayed at the Hostal Inti Killa on the Northern edges of San Pedro De Atacama for 5 nights with my partner in November 2015. We had a pretty average stay.||||PROS|| - CLEAN - The rooms were clean and attended to every day by the staff|| - ROOM - Beds were comfortable and hot water worked ||||CONS|| - VALUE - We paid 51000CP a night for a double room with ensuite. We thought this was pretty expensive for what we got, although it's well documented that prices in San Pedro are pretty inflated. I also noted that I wasn't given the 19% VAT reduction for foreign residents. This is a tax of 19% on hotels that is lifted for foreigners who can provide their passport and pay in foreign currency on room payment. I was not given this when I was here.|| - LOCATION - This is around 2km North of town and you are looking at a 10 minute walk to the centre.|| - WIFI - This didn't reach our room. It only seemed to service the rooms that were around the central courtyard next to reception. This meant whenever you wanted it you had the sit in sun. I suspect over 50% of the rooms wouldn't get wifi reception|| - MOSQUITO PROBLEM - I found this quite surprising given this is meant to be the driest desert in the world but a small stream runs next to this hotel and mosquitoes have proliferated around it. The mosquito screen on our room was broken and we got eaten alive, particularly on the first night|| - LANGUAGE - None of the staff here were able to speak any English and we really struggled trying to communicate anything.|| - BREAKFAST - Typical carbohydrate rich meal of 3+ day old stiff bread and jam.||||Overall I wouldn't recommend this place unless you couldn't find a...

Pros:|-Spacious room that was impeccably clean.|-Fridge in room|-Friendly staff|-No AC not necessary as cool during the day and sufficiently warm (with blanket provided) at night. Of note, we were there during the month of March.||Cons:|-Wi-fi in the reception area but no Wi-Fi in the room |-Hot water was spotty. If you ran the shower long enough, you would usually get hot water...but one hates to waste water, especially in the desert.|-Breakfast was lackluster and did not change from day to day (rolls, jam, butter, cereal, powdered milk, ham, cheese, one fruit). One day they ran out of food. Although, it seems that breakfasts at hotels in San Pedro are generally not great.||Other:|-Staff don't speak much English but if you know a little Spanish, you will be fine.|-Staff very nice but reception was not always staffed and it could be a nuisance to track someone down.|-Parking is outside during the day. At night, they recommend bringing the car inside the compound given the dust at night. If staff was not around, it was a pain to find someone to unlock the parking area to bring the car in/out.|-There is a small pool but we only used it once for about 10 minutes as whatever chemicals they use to treat the water caused the eyes to burn.|-No hairdryer or Kleenex in the room. If you anticipate needing either, bring your own.|-Slightly out outside of town. Not an issue for us as we had a car.||Giving it 3 stars due to the hot water issue, no wi-fi in room, and difficulty tracking down staff at times. If none of these elements are important to you, then you will...

We stayed 3 nights in the Inti & Killa hostal in San Pedro de Atacama. We booked double room through despegar.com. We arrived to San Pedro in the morning and were expecting just to leave our luggage, but they let us into the room early. The girl at the reception did not speak English, and it took us some time to understand that she was asking for a booking number, but finally it was resolved. Then she showed us around (the dining room and the pool), and took us to our room. The room was clean, it had one queen and one twin bed, a dresser, a small fridge and a table with chair. The bathroom had a shower, soap and shampoo. There was no air conditioning, but fortunately it was not very hot when we were there at the end of February. The walls are thin so you can sometimes hear the neighbors. The breakfast was pretty good: bread, cheese, ham, cereal with milk or yogurt, juice, tea and instant coffee. Unfortunately we could enjoy it only once since breakfast starts at 7:30, and we had to be ready for a tour at that time. As other reviewers mentioned, WiFi signal is not strong enough to reach some of the rooms, but one can go into the common room or the courtyard. The location is alright. San Pedro is a small town, so one can easily walk from the hostal to the center in about 10 minutes. It was a good deal...