Sven's Basecamp Hostel

Fairbanks


Sven, from Switzerland, welcomes all kinds of travelers and vagabonds to this fine, multifarious hostel. This is where you'll meet some of Alaska's most intrepid, sweatiest explorers and hear plenty of travel tales. Accommodations are in cabins, shared tents, a plush tree house or your own tent. Showers are coin-operated and there's table football, books, a movie room and kitchen.


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