Te Waonui Forest Retreat

Rated 8.6 in 208 reviews. 95 rooms.

★★★★★

Luxuriously appointed guest rooms are generously proportioned and feature the highest standard of amenities, such as a personal pillow menu, natural wool mattress underlay, and high speed internet access. Guests will enjoy dining among the trees in ‘The Canopy’ restaurant, savouring quality local cuisine including an indulgent five-course degustation dinner. The building itself features innovative, environmentally sustainable architecture. Building materials have been carefully chosen to create a healthy, warm and quiet haven for guests to relax and rejuvenate.

Surrounded by natural rainforest on New Zealand's West Coast, Te Waonui Forest Retreat is a short drive from Franz Josef Glacier. Guests enjoy free WiFi.

This five-star retreat offers luxuriously appointed rooms which include organic cotton bed sheets and large private bathrooms.

The hotel restaurant serves breakfast and dinner using the best of fresh New Zealand produce.

Te Waonui Forest Retreat is close to local attractions including horse trekking, rafting and quad bike tours for guests to enjoy.

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    Pretty location, free showers, free spa, BUT the spa, washing machines & stove tops were broken, bar meals overpriced & rude staff & male facilities were gross demountables - my boy showered in with

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  2. Alice May

    Service is friendly, even when understaffed and overextended.

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  3. Glacier Hot Pools

    Kind of a rip-off. In addition to the very high entry fer you get charged 5 extra dollars for towels and 2 for a locker. Only three small pools, nothing to see or do here.

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  4. King Tiger Eastern Eating House & Bar

    The service is great, food is very good, and the ambience as well.

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  5. Aspen Court Franz Josef

    Very nice room. Car park in front of your room. Very good if you bring car.

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  6. Franz Josef Glacier Guides

    Beware because the weather can change in a minute. We had our trip cancelled right when we were about to leave on the helicopter. They did a great job making a new trip the next day! Loved it!

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  7. Blue Ice Restaurant & Bar

    Everything! Order anything and yu won't regret!

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  8. Franz Josef Glacier

    Going on the glacier without sun screen cannot be recommended

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