Southern Lakes Backpackers

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Taking advantage of Southern Lakes's backpacker options is a great way to socialise before moving on and exploring the entire country on a budget. Backpacker accommodation is friendly, communal and reliable. They are places where, usually, young travellers congregate and often make friends with people of different nationalities. It's the most fun way to discover everything this country has to offer and meet like-minded travellers. New Zealand backpacker accommodation is considered to be of a consistently high quality. Most backpacker accommodation throughout the country offers a mixture of shared rooms (dormitories), as well as single, twin or double rooms for a higher (but still relatively cheap) cost. The facilities usually consist of a communal kitchen and bathroom, and a coin-operated laundry, although this does vary - many also have internet access, bars and TV lounges. Long-term rates are usually offered for those planning to stay awhile.

Southern Lakes: Queenstown and Wanaka have an ability to captivate travellers on two levels. Firstly, with their extraordinarily scenic location in the Southern Alps; secondly, with the incredible array of adventure activities on offer. In many places around the region you will see evidence of the gold rush and the gold miners' years of toil in an unforgiving environment. Most people who venture into this corner of the world go the extra distance to visit Fiordland National Park. Over millions of years glaciers carved the most southern portion of the West Coast into 14 fiords. Most are accessible by water, but you can drive to Milford Sound along a stunningly scenic road. Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri were also created by glacial action during the last ice ages; the towns on their shores are popular bases for travellers. Central Otago is home to stone fruit such as apricots and peaches. This part of New Zealand has some of the finest water and winter sport facilities in the country.