They might be privately owned hostels or school homes vacant for the summer period. This means that the standard varies a lot, although several hostels are new and have all facilities. Also the size of the sleeping rooms varies. Some hostels have only 10-bed dormitories, others have smaller rooms. It is not possible to book special rooms in advance.
Many houses are former homes of local families and are often very primitive by European values.
The bed might be a mattress on the floor - and often there are only one or two rooms for sleeping. The sanitary standard is primitive in settlements and villages, which means that you sometimes have to carry the water from the river or from an outside pump. You also have to empty the toilet bucket yourself. In all hostels and huts you will have to bring your own sleeping bag. Our groups will always leave the huts and hostels cleaned and ready for the next visitors.