We booked a double room apartment. Sadly, you can only see Mt Cook from this accomodation if you are dining in the restaurant. However, the view from our room was still nice. We knew it was backpackers accomodation but since we'd paid reasonable money for an apartment we thought we may have been spared the noise from the backpackers. The... More

It's just a ski style lodge, we stayed in a nice 4 share, the shower was good! It's not designed to much for the backpacker budget as the kitchen isn't well equipped and meals from the bar slightly too pricey. Can't complain too much about the 30 dollars a night I paid, but I wouldn't have wanted to pay more.

I booked the lodge as the Internet appearance looked fine. Building from the outside looks good, location is stunning and staff at bar was in a very good mood. Unfortunately the rest didn't match. Welcome at reception was neutral, guy rather complacent. Free Internet voucher (for private rooms) was only handed out when I mentioned that its on the webpage... More

If you're on a budget, this backpacker lodge is a good option to consider. Choices for accommodation are quite limited in the Aoraki Mt Cook village, and this one is reasonably priced. i paid NZ$120 per night for a double room with ensuite bathroom and free WiFi for 24 hours. the room even had a small fridge. the downside: I... More

People need to stop giving this place such a tough time, for $34 per night what do you expect? The rooms are a bit gruby but I've seen worse. The views of Mt. Cook from your bedside are fantastic and for a one night stay this place is perfectly fine. The bar upstairs served decent food at a reasonable price... More

We travelled with our 3 year old son. So, needed some extra room rather than just a hotel. The hermitage hotel was very expensive. So we booked at the backpackers lodge - unit with a private kitchen. It had great views right outside of our room. It was fine for the price. The rooms were a little old but were... More

This is just an average place and it is a backpackers' so even though we stayed at an individual room we had to use the communal kitchen where there were a whole bunch of backpackers cooking steak and other stuff - looks fun though. Place is clean but for some strange reasons no cleaning was done even though we stayed... More

We are used to staying in a different range of backpackers but this is something else! The rooms were not cleaned properly and desperately need updating but that was okay compared to the kitchen! The weather was hot and had been for quite sometime but that did not stop the heating in the kitchen area from being on full hence... More

our group of 12 stayed overnight at Mt Cook in February. Not able to afford the other accommodation options in the area, we booked in to the Backpackers Lodge. Still turned out to be the most expensive accommodation on our whole trip. Rooms were all ensuite and a reasonable size; beds were comfortable; bathrooms a good size. Also had a... More