Sustainability
Help us care for Rotorua and New Zealand.
At Rock Solid Backpackers, we care about our home and love to show it at its best. By caring for our environment and adopting sustainable measures, we believe we can do our bit in keeping Rotorua beautiful for generations of backpackers to come.
Here's some of the things we do along our sustainable journey!
Tiaki Promise
We proudly support the Tiaki Promise and encourage our guests to respect and look after New Zealand as they travel across it.
Recycling and Food Waste
Recycling is very easy with us! Our recycling bins can be found throughout the hostel wherever something needs to be thrown out. You can also find green food-waste bins in our kitchens.
Any soft plastics we collect are sent to Auckland to be turned into fence-posts for farmers.
We also work with local suppliers to safely recycle batteries and polystyrene. Drop these off at Reception and staff will handle the rest!
Supporting Sustainable Travel
We work alongside and actively promote activity operators that give back to New Zealand. When you book your activities with us, you can be sure you're supporting some great causes!
We are also members of the Rotorua Sustainable Charter; a community of businesses that work together and share sustainable business practises.
Eco Cleaning Products
We try to buy our supplies from local sources and businesses to cut our carbon footprint down. We also select products that have a lighter footprint and don't harm our environment!
Less Plastic
We don't use any single use plastics at Rock Solid in our cleaning products, which means less heads to landfill or into our moana - our oceans.
We added our own shampoos, conditioner and bodywash to all showers in the hostel, so you don't need to bring any extra plastic with you!
Giving back to the community
Our team regularly heads out and collects litter from around our natural spaces, keeping it clean and tidy for visitors and nature alike.
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What our previous guests have said
Dear Dale and Staff members! A Huge Thank You for all your assistance during our stay at Rock Solid Backpackers! I can honestly say the accommodation for boys
Tania, Australia
We had a great time in Rotorua at your place. Everything is close by and handy to go to. All the staff in the backpackers are all so welcome and kind and
Miho, Auckland
Climbing wall, good info boards for hikes and activities, kind staff, happily came to help us after hours.
Joelle, United States
Lovely hostel. My double room was big and the heater worked well. The bathrooms were clean and large. The hostel is very centrally located, but there is ample
Isabel, TripAdvisor
The staff were so amazingly helpful and knowledgeable, especially dale, who not only helped me get a free shuttle service for one thing I was doing but also
Alice, Great Britain
Thank you so much for having us, was the best accommodation we have stayed at and look forward to coming back next year. Everything was amazing. We look
Raukawa Basketball 2021
I messaged to say I had a bad cough and I asked if I could change to a smaller dorm so I would disturb less people- they gave me a room to myself with extra
Niamh, Ireland
Thank you so much for the organisation and the hosting of our team this week. We appreciate the help and service provided to us. We had a great week of
Hayden, Palmerston North Boys High School - June 2025
Everything was so perfect. Must go place. Rock solid backpackers going to be my fixed place to stay in future travels. Best place ever. Always very happy with
Camper760250, TripAdvisor
A wonderful stay at this hostel. Very large tidy kitchen, cubicle bathrooms/showers and extremely friendly and helpful staff who went above and beyond to
Odyssey66530867997, TripAdvisor