Christchurch Hostels - Reviews and Rates

2nd April 2009 Heading back to Christchurch today meant an early start and a long day on the bus, however the bus was delayed due to having broken down, therefore we set off an hour later than scheduled. Heading out of Queenstown through the Kawarau Gorge and further on up over the Lindis Pass into MacKenzie Country. We were really lucky with th...

Rose: First things first this YHA wins hands down for best city location. We are right opposite the Arts Centre and round the corner from the Botanic Gardens. This is the second time that we're here - we flew into Christchurch but stayed at the other city Central YHA. It's late, we are grumpy and you may remember that we are infested with Dunded...

This morning I drove through the small settlement of Arthur's pass and over the impressive viaduct which was shrouded in early morning fog. Stopped at a lookout over the viaduct but couldn't see a lot, I was joined by five polite Kea's who didn't try and pull bits off my car which makes a change. They just sat on the surrounding rocks squawking....

16 July 2007 We have one sleep to go and semi-organised chaos reigns. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the Scouting community. We had offers for Daniel to stay as far away as Luton, where a Cub Leader offered to do a juggling act with their household to put him up if all else failed. He is now travelling as part of the New Zealand c...

We left Auckland on Thursday 11th at 7.25am bound for Wellington, on the Overlander train. A trip which was supposed to be 12 hours and include some of the most scenic views and over 1000 photo opportunities! (Or so the advertising brochure said!!) The train was quite modern and had huge scenic windows to offer the best views possible. We left s...

And so began the odd experience of being on the other side of the world, without my stocking - no chocolate orange or satsuma to speak of, but we did buy some chocolate money. Unfortunately we forgot about it and it's still sat in the house. My christmas family this year was Kelly from Norn Iron, Mauro from Sicily, Rich from Jockland and Hanneke...

This morning I stopped for breakfast at a nice cafe a short walk from the city center and then walked around for awhile. I went to the aquarium, but not to see the fish. They have two North Island brown kiwis (the birds, not the people or the fruit) on display there. Since kiwis are nocturnal and therefore very rare to see in the wild, I was pre...

I chose a great time to come to Christchurch. The city is currently hosting the annual World Buskers Festival. It's not music buskers but rather street-theatre, comedy, and circus; which is all good in my book. Wondering through the city you stumble across numerous shows and acts that take place throughout the day. I spent Sunday afternoon in th...

12th -17th Jan From Oamaru we drove up to Lake Pukaki to see Mt Cook from the Lookout and finally got to see the snow-covered Mountain range on a relatively clear day!!! We enjoyed a game of mini-golf at Lake Tekapo before heading to our last DOC campsite, and last night in Darlene our mean, lean camping machine(!), at Peel Forest 22km north of ...

TRAVELPOD HAS RESUMED SERVICE. Apologies for the gap (just merely had a little time off!) Oz entries will be slotted in as and when I get a chance. Here we are in New Zealand in Christchurch, certainly the place with the most likeness to home - in fact it's the most 'English' of NZ's cities. The city square is dominated by a grand cathedral, old...