The Cranky Croc Hostel

I spent 12 days at this well managed and welcoming hostel in a prime La Candelaria location walking distance to many of Bogotá's wonderful attractions. There are also many fine restaurants, cafes and convenience stores in close proximity. I stayed in a room with a spacious private bathroom. The walk in shower had good water pressure and there was plenty of hot water. The bed was large and comfortable. The room also had a smart TV and plenty of storage space. The wifi reception was good. The hostel was very quiet overnight. Accordingly, I always had a good night's sleep. The hostel staff were all courteous, professional and English speaking. The hostel includes a great restaurant that serves breakfast items until noon and dinner starting at 6pm. The meals I had there were all delicious and reasonably priced. The hostel can arrange several worthwhile tours/ excursions of Bogotá for guests and offers a reasonably priced airport transport. All in all this was a very pleasant stay for me as a solo senior traveller and I would definitely stay here again when visiting Bogotá.

The Cranky Croc Hostel is one of the best hostels I have stayed in! (And I have travelled to over 65 countries!). The location is perfectly situated right next to a transmilenio stop — convenient if you want to get around via public transportation, it is about a 14 minute walk to the Monserrate, and the best part steps away to everything special about the Candeleria. The staff and owner Andy are the nicest most welcoming people and the security and cleanliness of the hostel is a 10/10. The dorm beds are spacious and large, and the pod dorms are literally like your own “single person room”. They are large enough for you to stand and each have their own locker storage inside, with a bed side stand feel to it, updated outlets including usbc and a connect, plus additional storage and many coat hooks inside each pod. Thank you for making Bogota feel like home! I’ll definitely back!

I got a private room here in my trip to Bogota. This hostel is super clean, gets some amazing mates from around the world, the staff is fluent in English and helps you in every way possible, has a killer breakfast menu (starting the day becomes so easy), and is well in the middle of everything in the La Candelaria neighborhood. The ping pong table turned out to be a blessing as well. Highly recommend.

My wife and I ate here on our anniversary. Even though we couldn't speak the language, the servers were very polite and helpful. If you stay at the Sonesta hotel,or happen to be in Bogota, stop by. Look at the beautiful cake they brought us when I put into my translation app that it was our anniversary.

This place is amazing ◡̈ Slept so well, close to everything I wanted to see, nice staff, great breakfast! Organized great tours and activities every day. It was a bit quiet when I went but made a few friends. Recommend!

Great hostel, we stayed in the pods and there was so much space and privacy. The staff were so helpful and lovely and helped us arrange walking tour and transfers. Would stay again 😊

Well situated to access the best parts of Bogota. Really friendly helpful staff. Great kitchen area. Chill out area brilliant. Bar staff and breakfasts and dinner really good.

Staff super friendly and always willing to help. Food was very good value for money and the Ausie BBQ was amazing! Also they can organise really good activitys and trips. Location was perfect for us and would recomend this Hostel to anyone coming to Bogota.