The Nega Maluca (Portuguese for the crazy black woman) is actually not a guesthouse. We prefer to call it a family house because here we have no guests. We are all family - the travellers family.
The Nega is owned and run by long time travellers for the sole benefit of our other tribe members. It is more a philosophy and a way of life then a business. (You can read the we believe part on our internet site). We have tried to put all the experience we have gathered from many years of travelling and sleeping in thousands of guesthouses all around the world, in our home. (The truth is that we mainly learned what not to do). A few little examples of this experience is a personal light for every dorm bed as not to disturb others at night, a personal electricity socket, a shelf for the top bunk beds, enough hangers for your cloths and towel in the room and especially in the showers and of course hot water, with strong pressure, 24 hours a day.
The Nega Maluca (Portuguese for the crazy black woman) is actually not a guesthouse. We prefer to call it a family house because here we have no guests. We are all family - the travellers family.
The Nega is owned and run by long time travellers for the sole benefit of our other tribe members. It is more a philosophy and a way of life then a business. (You can read the we believe part on our internet site). We have tried to put all the experience we have gathered from many years of travelling and sleeping in thousands of guesthouses all around the world, in our home. (The truth is that we mainly learned what not to do). A few little examples of this experience is a personal light for every dorm bed as not to disturb others at night, a personal electricity socket, a shelf for the top bunk beds, enough hangers for your cloths and towel in the room and especially in the showers and of course hot water, with strong pressure, 24 hours a day.
Since many travellers love the word free, here are some of the FREE :-) services we offer :
Free complete all you can eat breakfast
Free bed sheets
Free towels
Free internet with skype/scanner/camera/burner
Free HiFi
Free welcome drink (Caipirinha or a shot)
Free safe deposit boxes in all dorm rooms
Free use of our fully equipped kitchen
Free spices and oil for cooking
Free filtered drinking water
Free smiles
Free exchange library
Free luggage storage
Free soap for self laundry washing
Free and complete travel information about Salvador and the area.
Free use of the hostel after checkout, until 22:30, including showers and internet
Free Coffee all day
Free taxi booking
Free games and playing cards
Free guest phone for receiving calls
Free bus ticket booking (the bus company charges around R$5 for delivering them)
Free booking for Moro de sao Paulo catamaran tickets
Free, in the hostel, airline tickets booking
Free Booking of Candomble (afro-Brazilian religion) ceremony with a private guide (and not a travel agency that personally we dont trust 2 much)
Free booking for onward hostels of your choice
Free food delivery
Other services, and forgive us some are not free yet, are:
Currency exchange
Laundry services
Bar
Outside balcony with hammocks
Nargilas/water pipes/Shisha/Huka
English speaking staff
Security guard at night
2 cats and a dog
Airport pickup (R$60)
No curfew, no lockout
Very cheap international calls (R$1/min)
We are located in the Historic centre of Salvador with its cobbled streets and beautifully preserved and painted colonial houses. Our house is on a quite residential street, where locals still sit outside as the evening falls and talk about their neighbours life :-) . We are only 3 min. walk away from the centre of the action where live music and percussion bands play daily, for free, but far enough to enjoy some peace and quite when the party is over and have a good night of sleep. We are a few min. walk from the only supermarket in the area, museums, travel agencies and basically everything you will need for your stay in Salvador
Well, we can sit here and write words and more words but best of all will be just to take a look at what other travellers think about us..
We really hope to host you in our home and for you to become part of our family.
Inbal, Natalia & the rest of the gang
Note: We also have double rooms with air condition. Please contact the hostel directly. Our web site is same as our name.
Note1: For new year reservation of minimum of 2 night, Dec. 31st&Jan. 1st, is required
Last note:-)
Carnival 2010: In order to guarantee your reservation beside the 10% deposit on this site you will need to pay the FULL BALANCE. Once you reserve, we will send you a paypal request for the outstanding sum. Only upon payment will your reservation be confirmed. In the case you will preffer to pay in cash on arrival, we will return the money paid via Paypal the moment you will pay in cash. Your reservation non cancelable, personal and is not transferable and to any other person in full or in part so PLEASE make sure your travel plans are fix before reserving. We only accept reservation for the full 7 nights of carnival between Feb. 11th-Feb. 18th, 2010.
We are truly sorry for the inconvenience but carnival is a special time of year where our flexibility is almost none existent.