The River Lodge is a hotel and bed and breakfast on Mangawhero River Road at Ohakune, in the Ruapehu region, taking guests as well as weddings and events.
A bed and breakfast in country like this runs smaller and more personal than a town hotel: a handful of rooms, hosts close at hand, breakfast at a set table rather than a buffet. Around Ohakune the calendar swings hard, with winter weekends for the Turoa chairlifts filling first, while summer belongs to trout fishing and the walking tracks of Tongariro National Park. A riverside address buys quiet at the cost of a drive into town for dinner, something worth checking before you book. Country lodges that host weddings are often chosen because guests can sleep where they celebrated.
With the Mangawhero River close by and Ohakune's cafés and the slopes of Ruapehu within easy reach, The River Lodge sits right in that tradition.