The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers

4.3 / 5.0

Excellent(74 Ratings)

Hostel in Queenstown

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi, Parking and more

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About this hostel

Queenstown hostel in Queenstown City Centre with free parking
Along with a microwave in a common area, this smoke-free hostel has a refrigerator in a common area and free use of bicycles. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include laundry facilities, a library, and tour/ticket assistance.
Bathrooms are shared and limited housekeeping is available.
The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers offers 11 accommodations with safes and shared/communal kitchens. Guests can make use of the in-room full-sized refrigerators/freezers and microwaves.

Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers. This Queenstown hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered on a limited basis and hair dryers can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hostel include complimentary bicycles.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Map of Queenstown

Nearby attractions

Skyline Queenstown

0.3 mi

Shotover Jet Queenstown

Available Rooms

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

1 Single • 140 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

1 Single • 226 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

1 Single • 291 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Queen Room

1 Queen

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Basic Twin Room

1 Bunk

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

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The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers

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4.3 / 5.0

Excellent(74 Ratings)

Hostel in Queenstown

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi, Parking and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hostel

Recreational amenities at the hostel include complimentary bicycles.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Map of Queenstown

Nearby attractions

Skyline Queenstown

0.3 mi

Shotover Jet Queenstown

Available Rooms

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

1 Single • 140 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

1 Single • 226 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

1 Single • 291 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Queen Room

1 Queen

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Basic Twin Room

1 Bunk

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Ratings and reviews

4.3 / 5.0

Excellent(74 Ratings)

5.0 / 5.0

Aug 2024

Friendly place and well kept

3.0 / 5.0

Aug 2024

good

2.5 / 5.0

Jul 2024

Nice hostel with many friendly people in it. Stayed in the private cabin. Enough space, all I needed just next door in shared kitchen and bathroom

5.0 / 5.0

Apr 2024

The staff were so nice! Really great place to stay on a budget too. Very nice location- you can walk right down to shops, hikes, and other fun activities. LOVED it! Would definitely book again :)

1.0 / 5.0

Mar 2024

My Queen room absolutely with no sound proof at all,you can hear everything single conversation from next room and overall this place is pretty run down but staffs is very friendly.

4.0 / 5.0

Mar 2024

Great staff.

4.0 / 5.0

Mar 2024

Very good customer service and staff are very helpful

5.0 / 5.0

Mar 2024

Quite calm for a backpacker and very clean.

4.0 / 5.0

Feb 2024

Decent room and beds, clean, friendly staff, and a fair price. Ramon the dog was extremely cute and an effective security pupper. I was sad not to have met the local kitty cats I was advised of, but you can't have everything :-)

3.0 / 5.0

Feb 2024

You pay what you get.

2.5 / 5.0

Jan 2024

Good stay here. Booked private room - was a seperate building outside with short walk into main building for bathroom and kitchen. All pretty clean - room was a bit heavy with smell or air freshener. Parking is tight but generally available. Easy walk into Queenstown (~15 min) for main sites/attractions in town.

4.0 / 5.0

Dec 2023

the staff were amazing. the convenience of a walk to town and a grocery store down the road. the views were amazing! Needs more bathroom facilities.

4.0 / 5.0

Nov 2023

The property is in an amazing location. The wifi isn't great, a bit slow. Was noisy at night when we were there.

5.0 / 5.0

Nov 2023

Nice hotel, staff very friendly, room was clean, plenty of shared areas, easily walkable Only noticed it could use a couple more bathrooms/showers, but with as busy as the hotel was, we had to shower it was never more than a 5 minute wait. Definitely would stay here again! Loved it.

4.0 / 5.0

Nov 2023

This was a great backpackers to stay at overall. The only thing I think needs to be noted is that I believe there was a leak in our "cabin". The room was musty smelling and at times the carpet felt damp.

5.0 / 5.0

Jul 2021

The staff was really nice

2.0 / 5.0

Mar 2021

Wry comfortable bed 2 kitchens plenty of bathrooms

4.0 / 5.0

Mar 2021

Wry comfortable bed 2 kitchens plenty of bathrooms

2.5 / 5.0

Mar 2020

Great backpackers hostel!

2.0 / 5.0

Feb 2020

Room was good. Second floor with private outside balcony.Close to downtown Queenstown. Staff friendly and helpful

1.0 / 5.0

Feb 2020

Room was good. Second floor with private outside balcony.Close to downtown Queenstown. Staff friendly and helpful

1.3 / 5.0

Feb 2020

Friendly hostel, a bit worse for wear but generally clean and comfortable. The owner is quite a character. Good location easy walk to town

2.5 / 5.0

Feb 2020

Friendly hostel, a bit worse for wear but generally clean and comfortable. The owner is quite a character. Good location easy walk to town

2.5 / 5.0

Dec 2019

Magnificent. Flaming Kiwi is the only real hostel in Queenstown. Perfect combination between long and short term. There is a lot of space to park cars. 3 super well equipped kitchens. The staff is super helpful. Fabio is fantastic, always cleaning the kitchens for guests' well being.

2.5 / 5.0

Nov 2019

Real hostel. I pass a good time. Wonderful!

4.0 / 5.0

Nov 2019

I liked the plantings around the property and the staff was very helpful. The room was pleasant and bathroom was clean. The kitchen needed attention but was not an issue for us as we weren’t using it. It was just that residents hadn’t cleaned up from dinner.

2.5 / 5.0

Oct 2019

It is the best hostel I have ever stayed. Very clean and organized. Large and well equipped kitchens. Very comfortable beds and very friendly staff.

5.0 / 5.0

Aug 2019

Exactly what a good hostel should be. Clean rooms and shared spaces including bsthrooms, kitchens and lounge/dining rooms. Friendly staff and relaxing atmosphere, safe and very well maintsined. Staff have great local knowledge and Kent and the team were very helpful with suggestions reccommendations and assistance when needed. We were also lucky to have a virw of Coronet Peak from our room.

2.5 / 5.0

Aug 2019

5.0 / 5.0

Jul 2019

very clean nice and tidy freindly staff relaible nice scenery

4.0 / 5.0

Apr 2019

Came in after 8pm, so night manager took care of me. He wasn't too helpful and just gave me the key and pointed to my room. I did not get any information about things to do in the city. But the rooms were ok, a lot of bugs come in at night because the windows don't have screen protectors. Can use wifi in the room but you continuously have to log in when your phone screen shuts off. Bathrooms are ok and showers are strong. Nice large kitchen and lounge.

2.0 / 5.0

Dec 2018

Good mix hostel of long term and short term stays. Short walk to center of town, yet away from the noise during the night. Mulitple kitchens keep space open.

2.0 / 5.0

Dec 2018

Very nice staff and free frisbee hire for the frisbee golf, which was a laugh. Beds were comfortable and bathrooms were clean. Free bike hire also, but we didn't get change to use this. Free tea and coffee, which is always nice but unfortunately no free cooking oil. Kitchens were clean and well stocked with crockery and pots and pans, not loads of space in the fridges though. Also the cleaning of the main kitchen was done around breakfast time which seemed a bit odd since. Decent enough though for our 2 night stay.

2.5 / 5.0

Nov 2018

The staff were very friendly, understanding and helpful!

1.0 / 5.0

Nov 2018

The Flaming Kiwi is better suited to long-term guests not those of us looking for a 1 or 2-night hostel stay. There is definitely a feeling among the "residents" that you are on their turf. This also means that your roommates are probably messy since they are living there. The kitchen areas upstairs were messy while I was there and there are not enough bathrooms/showers for everyone so unless you are getting up very early, expect to wait. The beds were very comfortable, though and there are small lockers to put your valuables in. The two people who assisted me at the front desk were both very nice and helpful!

1.0 / 5.0

Nov 2018

bed is comfortable. room is clean but no cleaning service if you stay for serveral nights. supermarket is near hostel.

2.5 / 5.0

Sep 2018

This is the perfect place to stay with a limited budget. Our room even has a large balcony for us to chill and watch stars. The common area is also spectacular to meet other backpackers. The area is within walking distance to the town centre, which is a good thing since the parking space is not easy to find in Queenstown.

2.5 / 5.0

Sep 2018

This is the perfect place to stay with a limited budget.Our room even has a large balcony for us to chill and watch stars.The common area is also spectacular to meet other backpackers.The area is within walking distance to the town centre, which is a good thing since the parking space is not easy to find in Queenstown.

1.3 / 5.0

May 2018

It was comfortable and easy to find. I like that it was close to downtown.

2.5 / 5.0

Apr 2018

This is a great place to stay if you are on a budget but still want your own room. I like that it’s kind of out of the center too. The staff is wonderful....they let me store my luggage long term while I did a couple tracks and I left my tablet behind and they took their time to ship it to my final hotel so I’ll have it back before I leave. Awesome!

FAQs

How much does this hostel cost compared to others in Queenstown?

The average price for a rental in Queenstown is $263 per night. This rental is $180 less expensive than the average.

Is parking included with this hostel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hostel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hostel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hostel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers?

We found 5 amenities for this rental. This includes kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, parking, laundry, and balcony or patio.

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The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers

Hostel in Queenstown

Reasons to book

About this hostel

Amenities

Map of Queenstown

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Queen Room

Basic Twin Room

The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers

Hostel in Queenstown

Reasons to book

About this hostel

Amenities

Map of Queenstown

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Queen Room

Basic Twin Room

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

How much does this hostel cost compared to others in Queenstown?

Is parking included with this hostel?

Is there a pool at this hostel?

Is The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers pet friendly?

What amenities are available at The Flaming Kiwi Backpackers?

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