Climb Up to Elm Lodge Hostel Dunedin New Zealand
Experience a Relaxing City Stay With an Ocean View

If you seek a backpacker hostel that’s more like home away from home, tramp on up the gigantic hill overlooking this South Island city, and your climb will take you through twists and turns to Elm Lodge Hostel Dunedin, New Zealand for excellent New Zealand accommodations.

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Winner of the 2001 Eco Tourism Award, this hostel is quite a hike to get to — about a 20 to 25-minute uphill climb including two hundred stairs — but worth the effort for a relaxing stay. Many backpackers head this way following a heavy dose of Queenstown nightlife activity, and the cozy, comforting atmosphere of Elm Lodge Hostel Dunedin New Zealand provides a welcome antidote.

This is among backpackers hostels offering eye candy, with a superb overlook of ocean, city, and peninsula. A garden and sheltered barbecue area offer an attractive setting to unwind at dinner following adventurous days of city and nature exploration.

This centrally located accommodation refuge is a convenient, ideal base for all the activities a traveler could want. The hostel’s within walking distance to downtown, the swimming pool, and gym. Elm Wildlife Tours operate directly from the hostel, and feature “close encounters with nature,” including Otago Peninsula Encounters with wildlife, Wild Coast Explorer for personalized touring, and southeast coastal Catlins Encounters.

Elm Lodge Hostel Dunedin, New Zealand is one backpacker hostel where every room is the best choice for sleeping comfort. No foam pads or bunk beds are found anywhere, not even in the dorm rooms, and every room has new mattresses and fresh linens. A spa with hot tub is an added perk, available for all guests’ use. The spa is a luxury when it comes to New Zealand accommodations.

A great backyard area connects three buildings of sleeping accommodations, lending a real homelike atmosphere; and in fact, the back house in this complex is the owner’s former home. Inside, common areas – kitchen with free hot beverages, herbs, and spices, nice dining room, and TV lounge with comfortable couches and an extensive DVD collection — carry on the same homey feel. Even internet appeases vacationing computer diehards.

Warm, friendly hosts are helpful and will organize great wildlife tours in the Otago area, but you may want to spend some time relaxing at the top of that challenging hill once you negotiate it long enough to enjoy a pocket of homey comfort during your New Zealand vacation at Elm Lodge Hostel Dunedin, New Zealand.