Solitaire Lodge sits on a private peninsula on Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, amid native bush with views over the lake and Mount Tarawera. It has nine luxury one and two-bedroom suites, from the Executive and Premium suites to the Tarawera, Villa and Solitaire suites, with large picture windows that bring the outdoors in.
Dining is full-board, with a daily-changing five-course dinner, a lounge and bar and outdoor dining, plus pre-dinner drinks and canapes, breakfast, light lunch and mini-bar included. There is a private jetty and helipad. Experiences run from Tarawera thermal springs and the Tarawera Falls walk to rainbow-trout fishing, a helicopter to Mount Tarawera, geothermal e-bike trails and kayaking, near Rotorua and Hobbiton. A member of Luxury Lodges of New Zealand and a Michelin Key winner, it suits couples and romantic getaways and nature and fishing enthusiasts.