Hokitika Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The Kiwi Bus stops in Mahinapua, a place in the middle of no where, to stay in a pub owned by the oldest publican in NZ, an 83 year old called Les. The bus has the whole place to our selves, and each night there is a fancy dress party with a different theme. Our theme was bin bags. After eating a beautiful feast of venison stew and steak, cooked...

The deluge had continued into the night and while the rain had stopped, the cloud seems to be so low that it touches the tree tops. It gradually lifts as we have breakfast. We drive on the winding road to Franz Josef . The Austrian explorer Haast named the glacier after the then Austro-Hungarian emperor. The heavy rains mean that the river emerg...

Not much to do in Hokitika, other than shopping for Jade. There was a nice beach art we checked out before we got going. *** WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN! Give a girl the life long gift of education! Support my appeal 100 GIRLS BACK TO SCHOOL! Donate at: www.justgiving.com/100GirlsBackToSchool . Your money goes directly to ROOM TO ...

We decided to try and get to Franz Josef to see the glacier in one day - but this turned out to be too ambitious so we ended up North of it in a place called Hokitika. But first we stopped off in Hanmer Springs - famous for it's thermal pools. We didn't actually use the pools as we were pretty tight on time but the town was lovely - surrounded b...

Wow. Not only did the weather continue to hold but the drive to Hoki over Arthur's Pass was stunning. Arthur's Pass was named after a surveyor back in the day who was the first to survey the pass declaring it a good spot for farming. His brother went up to survey for building and farming referring to it in his report as Arthur's pass. Since then...

Jess' Take: Hi again! We are still in the Nelson area at the time of writing this but for this entry I will continue where I left off. Croft and I decided to hitchhike from Glacier Country to Hokitika. As Franz Josef is a pretty small town, with tourists being the main people passing through we got up bright and early so we were at the exit righ...