Great advice on what to do and where to go. there are some adventures and some have free pick up - you really need good advice and a chance to talk to those who have done them. Great stay at YHA

My partner and I only stayed for one night as a stopover on the way to Te Anau. We were a little disgruntled to find that there was no parking although the reception lady did direct us to some free, untimed on-street parking a few blocks away. This may have been a problem if we'd booked in for longer and weren't lucky enough to find a free park. Only 2 computers for internet use tucked away near reception although there is wifi available if you have your own laptop.

Value wise for the very central location, size of the room, ensuite bathroom (which was huge) and everything in else in our room, it was fine for what we wanted.

OK, let's get the bad bits out of the way.

No off street parking (I had arranged, when booking, to park at the sister YHA a kilometer away, but they were full too), but there's several hours available overnight on the street and a car park building across the road.

Lots of stairs up to the kitchen area, not so great if you're lugging lots of food around with you.

Neither of these will affect every traveller, so won't bother everyone.

However, we opted to change rooms to get one with a lake view. Big mistake. The room was absolutely fine in every way, except for the noise from the street... and we were there over a weekend, and had continual interruptions from noisy yahooing pedestrians. (The other noises didn't phase us at all). So... stay in the middle of the building and hang out in the kitchen/dining for the fabulous view from there!!!

Otherwise, all good. It's an old hotel and perfectly adequate in every other way, and plonk in the middle of all that you do want from Queenstown (which we did need, once the car was "parked up" safely.

Couldn't be more central, great value and with duvets! Reception staff not v polite