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Hokitika Auberge de Jeunesses![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Location
Birdsong Backpackers is located two kilometers north from Hokitika. Along the highway, it is very easy to locate if you are going by car, and it has a lot of space for free parking right outside the hostel. It is located in front of the ocean, so you will get some great views. And there is a glowworm cave really close to it that you can walk to -- but it is recommended that you ask the staff to lend you a flashlight, since it is quite dark.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The rooms...![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "This place is great and a newer hostel. It is also very easily missed. It is located in downtown in Hokitika above a café and next to a jewelry store, three blocks from the beach and easily missed if you’re not looking for it.
The facilities are clean and this may sound weird, but our first impression coming up the stairs was that this place smelled good -- not the stale gym sock odor or old soggy carpet odor that emanates from some hostels (you know what I’m talking..."Experience a real West Coast stay by the wild Tasman Sea.
Walk into a wild enchanting landscape of driftwood and sand.
Watch the sun disappear into the sea with brilliance and splendour.
A home away from home by the seaside.
Quiet peaceful location close to town.
Small and friendly with cozy warm atmosphere."
this hostel was Seaside Backpackers then changed to Jade Experience Bp now named Drifting Sands Backpackers
197 Revell Street Cement Lead Road ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "I visited here in September 2003. It was a fantastic, relaxing place right on the beach. I had been travelling New Zealand for several weeks, and when we found this place we stayed an extra day because it felt just like a beach holiday from when you were a kid."
"I called for a reservation, but was told owner was out of country for the time we wanted. Re-routed our whole visit to NZ, so my wife could carve jade with the owner. Called back and found out they had space for the new...
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