Friendly staff on site and comfortable beds and rooms! Continental breakfast was great and plentiful. Fully equipped kitchen to make your own meals too if you want to. Highly recommend this lodge.

Stayed in August 2025

Very slow internet connection especially on weekends. They have to do something about it!

Stayed in July 2025

Super nice owners, very comfy beds, slept very well

Stayed in June 2025

There is a little bit of traffic noise ; not much traffic but can be heard when there is. After a while we could zone this out.

Beautiful room upstairs at the front with great views. Good location for the area.

Stayed in March 2025

Nice spacious lodge, ideal location for doing the Tongariro crossing, and the hosts were very welcoming and helpful. A couple of downsides were inconsistent WiFi and a poor shower. I'd have given a rating of 9 if these two things were fixed. Overall, still a nice stay, and would recommend.

Stayed in April 2025

Nothing - a highway closure meant that more traffic was being diverted past the property than normal, but it didn't bother us too much

Decent sized room, lovely views at the back onto fields, location is fantastic (close to National Park village), overall chill atmosphere. Friendly owners. Clean, and with a perfectly functional kitchenette with a couple of hobs, microwave, etc.

Stayed in March 2025

Wonderful couple who ran the hotel. Very accommodating.

Stayed in February 2025

Pleasant place to stay, friendly and informative staff

Stayed in February 2025

A temporary road diversion meant there was more passing traffic than usual. An exceptional circumstance x

A huge helpful welcome. A good nights sleep. A spacious room.

Stayed in March 2025

Bathroom was a little small but very clean

A cute rustic lodge. Close to the National Park and a place to eat.

Stayed in March 2025

Bathroom doors pressure catches very noisy. Poor hot water flow in the shower (cold was ok but who wants a cold shower at 1000 metres?). Minimal sound proofing between units. Parking outside the units a bit tight.

Location to the walking tracks and other places on Mt Ruapehu we'd come for. Kitchen facilities were good, good lighting in all the rooms, ample storage for 2 people (But could be a bit tight for the 5 the rooms are rated for). Double glazing ensured the rooms were warm enough and kept the traffic noise to a minimum. NOTE: Long term highway 1 closures north and south of Taupo directed all traffic through National Park during our stay so the huge number of heavy vehicles passing by the lodge 24/7 tested the sound proofing severely.

Stayed in March 2025

A little road noise but not the property's fault

Great location and clean

Stayed in February 2025

Noisy street!

Good for a short stay in Tongariro National Park

Stayed in February 2025

Great motel apart from the road noise and the miniscule bathroom sink

Stayed in February 2025

Proximity to road does bring with it some light and noise.

Good value for money. Excellent location for national park activities

Stayed in February 2025

There was closure of the main highway leading to more traffic going past the Lodge

It was clean and had the requisite facilities

Stayed in February 2025

Great place to stay for a night or 2, everything that you need. Close to the national park and walks. Thanks

Stayed in February 2025

It's quite close to the main road and so you can get some traffic noise but the road was busier than normal because of a temporary diversion.

The room was comfortable and clean with a lovely view out of the back window onto the garden. The kitchen facilities were perfectly adequate and I was able to cook a meal one night. There are some takeaways and a restaurant further up the road but we didn't use them. Maria was very helpful with information about the local area and activities that you could do and we also found out that they had a hot tub which we booked for half an hour one day.

Stayed in February 2025

The room was a bit smaller than the photos lead us to believe and there was some traffic noise. It didn’t bother me, but I can see that it would be bothersome to light sleepers. The owner did provide us with earplugs at check in.

It was clean and the owner was very helpful.

Stayed in February 2025

The only slight compromise is that you need to drive up the road a short distance (2 minutes) to access a restaurant for dinner. We consider that this trade off was worthwhile though because our room back at the Lodge was so comfortable, large and had a great view.

We had a very pleasant one night stay at this lodge. Our room was large, clean, with loads of natural light and ventilation and very comfortable. We also had a huge balcony. Being on the second floor meant we had a most wonderful view across the mountains. The bed linens and towels were of a good quality. A continental breakfast was provided, access to a shared kitchen and there was tea and coffee facilities in our room. The hosts were very pleasant and helpful and gave us good advice to do the 2 hr Taranaki Loop walk in an anti clockwise direction so as to capture a better and longer view of the mountain.

Stayed in February 2025

Wifi a little unstable. You have to use a car to get to restaurants.

Short driving (15 min) til Tongario Alping Crossing. Very friendly ind informative host.

Stayed in February 2025

Very comfortable, clean, well set up suite with separate breakfast room. Superb value for money

Stayed in February 2025

Great location and the hosts were very hospitable, friendly, and knowledgeable of the area.

Stayed in January 2025

Cookware small for family

Clean and comfy

Stayed in January 2025