Need to know
Rooms
Eighteen Lodge Rooms, one suite; the exclusive-use four-bedroom Owner’s Cottage and two-bedroom Alan Pye Cottage.
Check–Out
11am, flexible subject to availability. Check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates include breakfast, apéritifs and canapés, a four-course dinner, local airport transfers and an in-suite bar replenished daily.
Also
Huka Lodge offers special packages from romantic stays with in-room spa treatments and private dining to fly and trout fishing (with expert guides, cooking and casting lessons), gourmet and adventure options. Take your pick from a smorgasbord including massage, horse treks, golf and helicopter trips to acclaimed wineries or active volcanic islands.
At the hotel
DVD, CD and book library, free WiFi throughout, swimming pools, gardens. In rooms: flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, iPod dock, minibar, own-label toiletries.
Our favourite rooms
If you want privacy, the Owner’s Cottage sits on a sunny promontory above the river with stunning vistas downstream to the Huka Falls. The Alan Pye Cottage, named after Huka’s founder, has an Arts and Crafts look, as well as your own infinity and spa pools, a stone pavilion with outdoor dining table and fireplace, and a private chef and butler on tap.
Poolside
There are three alfresco pools to soak in: one large and two smaller and more private.
Spa
The lodge’s new spa invites you to recalibrate both body and mind, with two treatment rooms, a sauna, an ice shower and a hot pool.
Packing tips
A Belstaff jacket for strolling the grounds (those motorcycle details are great for rocking a modern country look). Designer shades – past guests include Kate Winslet, Barry Humphries and Bill Gates.
Also
The Lodge also has four single rooms, ideal for teens.
Children
Over-10s welcome in the Main Lodge and Lodge Suites; the Alan Pye and Alex van Heeren Cottages are your most family-friendly options and if you're travelling with under-10s you'll enjoy meals in a private area of the Main Lodge.
Overview
Only children over ten years old are accepted.
Best for
Older kids and teens, Huka Lodge's dramatic riverside grounds might be a little hair-raising with young children.
Recommended rooms
The Lodge Rooms, some of which interconnect, are ideal for families. The hotel can supply extra beds for older children in triple rooms, from NZ$635–NZ$1,115 a person a night.
Activities
Within the grounds kids can enjoy the swimming pool and spa pool, tennis, petanque, croquet or mountain biking.
Sustainability efforts
Huka Lodge is dedicated to protecting the environment, with initiatives ranging from monitoring waterways and reducing single-use plastics to prioritising organic, free-range produce. The lodge has also invested in solar panels and electric vehicle charging points, while actively supporting local schools and charities through fundraising efforts.