Hospedaje Huanchaco Gardens — Hotel in Huanchaco

I spend 6 months of every year in Huanchaco and my preferred accommodation was not going to be available this year, so I booked for a 6 month stay - based on the advert that had been placed in a variety of online rental sites! The mini-apartment listed was first floor (in Peru that would be second, as ground floor is first) and the accompanying photos showed a spacious one-bedroomed apartment, fully fitted kitchen (large fridge-freezer, 4 burner cooker with oven, microwave, etc), a small balcony, which all looked clean and nice. I contacted them via the advert and booked for 6 months, checking up a couple of times that everything was still OK.||On arrival in Trujillo I called and told them I was on the way and took a taxi from the airport - a journey of 10 minutes. The owner was not there - having gone to the market - but I was shown a room, which was on the ground floor, was open plan with beds and bunks just off the kitchen area. and with a poorly fitted kitchen (only a two-burner hotplate and a very small under-counter fridge). I explained that this was not the apartment I had booked and was told to wait for the owner. He arrived shortly and told me that the mini-apartment was booked for 4 months, but I could have any of the other apartments, and showed me another - just like the previous one, on the ground floor and poorly appointed. Maybe suitable for a weekend visit, but definitely not for a long-term rental.||I explained that this was totally unsuitable for a 6 month stay, and was not what I had seen advertised and booked (directly from the advert) - and the response was that they had several apartments for rent, but only ever showed the photos from one of them!! At this stage I made my apologies and left - I had not slept for over 30 hours by then, but tired as I was could not face sleeping in one of...

We stayed here for one night and camped in their ample garden at the rear. The toilets left a little to be desired but they were VERY clean, (and had toilet seats) there was toilet paper although no roof in the mens? The garden has a pool so who knows what its like camping there if the Hotel is busy. Camping was 40 SOL or about £10 UKPounds. The shower was the use of a room but it wasn't Hot only Warm. Not sure if a shower in the morning was the cause of this but its not the warmest place on earth so a hot shower is needed and a cold shower would be out of the question. The Wi-Fi was OK for Emails but little else as it was too slow. The hotel is only 30seconds walk from the beach and the many sea front Bars, Restaurants and Clubs. The Hotel was quiet and we got a good nights rest. There is power in the garden on the picnic tables. As far as camping goes it was OK but for Peru it was above average. It nearly gets a three star for the garden toilets and the shower. Four Stars due to it being clean, quiet and actually a proper campsite. It even has a sink to wash dishes. All it needs is a proper...

Average campsite with small pool and toilets... ||Cost for parking a camper is 20 soles each for adults & 5 soles each for children. No showers outside but you can use a shower if they have an empty room - showers are cold though. Electricity points outside but these only worked the first night we were there. Laundry service advertised but when I asked they wouldn't do our washing. Wifi doesn't work from back garden - you have to go down by the office.||We stayed 3 nights & were about to stay for the 4th night (which was New Year's Eve), when we were told we had to leave in 2 hours. The reason they gave us was they needed the space to use the ground as a car park. This was at 2pm, leaving us very little time to find somewhere secure to park up as a family with 2 kids, on New Year's Eve of all nights!! To add insult to injury, another van arrived after us but they were able to stay that night as they had booked in through a different member of staff!||Only 1 star due to really poor customer service and treatment of us...