I stayed at The Fat Camel a week ago and was reluctant to leave :-( but I had to cos now I'm in OZ :-) ! There seem to be a lot of long termers staying at The Camel but that's not a bad thing cos they were all really friendly and welcoming, which was good because I was a... more

gross! The shets felt dirty and there were fleas! Spend a little extre and go to the fab small hotels in the area! more

i stayed here a few years ago and it was 'bouncin;' how that has changed...i stayed there after booking on the internet $19 nightly four bed female dorm...when i arrived i like other travelers were told that this was incorrect and in fact the price of the dorm room was $29 per night-i checked four days later and this was... more

I had just flown into Auckland with my girlfriend and another backpacker had recommended this place to us so we decided to check it out. The staff are friendly enough and helped us with every enquiry we had but this is were the positives finish and negatives begin. My main problem with the place is the fact that a lot... more

We decided to venture into hostelling with our 5 year old son and figured New Zealand would be a fine place to do it. We booked 2 nights at Nomad's and should have left before the 1st one. But not wanting to admit defeat and still liking the bargain price, we decided to stick it out. The first room we... more

Not very happy at all to be honest....we first got put in a twin room that was really dirty and when we had booked a double....we were then put in a double room which was actually a filthy window less cell with really bad ventilation awful old bed.....we got 1 1/2 hours sleep because we had 'role together'as the beds... more

We called NFC Hostel in the morning to enquire about rates for two nights and were told that they had $19 budget dorms that they'd hold for us with our card details - the cheap price was why we chose the place, despite the bad reviews and lack of parking. We arrived and paid only to be charged $24 a... more

Spent 2 nights here, + Price was ok + Good location - Facilities were por - No window in the room - 'Free' dinner was poor - Communal areas were a mess 2.5/5 more

I strongly reccommend not to spend a night in this terrible backpacker. They don't care about you at all, Bugs in my private room. The worst thing of all: They kept my passport as I asked for the key to keep my bags in the terrible smelly bagagge room!!! As a result I forgot to collect it when I checked-out.... more