Zephyr Lodge

This place should clearly be advertised as a party hostel. There isn’t much going on besides drinking and partying at night, and no activities are organized by the hostel. The staff was nice, and the place itself is beautiful, with great scenery. That said, it clearly feels like it needs some love and care to become truly great. Music was blasting all day and until 1 a.m., making it impossible to rest. Even with earplugs, we could still hear it clearly. Eating in the common area wasn’t enjoyable either because the music was overwhelmingly loud. The Wi-Fi barely worked and was not accessible in the rooms, which was frustrating, especially since relaxing in common areas wasn’t really possible due to the noise. Although the food was good the first night, we got sick after eating the pizza and were stuck in bed for an entire day, unable to eat. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get any real rest due to the constant noise and the mattress, which was extremely hard. Honestly, this was the worst experience of my travels in the last couple of months. We tried to relax in the jacuzzi to release some tension, but it wasn’t even hot. We were hesitating between Greengo’s and this place, and if you’re looking for calm and peacefulness, I would not recommend staying here.

Epic location with epic views, reasonable price, and tour options. I had a single room with a private bathroom that was spacious,|Clean, and quiet. The room could have used another shelf , but it was great. The views are incredible throughout the hostel. The staff is cool, some more snarky than others, but the food was good. It’s an excellent vibe! Not too rowdy and not dull!

The views were absolutely breathtaking and the tour to Semuc Champey was excellent. What really made our stay exceptional, though, was the incredible volunteer team. Ellie, Victoria, and Laura were outstanding. Their positive energy added so much to the atmosphere of the lodge. Their cocktail making was another highlight! Class girls!

Like others I have a very mixed review of Zephyr. It has the potential to be a great hostel however they fail at the basics of running a hostel. Pros: The scenery and views are insane. During the day the vibes are great. The tour was also good fun and run by locals. Cons: The bar staff / volunteers are weird. The bar manager is self absorbed and said many insensitive comments about alcohol poisoning in SE Asia. The music is awful and so loud you can’t actually get to meet people in the hostel. They said they were throwing a party but it was the lamest thing ever. Not music anyone could sing or dance to and too loud to play games. They have to the perfect space to host activities around the pool during the day but nothing goes on apart from drinking games. Would be easy to run yoga classes around the deck and given the price I’d expect a few more things included.

Pros: The location is amazing very cool! The pool and the views are amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩. Also the semuc tour was absolutely amazing! Jose is a great guide. Cons: The bed and pillows are very stiff and uncomfortable. The big one for me the tours are NOT guaranteed! I tried to do the tubing tour was told 11:30. Then there was not enough people so need to go with other hostel at 2. No bigs - it happens. But then 2 rolls around and then that is cancelled too. Wish they would have just told me sooner could have arranged something else. Also no outside food. So you are kind of forced to buy the hostle food which is very food! But a bit pricy.

Beautiful hostel! Enjoyed my stay. Lovely views from the pool and common area. Hot tub in the afternoon/evening. View from the room was beautiful with nice hot showers. Enjoyed my stay here. Did the tubing and semuc champey through the hostel. All the food I tried was good. Although no kitchen or outside food to be taken to the hostel. The hostel has dogs but they are very chill and lovely! 🥰

We reserved 4 nights in a private room over Christmas and our experience was mixed to say the least due to the very inappropriate owner, disorganised management, a bizarrely under booked stay (almost empty). 1. The Dutch owner was incredibly inappropriate to us and multiple other guests. Expressing his political opinions and conspiracy theories on others in an aggressive manor was very unacceptable. It was very awkward to be locked into an unsolicited conversation with him expressing how “Isreal ran the world”, climate change was a hoax and that anyone with a COVID vaccine was an idiot. He was very critical of people’s careers and very aggressive in his body language and tone, while it was difficult to defend any personal opinion given that he was the owner and we were worried of getting kicked out. This really changed the vibe of Xmas and left people going to bed early and upset. 2. The management of activities and what lists people were on was poorly organised by the managers and meant we had to ask 5+ times if we were signed up to activities with little clarity. 3. The hostel was unexpectedly quiet over Christmas because they had make a mistake and underbooked the hostel. For some reason, the hostel claimed it was sold out on booking platforms and required people to enquire via email about reservations over Christmas. We were told that this was a mistake and that it meant that the hostel was very quiet. We still had fun, but there was unfortunately no real party or atmosphere as a result, like seen on social media which was disappointing. On a positive note, the food was good, rooms are nice, the hostel is in a beautiful location and the guides & tours are friendly and great fun. However, our stay over Christmas was not as we had hoped and I would encourage future guests to think twice about staying at Zephyr lodge.

A good hostel to stay at for a few nights. Views from room were amazing if you got the window bed, cabins were big snd plenty of common space. Food etc is very pricey as they encourage tabs and walking in and out the town is not common (but easily done). The Semuc Champey tour run by the local guides was the highlight.