Tiki Lodge

... was a shame as it had its own outside bar and looked like a massive party place. Instead I ended up staying at the Tiki Lodge which was a reall nice, brand new hostel that had massive Maori influences in its design. After dropping my belongings off I ...

We set off from Wellington quite early,  as we know we had a long drive north in order to reach Taupo. We had not even planned to go as far as Taupo, we were thinging of stopping in Napier for the night, but when we reached Napier we did not think ...

... , Northland. It was to be for two weeks working for Stefanie and Kerrin Bevins. Stefanie is a German lady who runs Night Sky Lodge and looks after their twin girls, Imogen and Blossom, who are seven years of age. During the week Kerrin works on a 2000 ...

... we could see Moutohora (Whale) Island in the distance. Finally we stopped off at Ohope Beach Whakatane. We then checked into the Alton Lodge Motel www.altonlodge.co.nz which we had booked to stay for 2 days. The owner Lyn was lovely very friendly and ...

... waters were a mix of clear and dark depths home to sea turtles, fish, dolphins and sharks! Our accommodation was a hillside lodge which was like a greenhouse, naturally piping hot all day and all night - resulting it sleep being not always achievable!! ...

... a drink at the local pub, it was lots of fun and I felt much better about everything by the time we left. (Our hostel Tiki Lodge was excellent, apart from the heating only being on a few hours a day. I was absolutely freezing despite wearing all my ...

... seemed like a bad move this moringin at 515 when we were trying to get the Sweedes out of bed. The backpackers is called the Tiki Lodge and is very nice. Extremely clean and in a quiet area, but still close to everything. As I mentioned, this morning ...

Taupo - I caught the bus to the Tiki Lodge (nice hostel!) in Taupo on Tuesday. Taupo is on Lake Taupo which is a popular vacation destination for New Zealanders. It is a beautiful blue glacier fed lake with mountains surrounding it. By far my favorite ...

... lovely lads, hope to catch up with them again in't england, we'll miss their funny antics! and me naomi and keith headed to tiki lodge in taupo, we arrived into a room that literally had no floor space or anything, it was awful, so for the first time in ...

... and loads of volcanic scenery although most of it was covered by snow! When we finally arrived in Taupo we decided to stay at Tiki lodge which is a really homely hostel. We got our sky dive booked for the next morning, hoping the weather would be ok. ...

... places than the natural habitat in Malaysia. Yum.   A couple of quiet nights in at the very comfortable and welcoming Tiki Lodge hostel were all that was really to follow this excitement. If nothing else we managed to catch up on The Apprentice ...

... Our destination for the day was Taupo and just before we arrived there we went out to Huka Falls for a look. We checked into the Tiki Lodge which was a brilliant hostel - spotlessly clean kitchen and they only put 3 in our dorm for 6 so we all had a ...

... it erupted in Sept '95. It erupted again in '96 and completely closed down the ski season. We were staying in the Tiki Lodge, it was a lovely hostel, really well kept, clean, good facilities including an outdoor jacuzzi and centrally located. However ...

... 't live up to the fabulous pizza. We got a bottle of wine and chilled again in a lovely warm motel style room. The hostel was called Tiki Lodge and although a bit sterile it was done out in a nice Maori theme - and Amber on reception was a great ...

... bother me nearly as much anymore. I also learned that a guy and girl from my East As trip shagged in the TV room of the Tiki lodge in Taupo. He said something about having to flip the bean bag over. Needles to say, I feel a bit uneasy every time ...

... have been mad to move out there into the middle of nowhere from England! It wasn't much longer until we reached Taupo and the Tiki lodge which is really nice although a bit on the expensive side. After a quick wander around town, I settled down to watch ...

... we discovered that you can book hostels at the i-site where the bus lets you off.  We gratefully got the last five beds in Tiki Lodge.  We then spent the rest of the day walking around the town and the lake just checking it out.  We went ...

So today we arrived in Taupo after an uneventful 1 hour bus ride. We checked into our hostel called the Tiki Lodge, again it was really nice.. We had a 7 bed dorm and the common room/kitchen was really spacious with a lot of ovens and sinks, yay! So we ...

... need of 2 cleaners so we agreed to work 2 hrs a day cleaning in exchange for a free room.  So now we live at Tiki Lodge!   Taupo is very pretty and we can see the 3 active volcanoes across the lake from our kitchen window.  Gotta love ...