Wharewaka Lodge|Wharewaka Lodge

The experience of staying in this lovely lakeside home was very much like visiting your aunt and uncle of whom you are very fond. Susan and Tony enjoy socializing with their guests, hoping for a drinks hour before dinner and then chitchat during breakfast. They are a fascinating couple with lots of interesting stories about their lives in New Zealand, first as farmers near Hawkes Bay and then relocating to Taupo and building their beautiful home. They had excellent suggestions for our activities, specifically hiking through the Waimangu Volcanic Valley towards Rotorua which we very much enjoyed.

Our favourite accommodation on our whole tour of New Zealand over the course of a month. Susie and Tony are wonderful, generous and interesting hosts at this lakeside lodge. Breakfast was superb, our en-suite room was very comfortable with a balcony and view of the lake and we loved the wine and canapés before we headed out to dinner - an opportunity to share stories with our lovely hosts. It was great to be able to walk through the garden for a swim in Lake Taupo too! I would thoroughly recommend this accommodation and we hope we can come back one day.