Hostelek Maputóban

Macamo Mozambik

It's very good to stay at the Backpackers

Maria Rosa Kolumbia

beautifully decorated, friendly owners and staff, well located, great shower, and amazing breakfast

Khalid Szaúd-Arábia

The warm welcome by Claudio and staff, the mosquitoes net, and the location near the airport.

Yaniv Ausztrália

If you want to get out of the city center/coast and experience genuine Maputo life for the everyday person then this is quite an experience. Mafalala is bustling with life day and night, there are people walking the alleys, all kinds of street vendors, mosques blaring, church sermons on the street down the street from bars playing Amapiano, a marketplace to buy coconuts and kids playing on a football field. All within a short walk of each other. Many people were friendly and said hello to me, I walked around alone, took some video footage and did go to the closest ATM. I had no problem, but the area has a bad reputation. I was told not to walk around after 10pm. Like many places in Africa you wouldn't want to have expensive items exposed. Then again the hostel was always ready to send me out with a staff member or even go and get anything for me. And within the hostel was safe. The area lays claim to the likes of Samora Machel and Joaquim Chissano, footballer Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, and poet Jose Craveirinha. The staff can arrange for someone to take you around for some kind of tip. Or there are paid tours by established companies. I got one of the cheaper rooms. For comfort I would get the larger room with bathroom next time. There was a window looking out over Mafalala. And from parts of the hostel you can get an elevated view looking over the neighborhood. There are nice art works around the premises. The area is a short and cheap ride to the city center with taxi app.