Tongariro Suites are proud to announce the opening of the Night Sky Cottage, complete with a private boardwalk through the protected Manuka and Beech Tree forest taking guests away from light pollution.

This new luxury eco retreat is designed to celebrate New Zealand’s wilderness and the southern night sky.

Set in one hectare of private land with New Zealand native Manuka and Beech trees on the edge of the Tongariro National Park, the new luxury eco-retreat is accessed via a 50-meter boardwalk only with skylights in the lodge’s ceiling allowing guests to star gaze throughout the evening.

The new Night Sky Cottage gives guests a perfect combination of luxury, isolation, wilderness, and with a wide range of exciting activities on the doorstep will provide the perfect place for a family adventure. As the evening draws in our guests can sit back to admire some of the best views of New Zealand’s night sky.

At 90 square meters and with 2 bedrooms each including luxury King size beds, the lodge offers spacious but cosy living with each room making the most of views out to the native New Zealand wilderness beyond. You can listen to the native birds and might even have the pleasure of seeing some deer wondering by.

With all of the home comforts in luxuries you would expect from a luxury Lodge, the Night Sky Cottage also comes with a fully equipped kitchen, lounge area, outdoor veranda with a barbeque, and a private picnic area in a native bush clearing. At the end of a second boardwalk guests will find another clearing with a private deck offering sublime views of Mount Ruapehu.
In the indulgent bathroom there are two side-by-side pedestal vanities as well as a large walk-in shower and two side-by-side freestanding baths with bush views, along with bath salts, oils and candles await guests to relax and unwind.

Committed to creating a sustainable experience for guests’ the new lodge has adopted a zero waste policy; it’s unlikely you will find a single use plastic item in the cottage as any plastic used is fully recyclable or reusable. The cottage even collects and processes its own water.
As the new Night Sky Cottage is located on the edge of Tongariro National Park guests will have the opportunity to undertake a wide range of activities weather hiking, cycling, quad biking, river rafting, skiing or taking a spectacular scenic helicopter flight over the National Park.