Situated in the heart of Tongariro National Park, Skotel Alpine Resort offers a restaurant, a hot tub and a terrace bar with a fireplace. Most accommodations boast stunning mountain or region views.
Located in the Tongariro National Park, The Park Hotel Ruapehu offers affordable accommodation in a stunning alpine setting. Guests are provided with free parking and 500MB of free WiFi.
Daniel
New Zealand
plenty of beds always warm when we got back from the snow and always happy workers greeting you and have the most welcoming every time you walk in and best of all they where amazing to our kids and made our 5 year old so happy on her birthday with a special treat for her the food was outstanding and great portions for the price you pay and fast service also location is great it’s in the middle of everywhere we wanted to visit thanks too all the team we diffs coming back
Built in 1912 and offering budget, backpacker-style accommodation in a charming historic building, National Park Alpine Lodge features free WiFi in communal areas and both Netflix and satellite...
Francesco
Italy
Very friendly staff, comfortable bed, nice dining room.
Set in tranquil surroundings with large landscaped grounds and a picturesque garden terrace with mountain views, Tongariro Crossing Lodge offers uniquely spacious rooms with historic character.
Keith
New Zealand
The premises was just what we needed. We were in National Park to do the Tongariro Crossing so needed a quiet place close to where we would catch the shuttle. The hosts made lunches for the Crossing so we did not lack for anything during our stay.
Offering a garden and river view, Riversong is situated in Ohakune, 38 km from Mount Ruapehu and 34 km from Turoa. Boasting a shared kitchen, this property also provides guests with a picnic area.
Dimo
Bulgaria
Andre and Sonia have a very nice home, beautiful river, where you can enjoy the silence and the peace and the nice views. Both of them are very kind and hospitable. We recommend highly
Plateau Lodge is located 15 minutes’ drive from UNESCO World Heritage listed Tongariro National Park, where guests can enjoy skiing, hiking, cycling and paddling activities.
Jennifer
Australia
This place was soooo nice. The room was very big very clean and modern. The shower was amazing. The beds are the best. This is the best place we've stayed in in the North island.
Set in National Park, Mountain Heights Lodge offers six self-contained motel units and four ensuite B&B rooms, BnB rooms welcomes children over the age of 14 and above. Private parking is free.
Wiktor
Poland
Great location in National Park, you need to have car as it is quite far from shops and restaurants. Nice staff and quite good facilities - hot tube was simply great! It is also possible to order simple breakfast.
Set in the heart of National Park, Pipers Lodge boasts an onsite bar and restaurant. Guests can socialise in the shared lounge and warm up by the fireplace.
Set in National Park, 15 km from Mount Ruapehu, National Park Backpackers offers accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a shared lounge and barbecue facilities.
Spencer
New Zealand
The kitchen had plenty of room for everyone. I didn’t have to wait for a shower. It was right next to a good restaurant.
The isite leaves a lot to be desired. It could easily go from barely adequate to basic competence by putting boards outside stating the office is closed. As walkers are supposed to register their walks on the mountain you wonder how accurate their information is when the office is closed and there isn’t even a notice board outside for walkers to use to show they’ve left or returned.
The village in summer, now the Chateau is closed, has very little available accommodation.
There is a shop for basics and Skotel runs a great restaurant and bar.
Lin
Australia
8.0
Scored 8.0
Absolutely recommend the 2 hour walk to Taranaki Falls.
Absolutely recommend the 2 hour walk to Taranaki Falls. You can do it in sneakers, some parts are lovely bush right alongside the river. The landscape keeps changing. Its beautiful and the air is so fresh. There's a table at the falls so take your picnic and stop for a while.
Get your caffeine fix from TNT Pataka Food Truck at Whakapapa Holiday Park, they make a decent coffee and the food looked good too.
Unfortunately some places in the area closed due to staff shortages, so it might pay to check for what is open when you visit.
Lisa
New Zealand
8.0
Scored 8.0
Hi,
It is better to plan your trip for at least two days.
Hi,
It is better to plan your trip for at least two days. You can enrol your kids to ski school at the nearby school for a longer duration trip so that they learn the art of skiing. Bringing chains with the car will help you to revisit the Whakapapa skiing location often and reduce the commute cost. All in all, it was good to see snow all around especially if you are coming from the northern part of NZ.
Muhammad Asif Ali
New Zealand
4.0
Scored 4.0
Meant to say in my review last night that we had a lovely...
Meant to say in my review last night that we had a lovely waitress for dinner, young girl,Lisa? And the main reason we didn't pay for the dinner was because it came 10past10pm, besides one was not eatable.
Stephen
New Zealand
6.0
Scored 6.0
The staff and food were excellent but the Hotel was...
The staff and food were excellent but the Hotel was understaffed because of "Grab 1" patrons filling the Hotel. The Management should not have allowed the "Grab 1 " to sell more places than the number of staff they had could provide the correct service.
John
New Zealand
10
Scored 10
visitor centre so welcoming and helpful about weather...
visitor centre so welcoming and helpful about weather forecast, sorting out car permits for leaving our vehicles for 4 days while we do the tongariro northern circuit.
beautiful and tidy village, everything was so clean and well sign posted.
cafe in the chateau, beautiful food, welcoming, and kept clean with clear rules for COVID.
skotel motel was just perfect for our group of 12 trampers
doing Tongariro northern circuit was just amazing with perfect weather and all DOC huts were welcoming, comfortable and the views of nature, volcanic landscape, mountains, bushes, scrubs, flowers, rivers, streams, waterfalls, springs, sun, moon, stars in the sky were awe inspiring, precious and irreplaceable.
it was so wonderful to only see few people around - huge difference from 2 years ago where it was absolutely packed on the Tongaririo crossing - 4, 000 people on the trail
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Anonymous
United Kingdom
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Place is just beautiful. Even though it is an old building, it was impeccably clean and the staff was just amazing. The walks around the hotel and proximity with the ski field also add lots to the experience.
Restaurant serves nice dishes and drinks in an acceptable price, so no need to go out for anything. if you look for a nice place to relax, this is the place. Highly recommended.
This is a majestic old hotel that is classy in many ways. The room was comfortable and the staff were very helpful. The location is very good but only if you plan to take a major hike on Mt. Tongariro. For our purposes the locale was not so convenient nor was the area itself particularly attractive.
Really Nice hotel. we stayed in the simplest double room and the wood decorations were really nice. the room was warm. really nice bar area and vegan options in the dinner mane during the weekend.
+ really high quality shared showers with separate rooms which you could put heating and fan.
A great location at the start of several hiking trails, including Tongariro hikes.
The hotel has a variety of fun facilities - sauna, table tennis, billiards, super comfy common area.
Liked the stay a lot, would definitely recommend
Good location and great views from the Ngauruhoe room, even if the weather did close in and we lost our view of the mountain. Staff were friendly and attentive both in the dining room and around the hotel.
The location is awesome. The whole hotel has a central heating, so most of the places its warm and comfy. Staffs are very friendly. We will definitely will stay here again.
The overall communication with the team and shuttle service departing from the hotel parking lot. Otherwise very nice location for hiking in the Tongariro area.
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