Picton Hostels - Reviews and Rates

We had a quiet night, however it was really windy and rainy outside so we didn’t sleep too well. We spent the day in Picton where we did a walk along Bob’s Bay just before the rain started again. We had a quick wander around Picton but there wasn’t really much to see so we went to find a holiday park to stay at that night. The...

Some time passed in Christchurch. It probably passed everywhere but its all relative really.

It passed peacefully enough (for me, I'm sure someplace it was fare from peaceful), I went to the cinema, met a friend from Tauranga (and the fish factory days) and got older. The last thing did cause me some stress, I was sad that despite my amb...

Superb 'quality backpackers' and a bed for 2 nights!!!! We found it at the end of a 3 hr twisty road around Kenepuru Sound - what a beautiful place! V relaxing - could easily have stayed for a few more days (well, Esther could have!) We spent the days combing the beach for oysters, mussels and cockles, which we cooked together with the fish that...

We arrived in Picton around noon after a stopover in Blenheim at the quilt shop there. did some serious damage! We just returned from a wonderful experience of a Maori welcoming ceremony and presentation/music/tea at the Waikawa Marai with Fran and Tiri. We just sort of blended in with the group coming from the cruise ship. The welcome is done i...

Kia Ora, ich bin jetzt endlich auf der Suedinsel gelandet. Die Ueberfahrt heute hatte zum Glueck blendendes Wetter (in den letzten Tagen hat es ja ein wenig geregnet, in den vorigen drei Tagen waere die Ueberfahrt nicht so schoen geworden). Ich werde mir morgen Nelson anschauen und dann den Abel Tasman und den Heaphy Trek wandern, hoffentlich be...

Let's get this travel on the road............... We will begin our South Island travel in the North Island providing information for driving into the Wellington area from the north in order to get on the Bluebridge Ferry and, time permitting, also to enjoy the wonderful city of Wellington. Makes travel life much easier if you find out where to g...

'Picton - sound like paradise? That's because it is..' I never realised how pleasant Picton was. That said I only passed through it briefly the last time. Like the other backpacker bus networks that operate around New Zealand, the Stray bus whisks you away to your next destination the minute you step off the ferry. So to arrive here this afterno...

Sunday 21 January We were up bright and early as we had to return our hired baked bean tin to Omega in Picton (who are an excellent company should anyone need a car in NZ). We rolled into town around 10am and just had time to drop our bags at the hostel before checking the car in. Afterwards we went for a hard earned cuppa and cake, meanwhile ke...

So, we got up to a free breakfast, i didn't have any but naomi ate mine and maybe a few other peoples too, he he! We set off on the bus to picton, where we would await a wee adventure on a ferry to take us to north island! And even better we had some cool friends who actually wanted to have adventures and fun like us, we said bye bye to stuart a...

The Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds is noted in the guide book as something not to be missed. It is a 71k walk along a spectacular ridge with views across dense forest to the waters of Queen Charlotte and Kenepuru sounds on either side. You have the option of breaking the hike into 3 or more days and there are hostels and campgro...