YHA Te Anau’s lovely lounge has a fireplace and offers plenty of couch space to sink into with a book or while watching one of our free movies. The Te Anau hostel’s shiny stainless steel kitchen is fully equipped and we have fresh spices and herbs growing in our ‘Edible Garden’ so you can cook up your gourmet meal with ease. This Te Anau backpackers also has the perfect outdoor deck and private native garden with a massive barbeque to get grilling on.
The YHA Te Anau backpacker hostel is located just off Te Anau’s main road where you can find everything from hiking gear, groceries, wonderful local Fiordland cuisine and lots of New Zealand souvenirs. The friendly hostel staff will help you make the best of your stay in Te Anau and Fiordland. YHA Te Anau offers peaceful and super-clean backpacker accommodation in the heart of New Zealand’s scenic Fiordland, come and recharge your batteries at the YHA Te Anau hostel!
Bright, clean, modern hostel with excellent facilities and a laid-back vibe. - Lonely Planet Guide to New Zealand
This clean and placid haven has powerful showers and a friendly staff that knows Te Anau from front to back. - Let’s Go Guide to New Zealand
Special features at YHA Te Anau that backpackers love:
- Fantastic location just a block from Lake Te Anau and 100 metres from the Te Anau’s town centre.
- Cosy, comfortable and super-clean backpacker accommodation with a variety of excellently equipped common spaces.
- Free herbs and spices in the YHA Te Anau ‘Edible Garden’ as well free tea and coffee in the winter months to keep you warm.
- Overflowing games cupboard, book exchange, extensive free VHS and DVD hire for great evening entertainment.
- Computers with Skype, CD/DVD burning, USB ports and internet connection. (Vouchers for internet may be used at any YHA hostel throughout New Zealand.)
About Te Anau
The lakeside town of Te Anau offers a stunning setting amongst the mountains and fingered lakes that give a taste of the magical Fiordland it borders. A quaint and welcoming small New Zealand town, Te Anau also has many surrounding activities to do and everything you could possibly need to outfit your travels in Fiordland National Park. Te Anau is a modern tourist town, newly equipped with movie theatre and sports facilities.
Milford Sound is just a day trip away along the amazing Milford Road and Te Anau is also the base for excursions to the equally magical Doubtful Sound. Once in Milford or Doubtful Sounds you can take boat cruises through the stunning fjords, or try sea-kayaking.
Te Anau is the perfect base town for hiking New Zealand’s ‘Great Walks’ situated in the heart of Fiordland National Park. These tracks include the Kepler, the Milford, the Routeburn, the Hollyford and the Humpridge. If taking on any of these spectacular walks then you should definitely reward yourself with a relaxing stay at the cosy and peaceful YHA Te Anau hostel before or afterwards!
Other fantastic Te Anau experiences include taking a scenic flight for an amazing bird-like view over Fiordland and incredible photos, quad-biking for a fast and furious adventure and horseback riding for great views over Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri. Take a fascinating guide boat trip over to the other side of Lake Te Anau to visit the glowworm caves. Scuba diving, sky diving, jet boating and trout fishing are other exciting adventures you can have in and around Te Anau and Fiordland. And when you’re ready to relax visit the Fiordland Cinema, the only theatre in the world to show an incredible film about Fiordland: 'Ata Whenua' or 'The Shadowlands'. This should not to be missed by anyone staying in wonderful Te Anau.
Top activities to do while backpacking in Te Anau:
- Take a day trip to Milford and Doubtful Sounds, including a magical cruise through the fjords or sea-kayak adventure.
- Tramp one of New Zealand’s ‘Great Walks’ located around Te Anau: the Kepler track, the Milford track, the Routeburn track, the Hollyford track and the Humpridge.
- There is no better way to see Fiordland than from the skies, take a scenic flight for a truly memorable New Zealand experience and have spectacular photos to prove it.
- Get the adrenalin racing while in Te Anau: try scuba diving, quad biking, jet boating or horseback riding.
- Watch the incredible film Ata Whenua or The Shadowlands a helicopter ride through Fiordland filmed by a Lord of the Rings cameraman and set to beautiful music. Don’t forget to ask for your YHA discount!
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