Welcome to Chateau Franz Backpackers, Franz Josef New Zealand where you will receive a unique West Coast experience in friendly and fun backpacker accommodation.
With fantastic views, a rainforest backdrop and a central location, Chateau Franz Backpackers accommodation is ideal for backpackers, independent travellers, families and groups who want to explore the Franz Josef Glacier and the surrounding Glacier Country.
Chateau Franz Backpackers offers clean, warm and affordable accommodation, set amongst awe inspiring scenery, with rooms to suit everyone.
One day in Franz Josef is not enough to experience the Glacier region, and Chateau Franz Backpackers is conveniently located in the centre Franz Josef, New Zealand, within walking distance to excellent cafés, bars and restaurants and shopping to ensure you get the most out of your stay with us.
Chateau Franz Backpackers is part of the Sir Cedrics accommodation group. Sir Cedrics offers affordable backpacker accommodation options throughout the South Island of New Zealand, and with warm, friendly and helpful hosts and added FREE extras you can be assured of a fun, safe and enjoyable stay.
Backpacker Dorms
- Rooms with 3, 4, 5 or 6 beds (bunks)
- Shared bathroom
- Shared fully equipped kitchen
- Shared lounge with SKY & big screen TV
- Bottom sheet, pillowslip & duvet
- Heaters
- Sleeps 3-6 people
- From NZ$24.00 per person
Self-contained Dorms
- 9 beds (bunks)
- Own kitchen & dining
- Own bathroom
- TV & video in room
- Bottom sheet, pillowslip & duvet
- Heaters
- From NZ$23.00 per person
Self-contained Backpacker Units
- Modern units
- 6 beds (bunks)
- Own kitchen & dining
- Own bathroom
- TV & video in room
- Bottom sheet, pillowslip & duvet
- Heaters
- From NZ$26.00 per person
Backpacker Double Rooms
- Double bed
- Shared bathroom
- Shared fully equipped kitchen
- Shared lounge with SKY & big screen TV
- Fully made up beds & towels
- Heaters
- From NZ$55.00 per room
Backpacker Twin Rooms
- Twin beds
- Shared bathroom
- Shared fully equipped kitchen
- Shared lounge with SKY & big screen TV
- Fully made up beds & towels
- Heaters
- From NZ$53.00 per room
Double Rooms
- Modern upstairs studio units
- Double bed
- Ensuite bathroom
- Shared fully equipped kitchen
- Shared lounge with SKY & big screen TV
- Coffee/tea making facilities with fridge
- TV & video in room
- Rooms serviced daily
- From NZ$95.00 per room
Double/Twin Studio Motels
- Double bed or twin beds
- Ensuite bathroom
- Fully equipped kitchen
- SKY TV
- Rooms serviced daily
- Sleeps 1-3 people
- From NZ$95.00 per unit
The wonderful team at Chateau Franz Backpackers accommodation love meeting new people and will endeavour to make your stay fun, social and memorable. They are happy to provide independent advice on activities and attractions, and the complex fantastic facilities include:
- 2 fully equipped kitchens
- 2 warm lounges with log fires
- TV lounge with SKY, big screen TV & FREE videos
- FREE spa pool
- 2 guest laundries
- 24hr wireless internet, skype & CD burning
- Outdoor dining & BBQ area
- Booking Office for activities
- Book exchange
- Bike hire
- Cool “trailer home” style funky vans for the ultimate experience!
- FREE soup in the evenings
- BBH discounts
FRANZ JOSEF
The spectacular Franz Josef and Fox glaciers are nestled amongst rainforest on the rugged West Coast of New Zealand where lakes, rivers, forests and beaches are part of an untamed wilderness. This awe inspiring area of South West New Zealand, where the glaciers cut through dramatic glacial valleys to flow into temperate rainforest almost to sea level, has been given World Heritage Park status.
Of all the accessible temperate glaciers in New Zealand, the Franz Josef Glacier is easily the steepest and fastest moving, providing visitors with a spectacular and unique icefall of crevasses, pinnacles, ice caves and canyons, combined with an ecosystem found nowhere else in the world.
Experience the beauty of this special part of New Zealand in any number of ways, regardless of your fitness level or budget. You can climb the face of the glacier, journey deep into the towering rainforests, explore blue ice caves, or take a guided walk or heli-hike on the Fox or Franz Josef glaciers to explore the spectacular ice formations.
For a more relaxed day you can fish for trout on one of the many beautiful lakes, take a scenic flight to walk on an alpine snow field, or visit Lake Matheson, renowned for its mirror images of Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman, New Zealand's highest peaks.
Come and experience the West Coast's legendary hospitality, and leave with enduring memories of the awesomeness, mystery and humility of this magnificent area.
