Located 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.
Zeta
New Zealand
Location was great, easy for pick up for the shuttle
Located in the Tongariro National Park, The Park Hotel Ruapehu offers affordable accommodations in a stunning alpine setting. Guests are provided with free parking and 500MB of free WiFi.
Abbott
New Zealand
The hotel offered more facilities than we expected. Dining room staff for dinner were excellent. Delighted at large dining room. Excellent breakfast. Only problem with room was the bathroom was far too small. Room was warm and cozy.
Built in 1912 and offering budget, backpacker-style accommodations in a charming historic building, National Park Alpine Lodge features free WiFi in communal areas and both Netflix and satellite...
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.
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.
Located in a quiet location off the main highway in National Park Village, Adventure Lodge and Motel is family-run accommodations offering free unlimited Wi-Fi access and a comfortable guest lounge...
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.
Located in National Park, 10 miles from Mount Ruapehu, National Park Backpackers has accommodations with a garden, free private parking, a shared lounge and barbecue facilities.
Toby
New Zealand
comfy simple room, quiet, good shower, clean bedding, a good sleep, well located for us, helpful staff
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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Super chill alpine hotel with stunning views all around, especially from the bar. The staff were super friendly and helpful. The food was tasty, with special mention going to the great chips.
Room was small and cosy and with everything we needed. Will definitely stay here again if we get a chance to come back
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.
Chateau Tongariro Hotel offers beautiful views of its surrounds. I would say that this is the place to stay at Mt Ruapehu. It seems like a great place for families to spend time visiting the ski fields. It is warm and comfortable and has a rather nice restaurant on site.
The cleaning staff and staff at lounge very friendly, rooms clean and live piano performance very nice. Nice place to visit and hotel has nice atmosphere. Located close to ski-fields and great walking track to waterfall nearby.
Nothing that was asked was a problem. From the decision to ask to view both options then change the room from cabin to hotel room was pleasantly dealt with. If the hotel was busier it may have been different.
To be honest the only thing this hotel has going for it is the location and view. The bar across the road was also a nicer and easier place to great a drink compared to the chateau and their lack of service.
The bedroom was nice and the bed was super comfy. We had dinner and breakfast at the hotel and the food was delicious! And the service was good too. Also the location and the views are perfect.
We got an upgrade. Extremely friendly staff - especially in restaurant. Great Buffet. Atmosphere within hotel is great: it feels like stepping back in time to grandeur of historic hotels
position was sensational and a lovely traditional feel to the hotel. good sized bedroom. particularly enjoyed the pianist in the lounge in the evening.
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