Name: Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep Station
Address: Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep station, 9448 Omarama, New Zealand, Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep station, Canterbury, 9448, New Zealand
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $23 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.2

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Hostel Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep Station

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Everything was amazing right in the middle of sheep grazing, it had a beautiful private lake, and an open bath heated by a gas lighter

Akshay

India

Hosts were exceptional. We shared lifestyle philosophy and they included us in their daily activities!

Gary

United States of America

Firstly we had to phone that we are lost. We had shot past it in the dark but we were given directions and made welcome with a lovely hot cup of tea. Super comfy bed in a warm clean room. We enjoyed the cooked breakfast very much with the hosts. We enjoyed the lovely chat over breakfast.

Adriaan

New Zealand

Good location. Reasonable price. The owner is nice and flexible for our needs (e.g. change to another room).

Sizheng

United States of America

Geva and Tim were great hosts and happy to offer any information about the area. Our daughter fed one of their lambs and thought it was the best. Breakfast was delicious and views spectacular.

Kate

Australia

Great little place that had everything I needed. Super comfortable bed with lovely linen made me feel at home. Great value for money and if you ask you could feed the lambs.

Sue

Australia

Extremely honest owners. I unknowingly booked for 2 instead of 1. She recognized and fixed it and cut the price in half. Good comfortable bed, great breakfast!

William

United States of America

A night in the ensuite was clean, quiet and very comfortable. The cooked breakfast and dinner were very good and plentiful. The hostess, Geva, is very interesting and informative.

James

United States of America

It was a stay with a difference - we really liked the quirky little bach

Jenny

New Zealand

Staying in a farm is a great experience in NZ. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was very good. Had a feeling to stay in a friend house.

Quanhe

United States of America

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8.7

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What guests loved the most:
“Everything was amazing right in the middle of sheep grazing, it had a beautiful private lake, and an open bath heated by a gas lighter”

Akshay India
“Hosts were exceptional. We shared lifestyle philosophy and they included us in their daily activities!”

Gary United States of America
“Firstly we had to phone that we are lost. We had shot past it in the dark but we were given directions and made welcome with a lovely hot cup of tea. Super comfy bed in a warm clean room.”

Adriaan New Zealand
“Good location. Reasonable price. The owner is nice and flexible for our needs (e.g. change to another room).”

Sizheng United States of America
“Geva and Tim were great hosts and happy to offer any information about the area. Our daughter fed one of their lambs and thought it was the best. Breakfast was delicious and views spectacular.”

Kate Australia
“Great little place that had everything I needed. Super comfortable bed with lovely linen made me feel at home. Great value for money and if you ask you could feed the lambs.”

Sue Australia
“Extremely honest owners. I unknowingly booked for 2 instead of 1. She recognized and fixed it and cut the price in half. Good comfortable bed, great breakfast!”

William United States of America
“A night in the ensuite was clean, quiet and very comfortable. The cooked breakfast and dinner were very good and plentiful. The hostess, Geva, is very interesting and informative.”

James United States of America
“It was a stay with a difference - we really liked the quirky little bach”

Jenny New Zealand
“Staying in a farm is a great experience in NZ. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was very good. Had a feeling to stay in a friend house.”

Quanhe United States of America

This 30,000 acre Merino station is located alongside the Ahuriri River, 15 minutes’ drive from Omarama town center.

Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep Station is a 30-minute drive from Twizel and a 1-hour drive from Wanaka. Queenstown Airport is within a 2-hour drive.

There are 2 types of accommodations at the Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep Station.The Homestay- A-frame house is the host's home which is shared with guests. The house has a queen room with private bathroom, a twin room and a single room. Both these rooms have a shared family bathroom. The homestay rooms include breakfast. The self contained dormitory rooms are located at the front of the property and feature 6 rooms with shared facilities. There is also a separate cabin located near the river which offers solar powered lights, a composting toilet and an outside bath tub heated by gas.

There are several cafes and restaurants in Omarama for you to enjoy dinner. Mountain bike enthusiasts are sure to love the various off-road tracks running through the property.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.2 for a two-person trip.

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Continental, Full English/Irish, Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free, Buffet

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Area Info

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Restaurants & Markets *

Omarama Supermarket
10.6 miles
Omarama Restaurant
10.6 miles
Om arama Cafe/Bar
10.6 miles

Natural Beauty *

Benmore Lake
12.4 miles
Ohau Ski lift
24.9 miles
Ahuriri River
0.3 miles

All distances are measured in straight lines. Actual travel distances may vary.

What Travelers Love About This Location

“Comfortable bed, quiet even though next to highway. Standard backpacker accomadation. Hosts were very friendly and when fully booked offered to let us use the ...”

Brent

New Zealand

8.0

“A real little gem perfectly located near the ahuriri.”

Sandra

Canada

“Beautiful, peaceful location away from all hustle and bustle on a sheep station. The hosts were warm and friendly and invited us into their home, over and above...”

Amanda

United Kingdom

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2:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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7:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Children of all ages are welcome.

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Free! Pets are allowed. No extra charges.

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“Firstly we had to phone that we are lost. We had shot past it in the dark but we were given directions and made welcome with a lovely hot cup of tea. Super comfy bed in a warm clean room. We enjoyed the cooked breakfast very much with the hosts. We enjoyed the lovely chat over breakfast.”

“Geva and Tim were great hosts and happy to offer any information about the area. Our daughter fed one of their lambs and thought it was the best. Breakfast was delicious and views spectacular.”

“A night in the ensuite was clean, quiet and very comfortable. The cooked breakfast and dinner were very good and plentiful. The hostess, Geva, is very interesting and informative.”

“Staying in a farm is a great experience in NZ. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was very good. Had a feeling to stay in a friend house.”

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Newest Reviews for Dunstan Downs High Country Sheep Station

Reviewed: January 26, 2020

Colin
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
7.0

“Clean basic accommodation.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
What you see is what you get,a comfortable bed in a room with no frills,a shared kitchen where you can make a meal. and a toilet and shower block.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 22, 2020

Katarina
United Kingdom
7.0

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
This was fine and reflected the price we paid. Slept really well.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 21, 2020

Anonymous
Netherlands
5.0

“Mwah”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We were greeted by a man with a huge piece of bloody meat in his hands who came way to close with that. The hostel didn’t have a nice vibe.
We had a room for just the two of us even though we booked a 4 bed dorm. The kitchen had a lot of utensils and pans etc.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 16, 2020

Anonymous
United States of America
9.0

“I really enjoyed learning all about the sheep station itself--and its operation. Great hosts-an A+!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 2 nights
The 2nd night of my stay there was a lot of rain and wind. There was something loose outside my room that banged intermittently all night. (Maybe a rain gutter?) Anyway, not much sleep!
I particularly appreciated how they had incorporated all the authentic features of an authentic sheep station--such as keeping the use of wood tables, benches and counters--but also adding the modern updates (wi-fi, etc.). And everything was so clean!

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: January 11, 2020

Lei
New Zealand

2 helpful votes
6.3

Pleasant
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Quite noisy
Can’t think of any

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 10, 2020

Kim
Australia
7.0

“Very friendly welcoming hosts in a beautiful environment.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 1 night
Running out of water on second day.
Great and perfect location.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 10, 2020

Qing
New Zealand
3.0

Poor
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 1 night
dorm is poor, poor bothroom
home stay is good

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 6, 2020

R
Germany

1 helpful vote
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
It's a wonderful place to stay if you want to get away from cities and noise and civilization. 😉 We stayed in Tim's Wagon and really loved it. It's got everything you need, but not more 😉. Don't book it if you are looking for luxury. We can highly recommend it.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 1, 2020

Yan
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
4.6

“Worst place we’ve stayed in our South Island road trip”
- • Leisure trip
- • Travelers with friends
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The worst place we’ve stayed in this trip. For the backbacker room, We had minimal sleep that night, very thin walls and floor in the entire building bay you can hear everything the neighbor is doing or talking and even any floor cracking. -no hot water for shower -absolutely not worth the money for the home stay. As if the owner just turned the spare room into a guest house to earn money. -small kitchen area that you will have to fight with others for the cooking and sitting.
The location ok the way to Queenstown.

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: December 31, 2019

Daria
Russia

1 helpful vote
5.0

Fair
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
To check-in you need to reach the office - and it is not very easy to find it. The office is located on the hill and at rainy weather it's hard to drive there -very bad road (off-road) and there are signs "office" but they are not very clear and hardly visible, especially when the weather is bad or when it's dark. The room locker didn't work, so we couldn't lock the door and it's very disappointing because there are a lot of foreign people around. The next disadvantage is about towels: there were no towels in the room provided. But we found towels later in the shared bathroom/toilet zone. But! The clean towels were lying together with dirty ones!
It is comfortably situated for a short stop for a night after a day driving. Close to the road. But noise from cars isn't annoying because there're almost no cars in this area. And really amazing star viewing! So bright! You can see all famous constellations of Southern Hemisphere very clearly and, of course, Galaxy. The receptionist is very kind and helpful. She was waiting for us because we were later than we had to be due to weather conditions.

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: December 31, 2019

Heiko
Germany

9 helpful votes
8.0

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 1 night
Very yummy breakfast and comfy bed. I really enjoyed my stay and could def. recommend it.

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: December 28, 2019

Brent
New Zealand
8.0

“Kiwiana accomadation”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Comfortable bed, quiet even though next to highway. Standard backpacker accomadation. Hosts were very friendly and when fully booked offered to let us use the woolshed to bunk down, it didn't come to this as a booking was cancelled.

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: December 22, 2019

Anonymous
Australia
5.0

“An economical, satisfactory one night stay”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
Misleading internet pictures showed beautiful farm surrounds but actually cabins were close to a moderately busy road. there was no attempt to make cabin surrounds attractive except mowing. It rained and drainage was very poor so it was hard not to paddle between facilities. No nearby shops for essentials.
Room and kitchens were clean. When we asked to change rooms there was no problem. Landscape around was beautiful.

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: December 15, 2019

Sunghyeon
South Korea

2 helpful votes
8.0

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 1 night
Many of dishes, knife and son were not clean. Also, this hostel is far from downtown.
Room was comfortable and surrounding was so good. Also, they guided their farm. It was the first time to touch sheeps and experience real farm life.

Stayed in December 2019
Reviewed: December 15, 2019

Holpol
New Zealand

1 helpful vote
9.0

“Lambs and lupins”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
No criticism.
It was a quirky and fun experience in a "gypsy wagon". The owners had gone to great lengths to make it self sustaining with solar powered lighting, self composting toilet, a bath fed by river water nearby. There were lupins all around us and we went to sleep to the sound of baaing of young lambs. A bath outdoors under the stars was great. Luxurious camping!

Stayed in December 2019

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