Taupo & the Central Plateau hotels and hostels

Riverstone Backpackers

Reborn as a bijou backpackers, this cleverly refitted old house has an enviable kitchen, comfortable lou...

Beechtree Suites

The Beechtree, and its sister motel Miro next door, offer classy rooms at reasonable rates...

Judges Pool Motel

This older motel has tidy, spacious rooms with kitchenettes...

Suncourt Hotel & Conference Centre

This rambling, lake-gazing complex encloses comfortable, well-furnished units with facilities including ...

Oreti Village

This enclave of luxury self-contained apartments might give you a hankering for ‘village’ life – which i...

Yha Taupo Backpacker

A good hostel with cosy communal areas and a sun-trap deck with barbecues, a barrel spa pool and an exte...

Acacia Cliffs Lodge

Pushing the romance switch way past ‘rekindle’, this luxurious B&B, high in the hills above Acacia B...

Tussock Grove Boutique Hotel

Cooking on holiday? No way, mister...

Adventure Lodge & Motel

This place caters particularly to Tongariro Alpine crossers, offering accommodation and transfers, with ...

Taupo Debretts Spa Resort

More of a holiday park than a flashy resort, DeBretts offers everything from tent sites to motel-style u...

Asure Parklands Motorlodge

On SH1 but set back beyond an epic front lawn, Parklands offers a small but functional area for camperva...

Bella Vista Motel Taupo

The canine-adverse may find the owners' big docile dog a little offputting, but the units here are clean...

Rainbow Lodge Backpackers

A solid, sociable hostel offering clean rooms, including some with en suite...

Blackcurrant Backpackers

Fashioned from an ageing motel, our favourite Taupo hostel has private rooms with en suites and supercom...

Taupo Urban Retreat

A younger crowd gravitates to this purpose-built hostel, attracted by its publike hub and carefree style...

Silver Fern Lodge

Rooms range from 10-bed dorms to studio en suite units in this large, custom-built complex, trimmed in s...

Tiki Lodge

This hostel has lake and mountain views from the balcony, a spacious kitchen, comfy lounges, lots of Mao...

The Park

There’s no way you can miss this big flashpackers on the highway...

Plateau Lodge

Plateau has cosy rooms, some with en suite and TV, and an attractive communal lounge, a kitchen and a ho...

Howards Mountain Lodge

Howard’s moved on, but he’s left his legacy in this large, freshly decorated lodge with spa, two comfort...

Acapulco Motor Inn

Colonial Lodge Motel

Aspen Court Motel Taihape

Lakeland Resort Taupo

Hilton Lake Taupo

Millennium Resort Manuels

Sails Motor Lodge

Alpine Lake Motor Lodge