Mellow Yellow Backpackers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio's biggest & best backpackers, in a prime location near Copacabana beach, providing everything you'd expect from a 1st class hostel and much more besides. Best of all we offer a FREE AIRPORT PICK UP for all! *(terms apply-see below) & a FREE Caipirinha COCKTAIL every day.

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Created by backpackers, our facilities include our famous bamboo bar, our 7 seater spa, a swipe card security system, & the godsend that is our chillout lounge.

Best of all we offer a FREE AIRPORT PICK UP for all! *(terms apply-see below) & a Free Caipirinha Cocktail for each and every day of your stay.

We've also recently been rated the best hostel in Rio by the telegraph and the best hostel in South America by the guardian, two of the most popular english newspapers.

We aren´t the cheapest hostel but we do offer better value for money than any other. We provide free WIFI internet, a free nights stay in dorms(for 6+days), R$5 midweek discounts on all our rooms & mellow yellow miles (see below).

We´re also recommended by the Lonely Planet, Footprint, Time Out and a number of other guides.

Don´t be fooled by cheaper hostels in other areas. You´ll spend the difference and a lot more on coming back and forth to copa night and day.

Whatever you look for in a hostel we fit the bill.

If you want to party we have the best hostel bar in Brasil, a pool room, weekly bbq parties, music playing throughout the hostel, live music at the bar, and the best trips and parties in Rio at the best prices.

If you´re looking for culture we have capoeira shows, can organise samba & forro lessons, portuguese classes, and provide more information on whats going on in Rio than any other hostel.

If you just want to chill out, relax and save some cash then we offer great value for money, spacious secure dorms, a fully eqipped kitchen, a chillout lounge, a spa, a Nintendo WII gaming room, massage room, a PS2 and a tv room with a selection of over 300 dvds.

*FREE AIRPORT PICK-UP. Please note that there is a minimum stay requirement of 5 nights to qualify for this. If you opt for the pick-up and then stay for less than then you'll be charged the normal pick up price of R$60 when you checkout of the hostel. You need to send us your flight details in advance and we will get back to you with a confirmation. Make sure you look out for our driver with a board with your name on it in the arrivals lounge when you arrive.