Huka Lodge
Wairakei, Taupo
“Pioneering riverbank hideaway”
Condé Nast Traveler
“This is an outdoorsy way of life with fly fishing (its original drawcard), mountain biking, hiking, lake cruising, and white-water rafting on the doorstep of Huka Lodge.”
Vibe
Floor-to-ceiling windows in the River Room frame the emerald Waikato River, centered around a double-sided aged brass fireplace.
“Pioneering riverbank hideaway”
Inclusive four-course estate dinners, matched cellar vintages, and twenty private riverside dining settings.
Founded in 1924 as Alan Pye's riverbank trout-fishing camp, hosting royal guests for generations.
Virginia Fisher interiors, an aged brass fireplace, and sweeping River Room windows facing the Waikato.
Set across seventeen riverside acres upstream from Huka Falls, with Lake Taupō minutes away.
Rooms
Riverside suites feature walk-in dressing rooms, open fireplaces, and deep soaking tubs looking out across manicured heritage lawns.
Wellness
Treatment huts modeled on traditional Kiwi holiday bachs house a cedar sauna, ice contrast shower, and outdoor steaming plunge pool.
Backstory
Irishman Alan Pye established a humble riverbank canvas camp here in the 1920s to catch legendary Waikato River trout.
Eat & drink
Four-course estate menus change nightly, served either by the terrace braziers or tucked away at the riverbank Jetty Pavilion.
The neighborhood
Seventeen acres of private gardens stretch along the Waikato River, just a short walk upstream from roaring Huka Falls.
The app
Hotel Please was drawn for the phone in your hand — and this is the flat version of it.
