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Rotorua & Taupo aerial view

Rotorua & Taupo, New Zealand

Rotorua and Taupō form the geothermal heart of New Zealand's North Island, where steaming silica terraces, living Māori culture and the country's largest lake all sit within an hour of one another. For the luxury traveller it is a landscape of private lakeside lodges, trout-filled rivers, thermal spas and helicopter flights over the still-smouldering crater of Mount Tarawera.

Huka Lodge

New Zealand's legendary grande dame of luxury lodges, set on emerald lawns beside the Waikato River just above Huka Falls.

Solitaire Lodge

A nine-suite lodge alone on a private peninsula of Lake Tarawera, facing the volcano that erupted in 1886.

Treetops Lodge & Estate

A thirteen-room wilderness lodge set in 2,500 acres of 800-year-old native forest south of Rotorua.

Black Swan Lakeside Boutique Hotel

A nine-room lakeside boutique hotel on Kawaha Point, with Victorian gardens, a private jetty and a hidden grotto of spa pools.

On The Point – Lake Rotorua

A ten-suite lakefront lodge at the tip of a private Rotorua peninsula, where a rebuilt 1930s homestead meets a single-sitting degustation each night.