backpackers hostel
Kip & Kaboodle
Kip & Kaboodle
| By foot -- yes, loads of people have hitched here and while we aren't permitted to recommend hitching to anybody (of course!), we're told by the people who have hitched here that Nova Scotia is one of the friendliest places to hitch - surpassed only by Newfoundland!!! Make a sign that says "Mahone Bay" and while you're getting the drive to Mahone Bay, mention that you're actually headed to the hostel in Mader's Cove. If they can't take you themselves, it'll be easy to pick up a lift coming out of Mahone Bay when you get there. |
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By
Car or bike take Highway #103 to Exit 10 for Mahone
Bay. As you come off the exit you'll get to a T-junction: turn
right and that will take you into Mahone Bay. Pass the 3
churches, the Irving station and you'll come to another
intersection more Y-shaped than T-shaped .. there's a monument
in the middle of the road. You will turn left there onto Main
Street Mahone Bay. Stay on that road and follow the shoreline
for 3.5km and you'll get to our hostel, about 100 metres after
you leave the water's edge. It's civic number 9466, and there is
a large yellow & white sign at the foot of the drive, as well as
some sort of flag or other -- at the moment there's Canada and
All Blacks flags flying!
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| By Shuttle -- Use Kiwi Kaboodle, of course! The Kiwi shuttle departs from our hostel each morning at 8.00am and heads to Halifax. There is a scenic shuttle service which departs Halifax at 10.30am and comes here via Peggy's Cove, Mahone Bay & Lunenburg. There is then a late-afternoon shuttle from here to Halifax, and finally a direct shuttle service from Halifax to our hostel (and surrounding areas) which departs Halifax at 6pm. There are other shuttles operating between Halifax and Yarmouth as well, and any of those can bring you here: Campbell's Shuttle, Amero Shuttle and Cloud Nine Shuttle. They all head from Yarmouth to Halifax in the morning, and come back in the evening. |
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By Bus -- YES THERE IS A BUS!!! Don't listen to anybody who tells you there isn't. We know because it'll stop RIGHT AT OUR DRIVE!! Trius Tours operates a daily shuttle between Halifax and Yarmouth, and you can ask the driver to drop you right at our drive. Tell him the hostel in Mader's Cove, 9466 Highway 3. If you prefer, get him to drop you at the bus depot in Mahone Bay or Lunenburg and we'll pick you up. As for the return trip, if you make arrangements in advance they will pick you up at our gate, otherwise we offer a free shuttle to Mahone Bay or Lunenburg, and you can catch the bus there. .... getting here |
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Our backpacker hostel in Lunenburg & Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia can be rented like a cottage! New in 2011, you can rent the whole cottage which sleeps up to 11 people. It's close to both Mahone Bay and Lunenburg, as well as plenty of beaches, trails, museums, art galleries, shops and more.