Koala Huangshan International Hostel

Very helpful staff and near the train and bus station. Good ambiance and good food and beers. Comfortable beds.

Great service , friendly stuff, clean and comfortable room. convenient transportation

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Koala has had the friendliest, most helpful staff of our entire China trip! They can give awesome advice for getting to Huangshan mountain (there’s a minibus for 20 yuan within a 3 min walk which takes you to the base!) and the two ancient towns Hongcun and Xidi, and cook you an amazing free breaky!! There’s a great common area where you can play pool or chill out. And you can order lunch and dinner here when you’re feeling lazy ☺️

The location is within Huangshan City (Tunxi) which is approx 1 hour from the base of the mountain. Since we wanted to do two days of hiking up in the mountain area, we decided to stay at a hostel in Tangkou Town then come back to Koala. But if you don’t mind the 2 hour round trip then it’s still really convenient! Also note if you are coming in by high speed train, you will arrive at Huangshan Bei station which is a half an hour drive to the hostel (40 yuan by taxi). So just factor in this travel! But we would 100% stay here again and didn’t find the location to be an issue.

The staff were lovely. Everything was clean. It was very close to the railway station which made getting to huangshan easy. The locker I had in the room was v big.

It was kind of far (20 min walk) from the centre of the town, so going to find somewhere to eat was kind of a pain. Also, this isn’t a criticism really, just advice for other people going, but the hostel is located in Tunxi which calls itself Huangshan but is actually located about an hour away from the mountain. This is fine as there is a bus that runs regularly from across the road, but its one of those things.