Situated 1.5km northwest of the center, laid-back, spick-and-span Casa Blanca aims to provide weary backpackers with everything they wanted to find in a hostel elsewhere, but couldn't. The wonderfully equipped kitchen, spacious rooms hung with Otavalo tapestries, 'honesty system' for chilled beers, special boot-wash area, washer-dryer, in-house tour agency…Gary and Michelle have nailed it.
There are discounts for weekly and monthly stays. La Casa Blanca is in the Aeropuerto Dos neighborhood north of the old airstrip: taxi drivers mostly know it.