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HI - Shuswap Lake - Squilax General Store & Hostel Details
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Location/Contact| Address | 229 Trans Canada Highway, Squilax, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Website | www.hihostels.ca/shuswap |
| Telephone | +1 (250) 675-2977, toll free in North America +1 (888) 675-2977 |
| Fax | +1 (250) 675-2977 |
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Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
Truly unique hosteling experience. This hostel was incredible because it was SO different. I was only there for one night passing through but once I got there I wish I could have stayed at least another night. The dorms are train cars/cabooses and they're kind of funky. The animals form part of the experience and the setting is just beautiful. We sat on the wharf and watched the sun set over the water -- be prepared for mozzies -- then sat around the campfire to all hours of the night. I imagine there are also some beautiful walks around. Sure it is probably not the cleanest place that I have stayed but it certainly wasnt dirty and that was all part of the wilderness/bohemian experience. I can't recommend staying here highly enough, it was such a fabulous experience and was a highlight of my trip. — Melissa , Australia (2011-07-27) WOW This place is awesome! Never have had a better place to stay in Canada before! You can do a lot of great things like having bbq, swimming, canoeing for free, feeding lamas, having a campfire and a really great time. I will come back soon. Unfortunately i could only stay for one night! — Fan , Germany (2011-07-21) DISGUSTING!!!! DIRTY!!!!! INFESTED WITH RODENTS!!!!! This is the most disgusting, dirty place I've ever seen, and I own a small cleaning company. Weve cleaned out houses owned by hoarders and nothing compares to this sick mess. There were rodents running around, not even afraid of the light or people, they live in such dirty squalor. Not only is it dirty, the owner bitch is cheap as sh*t and collects stuff from the dump to bring back to stash in the disgusting dirt palace. The house is full of garbage!!!! It's almost like it's not worth saving the building, the entire insides would have to be completely gutted to make it suitable for human habitation. Demolishing the entire building would be the best option. The owner bitch and her young man-slave are cheap cheap cheap, charging for Internet usage and switching the wifi off at 10pm. Gross!!! Filthy!!!! I'm never never going back. If you value your health and safety (no smoke detectors-just wires hanging out of the wall) you will stay far away from this hostel!!!!! Barf!!!!! — Disgusted from Sask (2011-07-20) Sorts out the ARs from the non-ARs Hosteling at Squilax was a wonderful experience. Yes it's bohemian. Yes it's rustic. But a beautiful example of what it is! My wonderful stepdaughter experienced her first ever marshmallow toast over an open fire at the lake's edge fire pit. — Anonymous , UK (2010-07-13) We stayed here as a family and it proved one of the high points of our trip to Canada. Others obviously felt the same as many had extended their stay such was the great atmosphere. The cabooses provide a great lodging place for the children, and the various walks and nature trails proved irresistible. Swimming and canoeing from the newly renovated jetty were fantastic. Blair proved to be a gentle and charming hostess/manager, and made a great communal pancake breakfast-a marvelous opportunity to meet others. For these reasons rather than for pristine standards, I feel it warrants five stars. The hostel accommodation is unpretentious but extraordinary, and the standards of hygiene are what any normal person would expect to encounter on a backpacking trip. Keep an open mind and try it for yourself. I don't think you will be disappointed. — Dr Neal Gillespie (2006-08-11) While reading these comments please keep in mind I am fifty-nine and have not 'wilderness' camped for many many years. This was a very unique experience which I approached with much hesitation. There were three children, fifteen, eleven and four as well as two adults. I'm the only one who didn't 'love' the experience but I thoroughly enjoyed the setting, the extremely friendly and accommodating host Blair and the fact that the kids were facinated with the whole experience, particularly the caboose. The weather was hot which made the caboose a little uncomfortable by day, but a fan was provided and it did cool down at night. The beds were adequate. The showers were clean and the two dollar, all you can eat pancakes with apples and saskatoon berries were very tasty. A person must keep in mind the fact that this is a wilderness hostel and not expect a pristine environment. We met other interesting guests as we had hoped to and exchanged stories during our three-day stay. The setting is very hippie inspired but everyone we met was enjoying himself and herself. — S.H.-Ontario (2006-08-03) Very, very dirty! In addition, I was just there this past June, at the start of mosquito season. The cabooses are very stuffy, absolutely no air flow, and it wasn't a heat wave when I was there. I can't imagine how crowded it would be with six people in one caboose. Three people was plenty crowded. — Anonymous (2006-07-06) Now, this place is weird like in good...! But those cabooses can get quite crowded and noisy when all bunks are taken. But lots of quiet places to escape to and having a lake / beach in front of you helped me to stay longer than I wanted....but I never got those lamas to spit at me ! Darn :) — d.l. (2006-01-23) Very dirty, dog and cat hair everywhere, cat feces in all the plants. Freezing cold in the main room. House bathroom very mouldy with potato bugs coming out of the rotting plaster while in the shower. Its one thing to be earth friendly and respectful of peoples alergies to cleaning products but for God's sake its a business, try cleaning it once and a while. The grime is literally built up in the corners where you could scrape it out with a putty knife. Dusty, my allergies went off to the point that I broke out in hives the size of quarters, good thing the people allergic to cleaning products will fare well... those with animal or dust allergies forget about it. The proprieter seemed friendly enough but in dire need of a bath, I had to plug my nose following her down the stairs from the overwhelming BO smell, once again the hippy thing is good within reason. The yard was uniquely set on the river but once again a shambles in need of extensive work and maintainance.The walkway to the dock to view the river was very much in need of repair and as i stepped on it I hoped that my foot wouldnt go right through. Couldnt help but notice the "deals" posted everywhere for asian students wanting to do a ESL program through the hostel for $2000+ Canadian per month, pretty outrageous from what I saw of the accomodations. DIRTY not messy. — withheld (2005-12-21) Very uncommon hostel! It's an accommodation in rail cars overlooking the river. It has a very friendly atmosphere. Blair, the owner, is amazing. You'll learn a lot from her. And she cooks very good pancakes for breakfast. There's a salmon run, beaver house, lamas, fire camp, marshmallows and sweathouse. Can you believe it! — Emmanuel (2004-12-18)