Hokitika Accommodation

A great way for backpackers to get a taste of true New Zealand to search for events and local festivals in small towns and communities. Take your time to relax in one place for awhile and you'll be surprised how much more you can deepen your experience in getting from the local scene.

A festival not to be missed is the legendary Wild Foods Festival held annually in a small town on the west coast of South Island called Hokitika.

Due to the isolated west coast of the 'Coasters' have always done things their own way, paying little attention to how the rest of the world's population lives. The festival is an excellent example of this, as shown by the case fairly random delights of the coast and the local characters who live there. You name it, it's on offer and both locals and tourists come from afar to challenge themselves to eat a wide selection of wild foods.

Some of the most memorable dishes of the festival year included Mountain Oysters (goat testicles); huhu larvae that were still alive, spine eel, marinated duck tongue, sauce semen tit cow turd gull; eyes of rotting fish and possum pie. MMMMMM Yuck! Curiously there was a strong demand for their larvae live huhu tip. The atmosphere is amazing that everywhere you look people are an invention of their friends to encourage them to try the most vulgar of vulgar wild foods on offer.

Some of the more tame - or should we say the food edible - including "Bambi" hamburgers, fried white bait, homemade fudge, pickled Punga (native ferns), molds and wild pig.

Let us not forget that there are also a lot of alcohol and live music (hillbilly style) at the festival for those who like a drink or three and a little boogie. The locally brewed ale flowed Monteiths midday, and a selection of wines from New Zealand.

Hokitika has a population of about 6,000 to over 10,000 people attending the accommodation options Wild Foods Festival get quite interesting. So where does everyone sleep? The local fire brigade set up a couple of great camp sites near the beach that runs for tents and campers. The setting is to die for ... right at your doorstep rugged west coast beach dotted with bonfires in that you can see what makes the place ideal for relaxing in the back of the dance Hillbilly.

Upon waking up early to enjoy watching the sun rise and take a walk, you discover that the less organized their home on the track, trail, under the town clock or in some cases less likely in the middle of plenty of porta-Loos. ..

There are many fantastic festivals in New Zealand, so be sure to inquire about what's on and where during your walk through our beautiful country, Aotearoa - the Land of the Long White Cloud.