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30 Mart 2024
Our trip was a gift from my husband's work colleagues for his retirement. He also has a terminal illness and we already had to cancel back in early December with minimal notice, but Angie & Garth were amazing and kept our booking on hold till he was well enough. On arrival we were greeted with big hugs and shown around their beautiful home and garden before settling in our very comfortable room. Such a relaxing atmosphere, sitting outside looking over their beautiful garden, sheep in the distance. Both nights we had a range of canapes (with smoked trout a special treat)and drinkies in their beautiful cosy lounge, with roaring fire. The food was magnificent, all beautifully homemade by Angie, what an incredible cook. The dinners, pizza to order, best I have ever tasted (my last pizza was in Venice) on the first night and salmon with veges from their garden on the second. Garth not to be forgotten, was a whizz on the barbecue and a guru on the wine choices. After each meal we had exquisite chocolate truffles filled with plums or cherries from their garden. Breakfast, cereals, home made muesli, home made pastries,croissants and bread...we had no room for the cooked breakfast. On our second day we went out on an amazing boat trip around the western side of Lake Taupo with Ian from TaxiCat Adventures, we had the whole boat to ourselves, such a treat. Angie even sent us with a chilli-bin of pastries, fruit and Ginger Beer, which we had on one of the beaches we stopped at after visiting all the waterfalls. Fabulous hospitality and great advice on where to go. We had a lovely afternoon watching the rapids at Aritiaia and a visit to Lava Glass. They even managed to put on 2 days of blue skies (it rained all the way home)! I would highly recommend a visit to Whakaipo Lodge for anyone who is looking for timeout, a bit of pampering, idyllic surroundings and only a short drive to Taupo town centre, but feels like the middle of nowhere. 10/10 for everything. Thank you so much Angie & Garth, you have no idea how special our visit was. Lots of Love Margaret & William xx
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