Backpackers
Hotel★ 5.0 (2 reviews)Lively area (bars, cafés or transit nearby)
Location Great location — 5 attractions within walking distance
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About
Backpackers is a hotel in Timaru. It sits close to Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden and Caroline Bay Aviary, about 0.6 km from Timaru.
Location
What's nearby
- Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden0.1 km
- Caroline Bay Aviary0.4 km
- South Canterbury Museum0.5 km
- Caroline Bay Beach0.7 km
- Penguin Colony0.7 km
- South Canterbury Rugby1.9 km
Straight-line distances.
Within a short walk
🍽️ 18 places to eat💊 1 pharmacy or clinic🚌 1 public-transport stop
Everyday amenities within about 1 km, from OpenStreetMap.
Getting there & essentials
- Nearest airport
- Timaru Richard Pearse Airport (TIU) — 10.0 km → all hotels near TIU
- Nearest station
- Timaru — 0.6 km
- Nearest beach
- Caroline Bay Beach — 0.7 km
- Sea temperature
- Sea temperature about 10.1 °C in September (Open-Meteo Marine, measured 2026-09-01)
- Driving
- Drives on the left
- Currency
- NZD
- Power
- Type I plugs · 230 V · 50 Hz
- Tap water
- Generally safe to drink
Straight-line distances.
Street view
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