Arthurs Pass Hostels - Reviews and Rates

פארק לאומי מעבר ארתור (Arthur's Pass National Park) נמצא בלב האלפי 01; הדרומ 97;ים באי ה•...

On the Sunday morning we had a wander around the stone painting and Jade factory before heading off. The artist doing the stone painting was a really interesting and chatty guy, originally from South Africa. We met loads of people through out the journey who had been captivated by the beauty of NZ and had moved over there from all over the w...

We were slightly taken back by how basic the campsite was. It was literally just a grass verge on the side of the road, however it was free and legal to camp there so we decided to stay.

The next morning we went for a walk which was signposted as taking an hour, however it only took us 15 minutes. We were a little disappointed but didn&#...

After breakfast we set off on a very long scenic drive. I won't describe every view but the scenery was breath-taking. Endless mountains, snow, autumn leaves, alpine lakes with mountain reflections, rivers, trees and rock formations made it one of the most beautiful landscapes we had ever seen. We stopped on the way to look at a few things. The ...

3 day tramp from Arthur's Pass 6 to 8 February There are 3 high passes that cross the mountain chain in South Island and Arthur's Pass is the highest at 950 metres. As we drove across Canterbury Plain towards the pass we thought of how the early settlers must have thought they were in paradise. Vast flat areas of fertile soil. Now there are many...

Today I drove from Christchurch over Arthur's Pass across the Southern Alps to the West Coast. The drive took about 6 hours including lots of picture taking stops along the way. I am staying in the town of Franz Josef Glacier tonight.

It was a long enough drive in greyish weather but we made it through. When we got to the town, we rang the campsite as we couldn't find it. Turns out we had gone way past it, like an hour. No point turning back so we booked into a hostel instead for one night in a nice bed! Pretty nice hostel. We shared a room with 2 Brazilian guys who seemed li...

Apparenty one the best train journeys in the world is the Trans-Alpine between Christchurch and Greymouth on South Island so I experience it for myself didn't I? Me and Greg took the train to Arthur's Pass which lies between the two towns. Arthur's Pass is in fact the highest town in NZ and that was why when we arrived it was covered in snow, kn...

New Zealand has never stop wowing us and Arthurs Pass was something special. The rain stopped and it was a beautifully sunny day as we drove through the mountain range stopping regularly to take photos. I'm not going to try and describe it - the photos can do that, we just definitely knew we were in hobbit country. We actually stopped in the tow...

We were so happy to wake up and take hot showers in real tub showers not small water closets! After some breakfast we headed down the road and stopped in the small town of Ashburton to checkout the I-Site for some ideas of what to do for the next few days. We have plans to meet up with Clive & Ruthie in Christchurch for St. Patrick's Day, bu...