This Hostel is very small and has a kind of spiritual atmosphere. The owners are very warm-hearted people and always available for a small talk. The rooms are very tidy and comfortable equipped. There is a lot more in the living room, kitchen, and bathroom than you would expect. Everything is more like living in someone's private house, it's tiny and very friendly.
They offer pickup, internet access (15 minutes for $1), TV, garden with BBQ facilities, a camping area, heaps of video tapes to watch (free), laundry, booking service, burning of pictures from your digital camera to CD, and rental of camping stuff (tent, sleeping bag, cocker, matress, etc.). The heap of video tapes you can watch for free is extrodinary.
The only drawbacks are that they have only three bathrooms and only two of them have a toilet (plus an additional toilet outside), therefore it can be a long wait for a shower, especially in the morning. But the Blue Mountains Katoomba Backpackers is a homelike, stress free, and calm accommodation that is more personal and cheaper than the YHA.
To get there: Walk up the main street from the Katoomba Train Station up to next round about. Go past a funeral company, a car seller, and a fruit shop (about 500m to walk).
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September 2004
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4.3 Average from 21 Ratings
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