YHA National Park Backpackers & Climbing Wall Reviews

Never had such a sad atmosphere ever in every hostel I've been to. They also had a missunderstand with the hostelworld system and try to made me pay for that. Honestly: the worst hostel i've ever been.

It's a decent place to stay to be close to the tongariro crossing. The staff weren't the friendliest around and there were no lockers anywhere (not very safe when doing the crossing). The other problem is that some of the dorms have a 3rd level of bunks that require lots of climbing. Otherwise it's a clean place and the bunks are decent.

Pickups to Crossing from the hostel are convenient. Very good views from the common area. Kitchen itself was not so good, fridges were disgusting and haven't been cleaned out in ages. There was stuff stuck in ice in the back of the fridge. and the on the bootom there was a pool of leaked OJ,milk etc. Take a day to clean up!

Good hostel, need to get some more refrigerators because they were all full, all the time! otherwise nice, would stay there again if we go back. Really nice view of the mountains when dining. Knowledgeable and helpful staff.

Very nice hostel. Had a fun day out on the Tongirio !!

Very nice hostel at a perfect location. Staff didn't appear very happy, thought, but that can happen to anybody.

This was in a good location for the National Park, but it was very 'old school' backpackers. We stayed in the 10 bed dorm and you actually had to climb over one of the bunk beds to get to a couple of beds. Only one set of bathrooms and the kitchen was quite dirty and crowded. There's not much choice for this area though, so for location I'd recommend it. Plus it's next to the pub :) Make sure you bring food with you to cook though as there's no supermarket in the town.