At Chateau Franz Backpackers you will receive a unique West Coast experience and true West Coast hospitality in a friendly, fun environment located at beautiful Franz Josef. Our excellent budget accommodation options at Chateau Franz range from backpacker dorms, doubles and twins with shared facilities, modern self contained backpacker units with own cooking, bathrooms and TV, modern double units with tea/coffee making and own bathrooms, TV and views, and Queen/twin Studio Motels with SKY TV, as well as a two bedroom family unit that sleeps 5 people.
The Units are Queen or twin with one two bedroom family unit and all have flat screen SKY TV. You can enjoy all the FREE popcorn and FREE videos with a selection of movies.
Chateau Franz Motel 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.
Queen Studio Units
- Queen bed
- Ensuite bathroom
- Kitchenette with microwave, hotplates & fridge
- SKY TV
- Electric blankets
- Rooms serviced daily
- From NZ$100.00 per unit
Twin Studio Units
- Double bed & single bed
- Ensuite bathroom
- Kitchenette with microwave, hotplates & fridge
- SKY TV
- Electric blankets
- Rooms serviced daily
- From NZ$100.00 per unit
Double Studio Units
- Double bed
- Ensuite bathroom
- Tea/coffee making facilities
- TV & video
- Upstairs with balcony & views
- Rooms serviced daily
- From NZ$100.00 per unit
Family Unit
- Sleep 2 - 5 persons
- 1st bedroom with double bed and single bed
- 2nd bedroom with two single beds
- Separate bathroom
- Spacious kitchen/dining/lounge with SKY TV
- Rooms serviced daily
- From NZ$150.00 - $180.00
WINTER RATES APPLY from May to end of September.
The team at Chateau Franz Motel and Backpackers look forward to making your stay in this stunning area enjoyable and unforgettable and are happy to arrange all your guided glacier tours, eco tours or scenic flights.
At Chateau Studio Motels we offer you:
- FREE use of the hot spa pool
- FREE popcorn to enjoy while watching a movie
- FREE vegetable soup in the communal kitchen
- 24 hour wireless broadband
- Guest laundry
- Full booking desk for activities and buses
- Units serviced daily
- Friendly, helpful advice to make sure you enjoy all the regions amazing options
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.
