Hostel ∙ 8 guests | Hostel in La Ceiba with Pool

Jungle River Lodge is an adventure playground. We are nestled in the rainforest, surrounded by the sounds of nature with a wide open, spectacular, panoramic view of the Rio Cangrejal and Pico Bonito National Park. Simply stunning! We are one of the original Rafting and Hiking Tour outfitters and offer Rafting tours daily at 9:30 am and 1:00 pm, min two persons. Our bilingual guided, Jungle Hike leaves daily at 8:30 am and returns at 12:30 pm, min 2 persons.
Roneey's shuttle service picks-up directly from Jungle River Lodge for Leon on Mon, Wed and Fri . They charge $10 each person with a 2 person minimum. They also pick-up from Jungle River heading to their Guatemala route which connects to El Salvador and Belize. If you are coming to us from Leon, El Salvador, Guatemala or Belize, Roneey's will bring you directly to Jungle River Lodge for a $10 per person, additional charge with a 2 person minimum. Please book directly on their website. Stay one night or stay awhile and check out Pico Bonito National Park. Then go out to the islands. We are located at Km 8, Careterra a Yaruca, 25 minutes from downtown La Ceiba or 40 minutes from the Utila and Roatan Ferry termina.
Normally you can take one of our recommended taxis who charge 450 lempiras but currently taxis cannot make it up our road, so we recommend you contact us in advance to arrange your private transport or you can take the bus.
Private transport from La Ceiba to the Lodge is between L600 - 700 LPS due to the congested traffic. From the ferry to the lodge costs 500 - 550 Lps/
The YARUCA Bus departs from the 'Estacion de Autobuses by San Jose Market', La Ceiba and the bus will drop you off right in front of Jungle River Lodge for 40 Lempiras. Monday to Saturday, from La Ceiba to La Cuenca (The valley where we are located) the YARUCA bus leaves at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3 pm, On Sundays there is a bus but no fixed schedule.
To get back to La Ceiba, Monday to Saturday the bus passes between 7:30 -8:00 am, 8:30 - 9:00 am and 10:00 -10:30 am. On Sundays it passes anytime between 8:00-9:00 am If they have room, they will stop.
Jungle River Lodge has nice bright, clean and breezy Dorms with no bunk beds. Our Private rooms are all different, clean and comfortable. We have lockers in the dorms and provide guests with safe storage of small items. Our dorms have bathrooms with cold showers, Towels provided upon request with deposit. The Private rooms have hot or cold water showers. We provide a laundry service and housekeeping upon request. We have a restaurant with delicious breakfasts, lunches and tasty meals. We provide Honduran dishes, vegan and vegetarian dishes and some international favs. We have a bar serving icy cold beers, delicious cocktails, guititi and more. We have natural juices. We do not have a communal kitchen nor storage for food so we request guest do not bring food or drinks, especially since having these in rooms attacts jungle critters and crazy ants.
Our guests meet each other and become family, hang out, play games, chill, listen to music, use the firepit (after collecting their own wood) and hike and raft and everything else. We provide decent WiFi in our common area and have a book exchange. We have have stunning view of the sunset and night sky and two natural swimming pools which are perched on the cliff. Jumgle River is located at the best cliff jumping and swimming spots on the river and is sandwiched between Pico Bonito National Park and Nombre de Dios National Park so seeing wild toucans, kingfishers, egrets, parrots, Oropendulo and other birds is pretty normal. Our dogs Thorn and Shadow will welcome you, as will an our resident scarlet macaw, Guara but beware she demands space sometimes. We also have Yin and Yang, our black and white cats and three fish.
Jungle River Lodge terms and conditions:
No food or drink please.
Please Recycle, Reuse and Reduce. We provide a water refill for .50 cents for 1 ltr and a recycling area limited to water/pop bottles and beer/pop cans.
Please keep your stuff off other beds and use the washing lines provided for drying clothes, not handrails.
Day visitors need to pay an entrance of 300 lempiras per person that can go towards food or drink consumption.
Cancellation policy: 24h before arrival.
Check in: 3:00 pm or sooner when we can. We always have a place to leave your bags till your bed or room is ready so you can come anytime.
Check out: 11:00 am
We accept payment by cash in Lempiras or US $, with the restriction that the notes cannot be wrn, have marks or any rips. We also accept Credit and Debit cards with a 6% fee. We accept Bank Transfers from local banks.
19% Sales and Tourism tax are not included in the price quoted on Hostelword and will be added upon checkout.
Breakfast averages between $6.50 -$ 8 with coffee or tea , Lunches between $4.50 and $12 and Dinner $10
General:
Reception hour from 0:9:00 to 21:00
No pets allowed
No curfew.
How to get to us?
Transport Options
Currently taxis cannot make it up our road so for now we recommend asking us to arrange private transport for you or you can opt to take the local bus if you arrive early enough.
Private Transport
From downtown La Ceiba transport costs between 600 - 800 LPS for 1-4 persons, depending on the driver and time of the day / traffic.
From the ferry: 500 - 800 LPS for 1-4 persons, depending on the driver.
Local Bus
Alternatively, you can take the local bus from the Estación de Autobuses at the San Jose Market. Ask for the Yaruca bus. The fare is 40 LPS, Going up the river, the bus operates Monday through Saturday at 10:00/10:30 AM, 12:00/12:30 PM, and 2:30/3:00 PM. On Sunday there is one bus but no real schedule. Going down river, the bus passes the lodge at 7:00/7:45, 8:30/9:00 and 10:00/11:00 am. Please note that there is no cellular signal (no data) on the road up to the Lodge, so we recommend opening our Google Maps location before you enter the dirt road to ensure the route is downloaded to your phone.