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Fat Salmon Backpacker's Hostel

3250 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni, BC, Canada V9Y 4E1

Customer Ratings

Overall Rating

75.0%

5 out of 7 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Fat Salmon Backpacker's Hostel'

Atmosphere	82.9%
Location	71.4%
Facilities	62.9%
Fun	71.4%
Staff	100.0%
Cleanliness	57.1%
Safety	71.4%
Value	82.9%

Overview

Fat Salmon Backpacker's Hostel is a progressive, fun and funky space that provides inexpensive accommodation to progressive, fun and funky budget international travellers.

It is El Gordo's mission to offer the biggest bang for a buck, as he really knows the value of a Canadian dollar these days. There is a new fish in town, and his name is "Fat". Come and swim with us!

The Fat Salmon offers its guests plenty of happy space, being equipped with a large lounge, a fully-equipped sit-in kitchen with a view of Mount Arrowsmith, six comfortable dormitories, and a cozy reception area. We offer free tea, coffee and hot chocolate, free movies from a huge library of movies (new & old, national & international), a free library (take-a-book-leave-a-book), a phone and faxing service, free wifi, an information centre on premises, storage, free fresh herbs when in season, a BBQ area, an outside deck and the best service personnel you will ever meet in the hostel industry. The Fat Salmon is only a short phone call away from the Tofino Bus drop off point, and is the new stop for the West Coast Trail Express Bus in Port Alberni. We are located very close to the bus station, and a 2-minute walk from the MV Lady Rose marine services.

All of the dormitories are shared rooms, and range in size from four beds (The Knickerbocker Room and The Mullet Room) to six beds (The Rotorua Room and The Daisy Field) to eight beds (The Carnie Room and The "Oh, The Places You Will Go" Room) per room, and much in between. We try our best to accommodate groups together in a given area of the hostel.

There is an inexpensive laundromat just a hop, skip and jump around the corner, by the Kingsway Pub. We also have a sweet parking space in the back of the building where you can park whatever you came in on, too.

Fat Salmon Backpackers hostel is a proud member of Backpackers Hostels Canada, Pacific Hostelling Network, Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Federation of Independent Business and Alberni-Clayaquot Women's Business Network.

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