Napier Hotels - Reviews and Rates

A very early start, a little hungover and we were heading towards Napier (the wine capital of the North). We stopped enroute for those who hadnīt seen a Kiwi bird as yet, so they could check one out in a sanctuary for 4$. We decided to pass on this and sat in the coffee shop, plying ourselves with caffeine and the cookies we had smuggled in from...

Napier was my next stop after Wellington. We had just one night in the Art Deco town which gave us enough time to see the place. On our first afternoon we played mini golf even though I got a hole in one, Ryan still beat me :( The challenge was fun at least. We ate at a Steak & Seafood restaurant called Charlie's where I had crayfish which w...

So on from Tongariro and over to Lake Whaikeremoana. A long and arduous but again beautiful drive on back country gravel for around 100km led us to the visitor centre to pick up our hut passes, just in the nick of time. Gratefully we found that the holiday park and place we were paying for and meeting our water taxi was only another 2 km away an...

Still raining and cold in NZ. I might have to get used to this weather though it is very frustrating. Was supposed to go sky diving today but like many other fun activities that you can do around here it requires good weather. Unfortunately, there isn't much to do when it is rainy and cloudy. Sniff! Finally had enough of just sitting around and ...

On the way from Taupo to Napier we camp the night at a tavern in Tarawera. It's a Friday night and after dinner we head into the tavern for a few beers. Well, as you can guess, the locals, including a group of loggers, were really friendly and after way too many beers we fell out of the tavern at closing time. The loggers then joined us for a fe...

From Wellington, I had just over a week to get back up to Auckland for my flight on to South America. And as there seemed to be lots of bits of the north island that I'd missed, I hired a car with a friend, and set off to tick those other boxes. First stop was Napier, on the east coast, a town famous for its incredible art deco architecture. The...