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#3 of 3 hostels in Mount Maunganui
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Free WIFI throughout hostel (unlimited high speed fibre), Surf lessons Backpackers special surfboard rental, bicycle rental (high quality Jamis bikes), newly refurbished! We offer the BEACH & SURF at your doorstep - a 2 minute walk to NZ's #1 beach. We are located right in town - seconds walk to an array of cafes, bars and restaurants! Welcome to our piece of PARADISE. We are a small, friendly, CLEAN & cosy hostel where everyone knows your name! Assistance with SEASONAL WORK all year round is given. Winter rates are available. We have a friendly staff who can help arrange all the Bay's best activities - skydiving, surfing, Hobiton tours. We can book Intercity and Mana bus tickets for you. We have Netflix and Apple TV, movie nights and a free BBQ for guests to use. Why stay out of town? Mount Backpackers is the place to be!
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HOTEL STYLE
Budget
Languages Spoken
English, German, Italian
Location
87 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga 3116 New Zealand
Mount Backpackers
117 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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Host very welcoming, dorm tidy and beds comfortable. Windows not quite sound-proofed as they were said to be but all in all a great little hostel with great facilities for a decent price.
Short walk to the beach and Mt Maunganui so location-wise you couldn't ask for much more.
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Date of stay: February 2013
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Stewart F, Owner at Mount Backpackers
Responded 18 Jun 2013
Thanks for your review, Much Appreciated
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needed to stay overnight and in the middle of the main street was this backpackers. Friendly greeting, good amnesties, maybe a bit of noise at night, from traffic and people walking past. But it was cost effective, clean and tidy. Great having a bar outside the door, bakery etc
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Date of stay: September 2015
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Â sleep furthest from the road front
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This place is great if you're a solo traveller. The hostel has got all the necessary facilities.
The new owner is very friendly and helpful and makes you feel like at home. She's trying to make the place very cosy.
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Date of stay: March 2017Trip type: Travelled solo
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I absolutely loved my stay at mount backpackers. The staff (especially Rosie, Ash, Regina and Rob) are kind and incredibly helpful. The kitchen and bathroom is always kept clean and the environment is relaxed and welcoming. The location is perfect right on the main strip and only a 3 minute walk from the beach. I would highly recommend staying here especially if you are looking to stay long term in mount maunganui. Overall an amazing hostel and experience.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Jo Veale, Owner at Mount Backpackers
Responded 8 Jan 2022
Ooooooh Michelle! Thanks for the great review, we do try to be helpful!! Come back anytime - we would love to see you again!
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I have been here three times in the last four weeks and its been wonderful. Great people around staff is lovely clean place shops and main beach just few minutes w5alking. Best spot in Tauranga and surroundings definitely coming back for summer!!
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Responded 8 Jan 2022
And we loved having you back each time - of course you are always welcome back, anytime, and hope you come for summer!
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Perfect place really close from the beach and next to so many different restaurants, bar. Possibility to rent bike and surf as well. Super clean, good and friendly staff! Probably the best hostel in Tauranga !!
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Date of stay: June 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Jo Veale, Owner at Mount Backpackers
Responded 8 Jan 2022
Hi there - you are so right about our location, cannot get a better place so close to the beach (a 1 minute walk) or downtown Mount Maunganui mainstreet - we love our location! Great to hear that you found out place super clean, we do try hard and it can be tough during rainy months or when we have so many people coming and going. Please come back and stay with us again!
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We had a very bad experience in this hostel and did not get any sleep during our stay. The tiny dorm room we had to stay in was super crowded with 10 people in a small area. Apparently it is a big party place with screaming drunk people up to at least 1am in the morning. The stinky tiny room reaked of sweat and weed and the coming and going of party people left everybody up most of the night. Only 4 small toilets and 2 showers for about 30 people is just not enough. After travelling for over 10 months and staying in many places this was def one of our worst experiences.
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Date of stay: October 2014
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Stewart F, Manager at Mount Backpackers
Responded 30 Oct 2014
We have 6 toilets and 4 showers. We don't like threats " either give us our money back or we will place a bad review" . If you're too old for a Backpackers and you want Hotel service then go stay somewhere else !!!!
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Very excited to stay by the beach, fab location, friendly reception and good wifi but unfortunately that's where the good stuff ends. Our group of four was split into 3 separate rooms on arrival all very cramped with no spare space for anything. 2 of us were lucky to get a room with a bathroom attached and it had slightly more space. All the rooms were a mess of people's stuff, we were told they were tidy when they got cleaned but that was hard to imagine/believe. Two of us found sand already on our bed sheets and my partners bed had some one hanging out on it when we arrived. Kitchen space tiny and again a mess. Lots of long term occupants who'd spread there stuff into any available space.
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Date of stay: November 2014Trip type: Travelled with friends
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great hostel with amazing people, clean bathrooms, cozy rooms and the manager is always kind and available to help you with everything. it is ubicated in central mt maunganui and two blocks from the beach!! a lot of space in the frigde and a huge tv to watch films
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Date of stay: April 2016
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I understand that this is a "party" hostel, but it was still too dirty and loud for me to handle.
Nothing in the kitchen had been washed, probably for days by the look of some of the food. The bed had many stains on it, and the large dorm room was very, very cramped. There were no windows and, although there was a small ventilation system, it really didn't do much of anything.
This isn't a knock on the place itself, but the other travelers there during my stay were unfriendly and, overall, I did not feel safe while staying here.
Location and wifi are great, but overall I'd recommend looking elsewhere.
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Date of stay: March 2015
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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PRICE RANGE
$32 - $73 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
New ZealandNorth IslandBay of Plenty RegionTaurangaMount Maunganui
NUMBER OF ROOMS
8
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