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( 03-318 4740;
www.smylies.co.nz
;
5653 West Coast Rd, Springfield; dm/s/d $30/50/70; )
This
welcoming YHA-associated hostel has a large communal kitchen and a vast book and
DVD library. There's also a handful of self-contained motel units ($85 to $160) and a
three-bedroom cottage ($220). In winter, packages including ski-equipment rental and ski-
field transport are on offer.
Flock Hill Lodge
( 03-318 8196;
www.flockhill.co.nz
;
Great Alpine Hwy, Craigieburn Valley; dm/d $31/155; )
In a tran-
quil spot close to Craigieburn Forest Park and Lake Pearson, this high-country sheep sta-
tion has a cosy bar-restaurant, comfortable two-bedroom motel units and large cottages
with kitchenettes. Unfussy backpackers can stay in rustic shearers' quarters.
MOTEL, HOSTEL
$$
Wilderness Lodge
( 03-318 9246;
www.wildernesslodge.co.nz
;
Cora Lynn Rd, Bealey; s $450-699 d $700-1160; )
For an abso-
lute middle-of-nowhere atmosphere, this alpine lodge hidden within a beech forest on a
24-sq-km sheep station takes some beating. The standalone studios with private spa baths
feel even more remote. Rates include breakfast, dinner and guided activities, but even
then they seem inflated.
LODGE
$$$
Arthur's Pass
Camping is possible near the basic
public shelter
(adult/child $6/3)
opposite DOC, where there's
running water, a sink, tables and toilets. You can also camp for free at
Klondyke Corner
, 8km
south of Arthur's Pass, where perks are limited to a toilet and stream water for boiling.
Mountain House YHA
( 03-318 9258;
www.trampers.co.nz
;
83 Main Rd; sites $22, dm $27-31, s/d/unit $74/86/145; )
Strad-
dling the highway in the centre of the village, this excellent complex includes a well-kept
hostel, two upmarket motel units and two three-bedroom cottages with log fires ($340).
Campers will need to take their chances with the kleptomaniacal keas.
HOSTEL
$
Arthur's Pass Village B&B
( 021 394 776;
www.arthurspass.org.nz
; 72 School Tce; d $100; )
This former railway cottage is
now a cosy B&B, complete with an open fire, free-range bacon and eggs and homebaked
B&B
$$
