Set in a World Heritage Area, Fiordland Lodge offers the discerning traveller style, comfort and privacy, and is the perfect base from where to explore Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, and the surrounding Fiordland National Park.
The Lodge itself was constructed in 2002 and sits on a superb rural site with rolling grass lands and has commanding views out across Lake Te Anau.
Inside the open architecture of the Lodge reflects the vastness of the Fiordland National Park and echoes of the forest are found in the striking natural timber construction. In the lounge, a lattice work of huge log trusses soar to over thirty-six feet above and surround a large open fire, clad with local river stone.
Fiordland Lodge will be your exclusive retreat in Te Anau while you get the opportunity to discover one of the world's most beautiful areas.
It is an area where snow-capped mountains, rivers of ice, deep lakes, unbroken forests and tussock grasslands produce a landscape of exceptional beauty.
Kiwi owned and operated, Fiordland Lodge is a member of the Lodge Association, a select group of the finest 5 Star and Exclusive Luxury Lodges – fulfilling the promise of outstanding landscape. The property is also proudly the only Orvis Endorsed Lodge in Australasia.
At Fiordland Lodge, a maximum of 29 guests are accommodated in 10 luxurious rooms in the Lodge and two separate self-contained loft-style Log Cabins.
Accommodation features king-size beds, well-appointed private bathrooms and superb views, and the decor reflects the beautiful Fiordland landscape, focusing on muted natural colours and textures.
Comprising 9 Lodge Rooms, one Executive Suite and two exclusive Fiordland Lodge log cabins. Log cabins provide secluded accommodation for a maximum of five guests separate to the main lodge.
All ten accommodation options have commanding views over Lake Te Anau, and external access out onto either the balcony upstairs, or the lawn downstairs. Fiordland Lodge offers the discerning traveller style, comfort and privacy, yet is only five kilometers from the tourist township of Te Anau.
Set on a superb site with commanding views out across Lake Te Anau this is a rural setting with rolling grass lands surrounding the Lodge, Lake Te Anau being a mere ten minute walk away.
Complementing the Lodge's ten double guest rooms are two traditionally built Log Cabins, ideal for both familiesandcouples.
Both Log Cabins are separate and private from the main lodge located 200 metres behind the main lodge itself. The cabins are on an elevated site with lovely views to the northwest across Lake Te Anau and to the mountains of Fiordland National Park.
To the north and east, views are out across rural farm land. Both Cabins have been built with hand peeled sun dried New Zealand Oregon logs. Interior finishing is with recycled native New Zealand timber floors, ceilings, joinery and bench tops.
The Cabins sleep four and five, and guests staying in the Log Cabins have full use of all Lodge facilities.
The Deluxe Lodge rooms are located on the 2nd floor with elevated views out across lake Te Anau with back drops of the Murchison and Kepler Mountains.
This room type has been recently refurbished and offers a more modern and contemporary look resulting in a bright, airy and sophisticated room, yet still offering that quiet escape and comfort.
With more of a flare for the modern as well as the natural, Deluxe Lodge Rooms combine a mixture of contemporary and rustic elements to achieve a very comfortable room style.
Ensuite bathrooms merge porcelain and swamp kauri with the latest bathroom conveniences.
The 5 double Lodge rooms are located on the ground floor and very comfortable. These rooms open out directly onto the lodge lawn and all have the same unimpeded views of Lake Te Anau and the surrounding mountains.
4 of these downstairs lodge rooms are interconnecting ideal for families or 2 couples traveling together.
The decor reflects the landscape, with muted natural tonings and huge picture windows frame the lake. Top quality bedding, towels and toiletries add a sense of pampering.
The ensuite bathrooms merge porcelain and swamp kauri with the latest bathroom conveniences.
Fiordland Lodge offers the opportunity around business levels for casual evening dining for non-house guests.
As evening menu changes daily the reservations are necessary for catering requirements.
Fiordland Lodge partners with local suppliers and farmers, cheesemakers, and other talented artisans, to create a dining experience that is unique to the area, both on the plate and throughout restaurant environment.
Guests will experience a connection to the land through dishes that focus on freshness, simplicity, and seasonal flavours.
All meals are served overlooking Lake Te Anau and famous Te Anau night sky. Famous as Fiordland is an ideal venue for live night sky viewing due to its lack of air and light pollution.
The night sky mirrors the values that draw people to Fiordland; a vast, rugged, untouched and ancient landscape.
Fiordland, on New Zealand's south west corner, has long been recognised as one of the great eco-heritage areas of the world.
Fiordland is one of the most dramatic and beautiful parts of New Zealand. Stay at Fiordland Lodge and absorb the breath-taking treasures of this region by water, air or hiking.
Carved by glaciers over 100,000 years the landscape is one where waterfalls cascade hundreds of metres into deep black fiords; where ancient rainforest untouched by man clings to mountains and where shimmering lakes and granite peaks look as they did a thousand years ago.
The Fiordland National Park is a World Heritage Site and includes Milford, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds.
Milford Sound was described by Rudyard Kipling as the Eighth Wonder of the World; take a scenic flight over it and you will understand why.
Some of the fiords can be explored by kayak but if you'd like to see the less accessible fiords, eco-tours can be arranged from the lodge.
This really is the place for hiking and the Fiordland National Park is a hiking paradise with New Zealand's 'great walks', the Milford, Kepler and Routeburn Tracks all starting within minutes of Fiordland Lodge.
Fiordland's National Park is one of the world's most beautiful areas and is over 1.2 million hectares in size.
Enjoy a unique experience on 2 of New Zealand’s Great Walks combined with an iconic Milford Scenic Helicopter Flight....
Very few people get to see Dusky Sound due to its remoteness. This is a great option for those who like to 'get off the beaten track' and are interested in the history of the area!
Travel with the hotel to this untouched world deep in the heart of Fiordland National Park. The beauty and vastness of Doubtful Sound will take your breath away as you experience its deep wilderness.
Experience Fiordland from every angle with an action-packed day of trout fishing, jet boating, hiking and a scenic helicopter flight.
Treat yourself to a life-long memory, a connection with the past, in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Teeming with brown & rainbow trout and flowing through untouched rainforest, the Waiau river offers a very special wilderness experience.
Within and around the confines of Fiordland National Park, amid towering peaks, flow the clearest rivers inhabited by large wild Brown and Rainbow trout.
Enjoy a unique combination of Mountain Biking on the Fiordland Trail, Jet Boat Fishing on the Famous Waiau River and Hiking on One New Zealand’s Great Walks the Kepler Track...
After your helicopter ride you arrive at the Luxmore Hut, the first hut on the Kepler Track Great Walk.
Enjoy a guided day walk from Fiordland Lodge to Key Summit on the renowned Routeburn Track, a New Zealand Great Walk.
On reaching Milford Sound your guide/driver will board you onto your Boat Cruise for a leisurely 2.5 hour cruise of Milford Sound to the Tasman Sea.
Experience Milford Sound from sea level with an experienced guide and a small group of kayakers. Join us for a fun, relaxed and intimate experience of this majestic fiord.
New Zealand’s most famous walking trail, the Milford Track has origins as an overland greenstone route between Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound.
Allow yourself to be 'Guided By Nature' not by time and with a tailor made itinerary that can be changed at any time, you are in control of your own journey into the Fiordland National Park.
The Lake Marian guided walk allows you to enjoy a lesser-known Fiordland track with an experienced, friendly local guide.
Experience a mysterious underground world of rushing water before drifting in silent darkness beneath the luminous shimmer of thousands of glow-worms.
Southern Fiordland is a magical part of the world where the sea, rivers and lakes combine with endless coastline, mountains and forests to showcase New Zealand’s wilderness at its best.
4 Kms of jet boating into the heart of the Fiordland National Park and back; travel across Lake Hauroko and down to the rugged southern coast via the wild Wairaurahiri River.
Enjoy this premier heli-flight experience. This grand-daddy of scenic flights takes you on a spectacular journey across the renowned Fiordland National Park.
FIORDLAND LODGE
472 Te Anau-Milford HwyTe Anau 9679New Zealand