Lupton Lodge is a hotel at 555 Ngunguru Road, Glenbervie, on the rural fringe of Whangarei in Northland.
A good country lodge is judged on quieter things than a city hotel: hosts who know the district, rooms that stay quiet at night, and a breakfast worth sitting down for. Before booking anywhere rural, it pays to ask about meals, since small lodges don't always serve dinner and the nearest restaurant can be a drive away. Booking direct tends to get you the better room and honest local advice on walks, beaches and tides. Repeat guests usually come back for the setting as much as the bed.
Lupton Lodge sits out on Ngunguru Road, a handy base between Whangarei's town centre and the coast road towards Ngunguru and the Tutukaka Coast.