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By Taxi:

A taxi from Managua or Leon to The Free Spirit Hostel in El Transito should cost you around 60-80$ depending on your negotiation skills. Tell the taxi driver to take the ‘Carretera Vieja Leon’ and turn at KM 46 when you see a small pulperia with a Pepsi sign in front. From there you are only 20 minutes from the hostel. You will see a sign of the hostel when you enter the village down the little hill. Continue until you reach the last street before the beach and turn right. 50m later, you will see us on your left. You can always write our taxi partner Steven for a ride at taxifreespirit@gmail.com .

By Car:

It is about 1h-1h30 from Managua or Leon. First, you have to take the ‘Carretera Vieja Leon’ and then turn at KM 46 when you see a small pulperia with a Pepsi sign in front. From there, you take a dirt road for 13 km and you will get to El Transito. You will see a sign of the hostel when you enter the village down the little hill. Continue until you reach the last street before the beach and turn right. 50m later, you will see us on your left.

By Bus:

From Managua: There is 3 buses a day for El Transito from Terminal ISRAEL, leaving at 12h, 13h and 15h but be there in advance because some buses can leave earlier sometimes. First, take a taxi to go to the Terminal ISRAEL, it should cost you no more than 50-150 cordobas (2-5$) per person from the other bus station Huembles or UCA. From the airport, it should be around 10$.

Then, stand outside of the main entrance of the Terminal ISRAEL to catch the bus that will come from the Oriental Terminal on the main street. You cannot miss it, there will be around 20 people waiting for buses to pass. The bus fare should be around 25-30 cordobas (1$) and a little extra of 1$ for board bag.

If you miss the bus going straight to El Transito or you want to take the bus in the morning, you can take every bus that goes to Leon passing by la carratera vieja Leon and you ask the driver to be drop at KM46 for El Transito and you hitchhike the 13 km of dirt road.

We offer a taxi service from the airport for 70$US per trip during day time and 80$ per trip in between 12-5am. It is available at anytime of the day or night.

To book, 4 days before your arrival please send us an email at taxifreespirit@gmail.com with your flight info and how many passengers you will be. The taxi driver will be waiting for you with a Free Spirit sign. 

Yes, those services are available, but as extra. They are not included in the accomodation package, only breakfast and dinner are included You can rent any of our 40+ surfboards, for $15 a day on site or $10 a day if you book the surf package on arrival for your whole stay.
If you choose to surf everyday, a bracelet will be given to you, offering you a discount on the board rental ($10/day instead of $15/day)

Only in cash, USD or Cordoba or credit card possible but with a 8% service fee.

Bed sheets and pillows are provided at the hostel. Renting towel is possible with a small fee.

This could happen for two reasons. Either we already have a full house for the dates you’ve chosen, or because there’s a problem with the length of your stay since we have a 2 nights minimum rule. If you want to be sure you can still write us, sometimes we can arrange something for you.

Activities other than surf or yoga include…
Spikeball, volleyball, washer, chilling in the pool, going volcano boarding, hiking the small hill in the village, horseback riding, exploring the natural pools, playing music with our instruments, etc

The price start at 20$ a class when you take the learn to surf package. If you just want to do 1 or 2 class during your stay you can take it day by day from 25-35$ a class depending if it’s a private one or a group one.

Yes we offer a 20Mbps wifi on site