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The Bug Backpackers
Overview
Stop at The Bug Backpackers to discover the wonders of Nelson. Offering a variety of facilities and services, the hotel provides all you need for a good night's sleep. All the necessary facilities, including free Wi-Fi in all rooms, laundromat, kitchen, facilities for disabled guests, luggage storage, are at hand. Complimentary tea, locker, towels, carpeting, sofa can be found in selected guestrooms. Take a break from a long day and make use of garden, games room. No matter what your reasons are for visiting Nelson, The Bug Backpackers will make you feel instantly at home.
Rooms
- BED, up to 1 guests
- Double room, up to 4 guests
- Family room, up to 8 guests
Facilities
Facilities
- Wheelchair-accessible
- Car park (extra charge)
- Check-in hour (19:00)
- Check-out hour (10:00)
- Wi-fi
- Laundry service
- Launderette (extra charge)
- Multilingual staff
- Hotel safe
- Lift access (extra charge)
- Garden
- Terrace
- Luggage room
- BBQ facilities
- Grill/BBQ
- Library
- Bikes available
Catering
- Restaurant
- Smoking area (extra charge)
Entertainment & pools
- Game room
Meals
- Breakfast
- Picnic
How far from Fiordland
- Queenstown airport554 km
- Milford Sound575 km
- Te Anau642 km
- Manapouri (for Doubtful Sound)659 km
- Invercargill693 km
Straight-line distances, not road or driving time. In Fiordland roads wind around lakes and mountains and the real drive is longer; plan the journey with a current map and check the road status before you set out.
This place sits in Elsewhere in the South Island. The gateways section of the guide explains the road from Queenstown and Invercargill to Te Anau.
Contact and map
226 Vanguard Street7010 Nelson
- +64 35394227 Reservations
- Open on OpenStreetMap
Meal plans listed: Room Only
Oscalyden does not take bookings and shows no prices. Contact the hotel for rates and availability. Catalogue data last updated 2026-09-13.