Haka Lodge Taupo

Very nice dorms. Each bed is super clean and offers a lot of privacy (curtain)

I enjoyed there being a separate building and the staff honored my request for a quieter room. It was perfect for my husband to relax from the Ironman, and the location was central to his race so fairly easy for me to come and go throughout the day.

There was a staff member who just wasn’t good at communicating what she needed to do. I was cooking in the morning, the kitchen wasn’t open until 8 which posed an issue when we are early risers and are super hungry or just want coffee, but this girl kept lurking around me, trying to clean. It didn’t make sense for her to do it then and there as the kitchen would get messier over the next hour when the breakfast people came and left. While I cooked she just didn’t have communication in where she needed to go and what she wanted me to do, just stood by me and watched me cook. Could’ve easily said, excuse me let me put the towels here, and is it ok for me to move your things? Just a small incident that has stuck with me because there wasn’t a language barrier and she wasn’t very nice, no need to huff and puff, it’s 8am lady.