Hospedaje Wankko — Hotel in Huanchaco

I am a backapacker 37yrs old, traveling with partner, 40 countries visited.||We chose the place after visiting a few others (including 'Friend's place' hostel), 30 soles for a private room with a bathroom, tv and wi-fi is excellent value for money in the area. We stayed 3 nights. It feels more like hotel than hostel.||ROOM: the room with queen bed is decent size, cozy, nice lighting, clean, towels and soap provided; very good wi-fi working in the room, tv with satellite channels including English movies; the matterace and pillows are ones of the best we have had so far, soft and super comfortable. Bathroom is small but nice and functional, electric shower with adjustable temperature means hot water all the time available, pressure is very low so that is small disadvantage; we got the room 203 which was not facing the street but 2x2m atrium so we did not have much daylight and view was at the window of opposite room, though there are other bright rooms in the hostel facing the street. If you are light sleeper you need earplugs as you can hear all the street sounds. However comparing to other rooms in the area at the same price it is excellent standard. Moreover the place is very safe, hostel surrounded by metal fence, external door closed all the time (open on request).||SERVICE AND FACILITIES: the owner is very nice, kind person, allowed us for very late check-out free of charge (you cannot find it very often) and for that reason I am giving an extra star. There is small common area with big TV close to reception.||LOCATION: the hostel is located in the center of the town, 2-3 blocks from the beach which means the area is quiet, but still 5mins walking distance to the sea and main pedestrian area. Close by is excellent chicken restaurant open from 6.30pm (polloria Barro)- 7s for a big portion. Also up the street just under Aleman hostel is nice local restaurant (Los Mariscos) with almuerzo for 7-10 soles. |Huanchaco is about 30 mins by bus...

My boyfriend and I stayed here by chance as we found from wandering through the back streets of Huanchaco. We found the hostel more like a hotel. The rooms were very comfortable and clean. We had good wifi and a television in our room. The showers were hot however the only thing that could have been improved was the water pressure, but it was ok.||||We had stayed in other places in Huanchaco on the main street and were looking for something quieter and thats what we found here. Its only a few blocks from the beach and was no problem to walk to the surf.||||Wankko was all round great value. All the staff were lovely, they had to buzz you in through the gate at the front each time we returned to the hostel, hence security was high. We were originally going to stay 1 night but ended up spending almost 2 weeks there. ||The nice man on reception also let us have a late checkout, a very late checkout (as we were catching a night bus to Lima) for no extra cost. ||||We really enjoyed our stay. Thank you to everyone at Wankko. I would definitely recommend this...

Quiet, clean and comfortable.|More of a hotel set up at great value.|Good wifi, good comfortable beds.|Stayed here for two weeks and felt comfortable and safe.|Two minutes from the beach and market.|Friendly owner let us stay late in our room after check out, for our bus at no extra charge...