Picton Lodge Backpackers

Recently refurnished lodge offers a clean warm comfortable and friendly atmosphere.

Recently refurnished lodge offers a clean warm comfortable and friendly atmosphere.
There is affordable single, double and twin rooms as well as small and medium dorms. All our accommodation is of the highest quality.

This hostel is the nearest you will find that is just like your home. Come to relax, unwind and re-energize. We are closest to the ferry, buses, Railway Station and the information centre. The town centre, wharf foreshore, mini golf and other attractions are nearby.

Facilities include full laundry, bathroom and kitchen facilities, free tea and coffee, bicycle hire, video library and more.

For smokers there is a smoker’s balcony.

Accommodation Information

Picton Lodge offers a range of accommodation options for the budget and backpacker travelers. Children welcome. If you are passing through, Picton Lodge is a great place to stay and catch your breath while you enjoy the views of the Marlborough sounds from the comfortable seats on our balcony.

Medium Dormitory rooms
Clean and comfortable Mixed and Female Dorms (7-10) bed rooms with ample room for guests and their packs and comfortable beds. Tariff: From $NZ22 per person per night
($1 discount with VIP, ISAC, YHA card) Made up is $3 extra.

Small Dormitory rooms
Clean warm and Comfortable (4-5) bed rooms. Tariffs: From $NZ24.00 per person per night. ($1 discount with VIP, ISAC, YHA card) Made up is $3 extra.

Double and Twin rooms
The double and Twin rooms are warm, clean, and fully made up with sheets, Duvets, and Towels. There is plenty of room for packs and luggage.
Tariff: From $NZ27.50 per person per night. Linen included = $55.00 room ($1discount per person with VIP, ISAC, YHA cards)

Family Rooms:
With a Double and one, two or three bunk beds, warm, clean with the double bed made up and bunks with bottom sheets and Pillow cases. Bunks can be made up as required. There is plenty of room for luggage and packs. Tariff: $NZ27.50 per person for the double and $NZ20 per additional person per night. Double with Linen included ($1 discount per person with VIP, ISAC, YHA card)
$3 extra per bunk made up.

Children under 12 years old $15 each
Groups welcome.

Location Information

Activities
The waters of the Marlborough sounds are perfect for diving, kayaking, fishing, sailing, and boating. Picton is the starting point of a variety of cruises around the magnificent Marlborough sounds. There are a number of excellent walking tracks including the famous queen charlotte track, the snout track, the Tirohanga track, the Essons valley, and the Nydia track.

We offer a booking service for the queen charlotte track. The queen charlotte track stretches from ship cove to Anakiwa, a spectacular 67km walk, which takes three or four days.

Boats to ships cove leave at 8am, 9am, 9.30am and 10am there are also day walks on this track which we can organize for you.

How about spending an afternoon on the local mail boat delivering the post to the isolated bays of the queen charlotte sound and the Tory channel.

Sea fishing
The many sheltered beaches and secluded bays in the sounds provide excellent fishing opportunities. Borrow one of our rods and try your hand. The best way to guarantee results is by boat. Your skipper knows the best spots, and you will be cooking your own fish meal back at the lodge.

Fishing trips:-
Kayaking
One of the best ways to see the beauty of the sounds is in a kayak. Day and half day trips are offered. A number of excursions are offered from Picton including three day kayaking, mountain biking and walking tours.

Mountain biking
The queen charlotte track is one of the only tracks that can be mountain biked. Bikes can be hired by the hour or day. Ship cove to Furneaux part of the track is closed to bikers Dec-Feb.

Underwater diving
Situated at the top of the south island the Marlborough sounds are formed by a network of ancient sunken valleys which form a vast waterway consisting of over 3000k of dive-able coastline guaranteeing great diving or snorkeling all year. Dive in the local marine reserve or wreck dive the Mikhail Lermontov

Jet skiing
Pull the wetsuit on, leave the hot pavement behind and prepare to spin out. One hour blast, or a two hour shake up.

Golf
Marlborough has a large range of golf links.
Picton Golf Club. Wairau Gc
Blenhiem golf club Rarangi Gc
Marlboroughs Fairhall Gc golfers world

Mini golf
Just across the road,
Wine tours
Half day and full day tours right into the heart of New Zealand’s premier vineyard district. Sample the best that the wineries have to offer. Small relaxed groups.

Eco and dolphin swimming tours
Ecotours in search of the most acrobatic of dolphins - the dusky dolphin. Swimming with the dolphins is an experience that you will never forget.

Boating safaris
A unique experience, drive a boat, explore the sounds enjoy the thrill of driving your own boat.

Swimming
You can swim at many of the beaches and coves surrounding the sounds but beware of rocks and reefs at low tide.

Local museums
While away an hour at the small local museum. The Edwin fox museum is also worth an hour or two. The Edwin fox is the eighth oldest ship in the world and has had a varied career