This converted 1921 schoolhouse has classrooms partitioned into a large dorm and a communal lounge, both painted with colourful murals. Better still are the cosy units in the back garden, decked out with heated towel rails and electric blankets.
If gin-in-hand sunset-gazing is your thing, this large, modern B&B fits the bill. The upstairs rooms have terrific sea views and there’s a self-service bar with an honesty box in the guest lounge.
Lighthouse Lodge B&B is a contemporary building in a remote spot, with bright, stylish rooms with verandas and sea views. Meals and tours can be arranged on request.
Situated next to the Waipoua River and the visitor centre, this peaceful camping ground offers hot showers, flush toilets and a kitchen. The cabins are extremely spartan, with unmade swab beds (bring your own linen or hire it).
Camping is permitted among the pines at the side of Lake Taharoa; cold showers, drinking water and flush toilets are provided.
This attractive, French-influenced B&B is a popular weekender for Aucklanders, so it pays to book ahead. Excellent dinners can be arranged for $45 per person.
Just 2km from SH12, Kauri Coast Top 10 Holiday Park is an attractive riverside camping ground with good facilities and a small shop.
Guests share a large upstairs lounge in this spacious 1934 house, decorated with antique plates and lacy bedspreads. The affable hosts provide breakfast, tea-making facilities and yummy biscuits.
A short walk from the Kauri museum, this B&B occupies a pretty villa with a cafe attached. The simply furnished rooms open out onto a veranda and offer winning touches like complimentary port and chocolates.
This fine old villa at the southern edge of the forest has four luxurious, spacious suites, which were originally the stables, the woolshed and the calf-rearing pen! Decadent dinners ($70) are available.
With perhaps the cosiest lounge you’ll find in a camping ground, this little park has modern amenities, plenty of space and good views of Kaipara Harbour.
Circled by pohutukawa trees, this midsized camping ground has tidy facilities and attractive cream and green units ranging from basic cabins to a cottage that sleeps six.
DOC operates a campsite at the edge of the 450-hectare Trounson Kauri Park, which has a communal kitchen and hot showers.
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