BUG review
Tamara Backpackers Lodge is in a large wooden house by the riverfront not too far from the city centre and there is a newer building out the back with en suite rooms. There is the usual kitchen; a TV lounge with a piano; plus a dining room with internet access and laundry and a nice back garden with a trampoline, hammocks and a nice sitting area. It is a grand old building with tall ceilings and there is a great atmosphere, but many of the fittings and furnishings look a bit tired and the kitchen could do with a overhaul (however it would be a great hostel with new furniture and bedding). Rory, the manager, is full of information about things to see and do around Wanganui.
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Price Dorm bed $24 ($21 BBH) Single room $43-53 ($40-50 BBH) Double/twin room $56-66 ($50-60 BBH) Prices are in New Zealand dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
clean, friendly, handy to town centre 15 October 2003
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Louise
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Maintenance
(4)
Cleanliness
(4)
Facilities
(4)
Atmosphere
(4)
(Review ID: 12271)
we stayed here two nights in one of the newer ensuite doubles - one of the nicer hostels we have stayed in so far. The owners are v.helpful, the hostel is a five minute walk into town - good facilities, with a decent games room with darts board, piano and pool table
