Accommodation, Food & Beverage
While on the Hollyford Wilderness Experience, you'll enjoy all the comforts of home. Our well-appointed private lodges offer dining and lounge areas to relax after a long day. Our ensuite rooms come with linen, duvets, hot water bottles. Hot showers and flush toilets will feel like a treat, and of course, delicious food awaits you during your whole stay, paired with a selection of fine beverages to enjoy every evening.
Ka Tuku Lodge
Spend your first evening on the track at Ka Tuku Lodge, nestled beneath the converging mountain ranges and amongst native forest at the confluence of the Hollyford and Pyke Rivers.
Awaiting your arrival will be our friendly lodge hosts, ready to help you get settled in to your accommodation for the evening. Take off the tramping boots and freshen up with a hot shower before joining your fellow guests in the lounge for a well deserved drink and gourmet antipasto platter, ahead of dinner and dessert.
From years of hosting experience, we appreciate you will be hungry from your day on the track so ensure we provide delicious and filling meals which will keep you fueled up. There are also continuous hot drinks and snacks available to you for duration of your stay.
Waitai Lodge
Your second night on the Hollyford track is spent at Waitai Lodge, on the lowland flats near the mouth of the Hollyford River. Our lodge hosts will once again be awaiting your arrival with warm friendly smiles and incredible 3 course meals prepared especially for your group.
Located near the Martins Bay Spit, you can enjoy the evening relaxing with fellow guests and new found friends as you hear the distant surf crashing on the beach. Take a spot in front of the fire or enjoy a soak in our new wood-fired hot tubs, refilled each day and the perfect way to take in the atmosphere.
The cheeky kea, a large alpine parrot, often provide evening entertainment as they play in the cabbage trees outside the lodge at dusk. On a clear night, you will be blown away by the incredible array of stars which shine brighter due to the remote nature of Martins Bay & the lack of light pollution.
Waitai Lodge is an unforgettable place to spend your final night on the Hollyford Wilderness Experience.
A First Class Experience
All meals and a selection of premium beverages are included in your package, from three course evening cuisine, cooked or continental breakfasts, to wilderness lunches and a seemingly endless supply of treats from your guides along the way. Our lodges have full commercial kitchens, and your experienced lodge hosts are there to ensure your time in the lodge is as memorable as your time on the track.
From years of hosting experience, we know you will have worked up an appetite after an invigorating day’s walk and therefore plentiful refreshments and food are provided throughout your Hollyford journey.
Our lodges are fully licensed so you can choose from a selection of New Zealand beverages, be it a refreshing beer, a fine Central Otago Pinot Noir or a crisp Sauvignon Blanc. A premium selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages is included in your experience, top-shelf items are available for purchase.
A highlight of your experience
Upon arrival at the lodges you’ll enjoy your preference of hot or cold drinks. An impressive antipasto platter is a prelude to the mouth-watering mains. Dinner consists of quintessential cuisine such as venison and blue cod accompanied by seasonal fresh produce. And of course no Kiwi meal would be complete without dessert!
Breakfasts are tasty, hearty and well balanced to give you just the right fuel for the day ahead. A hot cuppa or strong coffee will kick start your day with a continental breakfast selection of cereal, fruit and toast and a full cooked breakfast.
Lunches include rolls, wraps, biscuits, cake and fruit, and are often enjoyed outdoors amidst a spectacular wilderness setting. Throughout each day, your ever attentive guides are never far off with a high energy snack to keep you going.
Dietary requirements
Given our remote location it is difficult to cater specifically to all diet requests. However, we can cater for the following, if we know well in advance of your arrival:
- Vegetarian will/will not eat fish
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Coeliac
- Dairy Free
- Lactose intolerant
At the time of booking, you will be asked to confirm any such dietary requirements and if you have any food allergies, please let us know.
