BUG review
Farmstay Backpackers is a working dairy farm (which also grows watermelons in season), but accommodation is not nearly as rustic as you might imagine. The small house for backpackers is relatively new and modern, with a nice, well-equipped kitchen and a TV room with log fire. There is one six-bed dorm room, a double room and a twin. Camping is also available if you have a tent. You can check email on a single computer inside the main house. Views out over the farm are great for catching sunsets and there are lots of stars to see at night. There is just a very nice, cosy feeling here as the fog comes rolling up the hills in the early morning.
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Price Dorm bed $21 ($18 BBH) Double/twin room $56 ($50 BBH) Prices are in New Zealand dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Pros:
Homely
Cons:
Out of town, at end of gravel road, one toilet for all?
Jot
saw things this way
Maintenance
(4)
Cleanliness
(5)
Facilities
(3)
Atmosphere
(3)
(Review ID: 1176)
For $15 a night it's fantastic. Good kitchen, a nice verandah to watch the sunset, very quiet.It is at the end of a gravel road, and I think there is one toilet to share between the dorm of 4 plus the two twins.But definitely recommended.
