the backpackers hostel

Welcome to The Backpackers Hostel, part of Glenmac high country merino sheep and beef cattle farm.

The Backpackers Hostel has beds for thirteen guests and provides clean, warm and comfortable budget farm style accommodation. All linen is supplied and the shared TV lounge and full kitchen facilities provide wonderful opportunities to meet other interesting people from all around New Zealand and the world!

If you don’t feel like cooking don’t despair! For a minimal cost you can join the family for a hearty evening farm meal! The spacious shared living area is the perfect place to relax after a day of exciting outdoor activities, unwind with a magazine, watch some television, play cards or challenge someone to a game of table tennis or darts.

Perfect year round accommodation is provided. Summer visitors can escape into the relative coolness of the backpacker lodgings while winter guests can ward off any chilly nights with the gas heater and spare blankets.

Other facilities include laundry and 24 hour access to the lodgings.

Bedroom layouts are as follows:

• One single bedroom
• Two twin bedrooms
• One double bedroom
• One triple bedroom
• Dorm Room (4 beds)

Backpacker Hostel Rates: (Prices are in New Zealand Currency)

• Backpackers $23.00 per person, per night (linen supplied)
• Backpackers double bedroom $25.00 per person, per night (linen supplied)

Our location and farm access is easy to navigate via road. Bus transportation to Glenmac is provided by Citibus, which leaves Dunedin and travels to Mt Cook and return daily. Citibus picks up and drops off passenger along the way as required, including Oamaru, Duntroon, Kurow (Glenmac Farmstay), Otematata, Omarama, Twizel, Glentanner and Mt Cook YHA or village. The Magic Bus will also drop off and pick up at Glenmac.