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Haka House Franz Josef

4.5 star property

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Lounge
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Exterior
Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets
Reception

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

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Map
2-4 Cron Street, Franz Josef Glacier, 7886
  • Our Lady of the Alps
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Westcoast Wildlife Centre
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Glacier Hot Pools
    ‪8 min walk‬

Room options

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 6 Bed dorm

  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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King Room Ensuite

  • 107 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 4 Bed Dorm

  • 140 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Twin Room - Ensuite

  • 105 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 4 Bed Dorm - Female

  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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King Room

  • 129 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Twin Room

  • 107 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Quad Room - Ensuite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Quad Room - Ensuite

  • 168 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 10 Bed Dorm

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

King Room - Ensuite - Accessible

  • 107 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Entire 4 Bed Dorm

  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 2 Bed Dorm

  • 90 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Bed in 4 Bed Dorm - Female

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Twin Room - Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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King Room (shared bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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King Room Ensuite - Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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King Room Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in 10 Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Quadruple Room With Ensuite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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Bed In 2 Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Bed in 4 Bed Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Entire 4 Bed Dorm With Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Bunk Beds

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About this property

Haka House Franz Josef

4.5-star Franz Josef Glacier hostel steps from Our Lady of the Alps
This smoke-free hostel features laundry facilities, a garden, and a picnic area. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a vending machine.
Haka House Franz Josef offers 38 accommodations. This Franz Josef Glacier hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Bathrooms include showers.
Haka House Franz Josef features a terrace, a vending machine, and a garden. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This eco-certified hostel also offers a picnic area and laundry facilities.

Haka House Franz Josef is a smoke-free property.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Qualmark Sustainable Tourism Business Award, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Limited onsite parking

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Vending machine

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a nature reserve
  • In the mountains
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator
  • Thin carpet in room

More

  • 1 building
  • 2 floors
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Eco-friendly cleaning products used
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Shower

Entertainment

  • Cable/satellite channels

More

  • Heating
  • LED lighting

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Late check-out fee: NZD 20

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Guests will receive an email 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Haast Pass roads south of the Franz Josef Township are closed at 7 PM.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for NZD 20 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Late check-out fee: NZD 20
  • Rollaway bed fee: NZD 20 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector and a security system
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

National rating

Rating provided by Qualmark®, source of official star ratings for accommodation in New Zealand.

Property is also known as

YHA Franz Josef Glacier Backpacker
YHA Franz Josef Backpacker Hostel Franz Josef Glacier
YHA Franz Josef Backpacker Hostel
YHA Franz Josef Backpacker Franz Josef Glacier
YHA Franz Josef Backpacker
YHA Franz Josef Hostel Franz Josef Glacier
YHA Franz Josef Hostel
YHA Franz Josef Franz Josef Glacier
YHA Franz Josef
YHA Franz Josef Hostel
Haka House Franz Josef Franz Josef Glacier
Haka House Franz Josef Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

Haka House Franz Josef Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 62 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 62 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 62 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 62 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 62 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Brett

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
New and clean room, large kitchen, central walking location, and clean bathrooms. All you could ask for!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The reception girl is very nice and helpful. Appreciate that. Moden design dorm.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Raphael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The service here was amazing. But the only down side is it's so loud like you can hear everything it could just have been bad luck with the person next to our room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Juan-Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay . Everything clean and easy going . I didn’t see the staff because no problem at all. I really recommend this place .
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rajas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

navik

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well appointed comfortable dorm with 4 bunk beds, storage, curtains and individually compartmentalized. We were a family of 7 and with kids. Kids had a ball, large expansive kitchen with games section adjourning and the best but is it is a stone's throw away from the town with all the dining options avail.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

LEE JANG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Cecilie Dalgaard

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Overall good

Comfortable beds, great showers and lounge area, great location. A little sad that the sauna was only open 3 hours
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Virginia

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Hilary

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We were cold at night and had to unblock the shower drain but otherwise all good
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Kayla

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
was easy to find, walking distance to places. happy with our stay!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Talila, Craigieburn

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Timothy

Traveled with partner
When we arrived we found that the site had already charged the two nights that we booked. Despite having paid we found the conditions so awful that we did not stay, but easily found a nearby place that was cheaper and much better. I would say that the site and its system borders on unethical
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ning

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Best hotel.in glacier township

friendly and profesdional. Facilities are new and well maintained. Staff gave good guides to sites.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Natthanun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Besttt in this town! Please keep the price affordable so I will definitely be here again
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Alexandra

Disliked: Cleanliness
I stayed for 4 days and 3 nights, during that time the bathroom facilities were never cleaned despite me raising the issue to staff at reception.They were dirty and quite frankly disgusting. There was no toilet paper until the 4th day so it was lucky I had my own stash. No soap was provided in the bathroom either. Flooding of the bathrooms also seemed an issue. The kitchen facilities were also dirty and never cleaned. On a positive, the room I stayed in was nice and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay at Haka House

Fantastic location, great accomodations and great atmosphere
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay, great location.

Great place to stay! The staff was super friendly and helpful. The location was great, easy to walk to food, stores, etc. The kitchen facilities had everything you could possibly need. We had a room with a private bathroom, which was nice. The bed was really tight against one wall, making it necessary to climb in through the end, which was not the best. We could hear activity in the men’s bathroom on the other side of our wall, but fortunately it didn’t keep us awake. I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kate

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot for exploring the area. Great room & communal facilities. Would recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jordyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Probably one of my favourite hostel stays in the South Island. I stayed in a total of three Haka Houses over my NZ trip, but I think Franz Josef was my favourite. Obviously the location is incredible and proximity to the glacier can't be beat. The kitchen is massive with lots of facilities and storage, the games room/lounge/dining room and movie room are all pretty generously appointed. It also lends itself well to socialisation and I think I unexpectedly made the most pals passing through here (and Arthur's Pass). The front desk staff are really nice and are there from 0800-2000hrs. There was no onsite parking (paid) available due to summer high season but plenty of free street parking available. All Haka Houses I've stayed at have the same bunk style with two AU/NZ electrical sockets as well as a USB-A and USB-C port, plus lockable storage that has the same thing inside (bring a decent-sized lock, I had some tiny ones and had to buy a medium one). This is a great idea. You can charge things while you're away and they're locked up, and if you don't have an international adapter you can use cable only. The privacy curtains are a good touch as well. They also have all had the nice enclosed showers with a detachable showerhead. And bath mats! I also think I had my best hostel sleep here, the beds are decently comfy and I got really lucky with roomies - three other women, none of us snored.