Beside accommodation, The Nega also offers the following:
- Free bed sheets
- Free towels
- Free internet with skype/scanner/camera/burner
- Free Wi-Fi
- 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 shoulder to cry on in times of need, A smile to share in times of happiness
- Free taxi booking
- Free games and playing cards
- Free guest phone for receiving calls
- Free bus ticket booking (the bus company charges around R$15 for delivery)
- 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 don’t 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:
- Full Bar serving imported drinks as well as locals. The best Caipirinhas in town.
Happy hour between 18:00-20:00
- Currency exchange
- Laundry services
- Outside balcony with hammocks
- Nargilas/water pipes/Shisha/Huka
- English/Spanish-speaking staff
- A security guard at night
- Airport pickup (R$120-cash only)
- No curfew, no lockout
- Organized tours: inside Salvador and in the state of Bahia in accordance with
travel agency.
Accommodation:
Remark: Only regarding the double rooms, besides the reservation form the 1st-night stay needs to be paid in advance to secure the reservation. We will send you a PayPal payment request and all you have to do is follow the instruction in the mail you will receive. You will be able to pay with any credit/debit card through a secure site.
The moment we will receive the payment, your reservation will be confirmed.
If for any reason your reservation needs to be canceled, it can be done up to 48 hours prior to your arrival date, in which case the deposit will be returned. For any reservation canceled less than 48 hours in advance, the deposit will not be returned.
PACKAGES CARNIVAL 2025
(Feb. 27th– March 4th, 2025)
* consecutive nights between Feb. 27th– March 4th, 2025
Carnival 2025:
Highly recommended to reserve as soon as possible. Full payment will be needed to secure the reservation. See our cancellation policy bellow
In order to secure your reservation full payment needs to be made in advance,
• Payment can be with a bank transfer to our accounts in the US or Brazil, using Zelle or Wise or with Pix.
Carnival 2025 COVID-19 guarantee - If you paid and the carnival will be canceled due to ovid19, we will fully return your payment
• Reservations are personal and can not be passed on to someone else.
• Cancellation Policy: For cancellations made until 31/12/2024 50% of the payment will be returned.
For cancellations made from 1/1/2025, the full value of the package will be kept and not returned
EARLY BIRDS DISCOUNT: 12% discount on the price if you pay in full before November 15th, 2024. Applies only to direct reservation
Roof Space
Sometimes during carnival only, we allocate part of our covered roof to serve as an extra sleeping space. We have about 8 hammocks and a few mattresses, a ventilator/fan or two and personal safe deposit boxes for your valuables. The price is R$930 for the 6 days of the carnival. For more info. and photos of the roof, contact us.
1 US$ = about R$5.1 (Brazilian Reals)
Seasons:
High Season: December 15 – March 25, July 1 – August 31
Low Season: March 26 – June 30, Sept 1 – Dec. 14
Carnival 2025: Feb. 27th– March 4th
Storage:
Family members: Free (if you stay at least one night when you return). If not R$5/per day/per item.
Long term storage: R$50 per month (free for family members)
Communication services:
The following info., up to laundry services, is certainly not relevant anymore. We leave it here for historical reasons and as proof we had Wi-Fi already in 2009 haha
Phone & Fax:
R$1/min. – Fix or land line phone to most countries in the world.
R$2/min – Cell phones
Receiving: calls – Free. Phone # for receiving calls is 55-71-3243 0111
Internet: (fast access- 3G cable modem): Free
Wi-Fi – We have gone wireless (2009). Feel like surfing the net on the hammock? Downloading (?!) in the toilets? Get updated on your favorite cricket team in bed? Chat with grandma on MSN while doing laundry on the roof? Now it is all possible because the Nega is a hotspot now. Yes, free wireless internet from every corner of the house.
Postal services:
Receiving letters and boxes – Free
Laundry services:
Machine Wash: Up to 5kg – R$50 (we hang it on our roof, you grab it when it’s dry)
Sink & soap for hand wash also available on our roof, free of charge of course.
Transportation services:
To Airport: R$80
Airport pickup: R$120
To Rodoviaria (central bus station) : R$30
To Praça da Sé: R$20
Ready to make a reservation?