Manuhie Backpackers Lodge in Robīt

Great host, good location and simple but fine rooms. With a nice shared terrace.

Preferably well understood for needs

Ein schöner ruhiger Innenhof und saubere große Zimmer. Ein angenehmer Ort um ein paar Tage in Bahir Dar zu verbringen

Very basic room which needed a clean. But good location near good restaurants.The laundry was expensive and poorly done.

Good place

Very nice place to spend the night at. Nati the owner is a very kind and helpful person. Warm showers, typical rooms for a backpackers lodge, bug nets are provided.Offers for seamian and danakil are available as well.Would definitely come back here.

Place is quiet, well located and prices are fair. But my sheets were not fresh and when I left, they were not changed either.

room infested with mosquitos, bathrooms are not clean at all, no hot water, breakfast at 50 birr is an unsavory omelette and stale bread. Coffee was decent. Definitely not good value as it is somewhat expensive. Pushy about the tours. Better options available for sure in baher dar

Typical simple backpackers. Had a room with private bathroom which sufficed. Mosquito nets provided. Hot water (depending on time of day). Friendly staff, some of them can be quite pushy but that’s the touristy culture.You meet great people in the meeting area around the coffee pot.

Nati, the owner is very very helpful, he even sent my left stuff to Addis after me. The hotel has a very nice garden. The rooms are good but need some more furniture. The toilet/bathroom is the only part that needs some upgrade.

Good mosquito nets, but except that a bad experience.All the rooms are around a sitting area so no privacy and a lot of noise. Most of the rooms don’t have a bathroom. One wet and gross shared bathroom and shower.Anything we wanted to do the owner tried to sell us instead of just answering a question.We wanted to take a bus to the falls, they wouldn’t tell us what bus station it’s from, only offered us a private overpriced car.

Ended up staying more day. Wonderful place, good people.

Tolle Backpackerunterkunft mit engagiertem Inhaber, der sich um alle Wünsche und Anfragen seiner Kunden kümmert. Die Zimmer sind groß, sauber und mit Moskitonetz ausgestattet. Das Gemeinschaftsbad hat, was nicht selbstverständlich ist, eine gut funktionierende Warmwasserdusche. Im schönen Innenhof kann man Abends gemütlich zusammen sitzen und auch tagsüber die Ruhe und das frei zur Verfügung stehende Wlan genießen. Die Unterkunft ist gut gelegen, so dass Kaffees, Restaurants und der See in wenigen Gehminuten erreichbar sind.

The place itself is ok, the owner however is not. We were looking for a trip to Simian mountains and eventually decided to book a trip independently from the hotel. We found a local guide who could arrange a tour for us much cheaper than Manuhie offers. The morning we are supposed to leave with our local guide two thugs show up saying they are from Manuhie and that we have a problem. They quickly start arguing with our guide and not long after they punch him in the face and drag him away. Perplexed and confused and worried for our friend we tried to interviene but the brutes makes it clear it means trouble for us too. Stay well away from this place, the owner sees you as his property and in our experience does not allow you to choose your own way.Stay away from this place.Tl;dr : The owner had our local guide beaten up and dragged away for choosing him as our tour operator.

Excellent budget hotel. Rooms are clean, tidy, if a little basic. Hot water normally works, and the WiFi is the best I encountered outside Addis. The host, Nati, is quite the character, but he booked me an amazingly good value trip to the Simeon Mountains and the Danakil Depression.

Good and reasonable price

We went there without reservation, not easy to find, we also asked some people, nobody knew the place. The manager didnt show much interest, he was too busy with his smartphone. The place is quite, nice garden, but for the price that you have to pay i expected some more appealing rooms. Also the lodge is quite far from the city center and the pier (10-15min walking). If you wanna stay in that area, I suggest Kitsel Hotel, you get a new modern hotel with AC/ own bathroom for about the same price. If you wanna stay in the center, Bahir Dar 2 is an okayish hotel.

A very peaceful place in Bahir Dar.

the rooms are clean and quiet, the welcome friendly : a good place to sleep. but you cant do anything else but sleep, especially do not organize excursions : you would be at best disappointed, more likely to be defrauded

Extremely helpful friendly manager, good location, clean bathrooms, comfortable beds, good WiFi.

Very noisy day and night due to mainly local guests. Structure with no noise protection. Mosquitos in room, no mosquito net, wifi not working. Overprized for foreigners (sgl. 350 ETB /night with bath for 6 nights).Very basic room interior (bed, chair, small table).Long lasting voltage drops on power net.Good renewed ensuite bathroom on ***-level.Due to lack of tourists the guesthouse hosted local workers who misused the green courtyard as carpark for a commercial pick-up. When they loaded the car at 5 am on several days they run the diesel motor for all time loading, longer than 20 minutes. Its local tradition. You felt like sleeping directly on the parking lot.All children of hosted families woke up and stayed awake.Since there is no noise-protection in the building, you hear every word in the neighbour rooms and the courtyard.My room was filled with dozzens of mosquitos when I arrived. Mosquito protection is difficult to find in Bahir Dar, they dont care. Finally I could purchase a strong spray and I sprayed the room extensively with good success. They then wanted me to move to another room. There was no mosquito net or a suspension for your own. For the night I used coils. Lake Tana is malaria endemic, despite what they say. Take care!The renewed bathroom with very good hot shower was the best I had since month.It is possible to wash clothes and hang outside.The high farangi-prize is not reflecting the lack of quality, especially the noise issues from other guests.If you are looking for a calm place for a longer stay to relax and work intellectually, I recommend you to spend a little more birr and bargain a several nights stay at the larger hotels.

The location is good, close to the lake Tana. The rooms are clean, with big beds and towels included. Wi-Fi works fine. The bathroom is shared and its just ok, and there is hot water.But the best value of this Lodge is his owner, Naty, who will help you in everything you may need.Thanks a lot!

My boyfriend and I stayed at Manuhie Backpackers for 4 nights and it was great! Nati is a SUPER host and the setting is relaxing. It was the only backpackers we found in all of ethiopia where we met other guests, hung out with the owner, and got a great value. The owner took the time to help us with getting fair prices and showed us the hidden spots around Bahir Dar. The rooms are basic but a good value and we spent the whole time exploring the welcoming city and hanging with new friends.

3 stars means all OK.Good service, kind staff, good price (200 birr single with shared bathroom)!BUT: one night (out of three nightswas very noisy. Big group had a party the whole night. I dont know why the owner wasnt able to stop the party and ensure a quiet night for the other guests!

I had a wonderful time at Manuhie´s place. It´s simple but very clean for a fair price. Never found something like this in Ethiopia. The staff was very welcoming, kind and helpful and they have made me feel at home.There is a nice garden you can meet other travelers or organize a tour with Nati and his friend for a really good price. If you go to Bahir Dar stay in Manuhie Backpacker Lodge and you find everything a traveller haert desires.I will definitely come back ..Thank you for everything

Nati is the best host I had in Ethiopia. So helpful, he makes everything possible for his guests. The place is clean, room are comfy and most important there is hot water!!

Really good place in Bahar dar, nice location not so far from the lake.The room was clean and the bed was good.Naty the owner was really friendly and he well understood our expectation.Nice to meet him. Good moments in Bahar dar.