Hokitika Hostels - Reviews and Rates

After the adrenalin of the skydive and a few fairly full on days of kms and action we decided to relax for a while in Wanaka on a nice campsite by another lake... perfect to jump in! Attempted some cruisey mountainbiking around the lake the morning after the skydive and were too hungover to do it properly. This worked out very nice as we retreat...

Tranzalpine express to Greymouth, freezing in the observation carriage - open sides Fancy dress in bin bags at the poo pub with yum food put up by Les All party pics stolen from Madeleine

Sat 8th March Hokitika Wild Foods Festival 2008! People flock from all over the country to this small coastal town to get smashed and taste 'exotic' (think bush tucka trials) foods. We arrived at about 10.30am by 11.30am the majority of the locals were barely standing most of whom were in fancy dress. We managed to try; Wild Boar Testicle - Rubb...

Our night in Picton was spent rather precariously balanced on ridiculously high bunk beds in a 12 person dorm. I say ridiculously high because neither Caz nor I could get into them without a seriously life threatening balancing act on a nearby chair. Anyway we woke up to the familiar sight of the pouring rain. Our trip to the Abel Tasman for a k...

Went to Hokitika because it sounded interesting. Goddess was I wrong! The minute I got off the bus (only went once a day) I thought: I'm only staying the night! Nothing to do, but look at jade shops...though the beach was nice and I got to see the first sunset in a row of five days. And I got some really good pics too.