Absolute Backpackers

Really friendly and personal!
Loved Absolute Backpackers. The lady who owns it is really friendly and helpful and informative. She booked our skydive for us and came out to see us in the evening after we had done it to ask how it was. We only spent two nights there but she knew us (and everyone else, it seems) by name. So chatty and friendly. The facilities were really good and there was even an oven and a freezer (not things you find in a lot of hostels!). By booking the skydive through the hostel we got a night's free accommodation -- can't argue with that! The only thing that lets this hostel down is the lack of air-conditioning. Our dorm got really stuffy at night in this tropical northern location -- air-con would have made a big difference. But overall, it was great.