My friends and I stayed for one night and wished we were staying longer. The staff here are friendly and the hostel is extremely clean. The rooms are a good size - enough space for suitcases etc. and it was very quiet at night. Easy walk to town and hot pools. More

I really enjoyed my one night at YHA Kakapo. The rooms and kitchen are spotless, with heaps of kitchen gear adn stacks of clean t-towels. The room was quiet adn clean and I had a good nights sleep. There were lots of younger folks but older ones like me are very welcome. More

Very warm & comfortable with the underfloor heating. Laundry facilities were the best we have experienced. Cosy, warm fire. Great hospitality. Excellent for YHA. Best yet by far. More

We stayed at this YHA on a trip aound Nne Zealand.It had an excellent location and l would recommend hamner Springs.this was our 2nd visit to this little town.The Yha was okay,but the kitchen smelt as there were no extracor fans in it.the hostle alos did not have kitchen and food handling rules evident in the Franz Josek and Wanaka... More

A typical YHA set-up with well-equipped, big kitchen, comfortable, open-space sitting/TV room (with aquarium), functional, clean dorms and friendly staff, in walking distance of hot pools. This YHA enjoys a rather spacious setting overall, which sometimes seems almost school-like, and kitchen, dorms and hallways, although spacious, well-kept and spotless, feel rather sterile and bare. But what the place lacks in... More

The hostel is located quite near to the 'central area' of Hamner Springs. Parking space is available, and outside is a nice courtyard. Our double room was cheap, but very basic and old as well, and the bed was pretty small. I rather pay a little bit more, and have a little bit more furnishment (like a mirror, chairs, towels,... More

My husband and I stayed here with our 5 year old son for one night on our trip through south island. Staff were nice and accommodating and the place was quite clean and quiet. I think occupancy was low but still, it seemed well run and efficient. A nice courtyard BBQ area was available, though poorly lit. The location was... More

We stopped over here one night during a long drive from Franz Josef to kiakoura in June 2008. The hostel was a little difficult to find in the dark as Hanmer Springs has little in the way of street lights. look for the Kakapo Lodge sign rather than the YHA sign. We booked a double room which was very cheap... More