White Water Lodge is a very nice place to stay. The property is clean and except for some structural damage done in a flood 30 years ago, the house is well looked after (The damage does not have any negative impact on the house, the kitchen has a angle in floor as well as the main bedroom upstairs, but not negatively impact your stay in any way). The bathrooms were are well supplied with shampoo, conditioner, body soap and a hairdryer. The kitchen was also well stocked with everything you need from cooking to cleaning up with an excellent working microwave, dishwasher, stove, oven, jug and a big fridge and freezer. Plenty more appliances were available, but we never used those.
Some doors unfortunately can't be closed and 1 of the bathrooms could not be locked. But just being there with my partner and kids, this wasn't an issue for us.
Quiet neighbourhood, with fishing opportunities at the back door. Close to the snow and a 15 minute walk to the centre of Turangi.
We struggled to get the fireplace going, but the heatpump, with some help from the electric heaters kept the house nice and warm. Plenty of firewood was supplied for us to use during our stay. Definitely a place to come back to again.
Property manager was easy to contact and communication was perfect. A well filled welcome and instructions booklet was provided in the house upon arrival (Which was definitely handy to get the stove working).
The public walkway at the back of the property is no issue at all, and mostly used by fishermen. It brings you to the famous Tongariro River Trail in less than 10 minutes.