Kia ora!
Welcome to Waitutu Forest Lodge
Come and experience Fiordland's wilderness...

Alan McLeod - Lodge Manager - at home in an ancient forest
Waitutu Forest Lodge is located in one of the most spectacular, remote and unique locations in the South Island of New Zealand. Situated alongside the Wairaurahiri River and a few minutes walk to the rugged South Coast, sits the Waitutu Lodge, right at the base of Fiordland National Park. If the weather is clear, the Solander Islands and Rakiura (Stewart Island) can be seen from the beach. The lodge sleeps 21 people.
The owners of the Waitutu Incorporation welcome guests to Waitutu Forest Lodge to have a “Waitutu Experience”. Here, guests are offered a unique insight into our world that has been shaped by our Tupuna, our Māori culture, our traditions, our environment and our whakapapa.
The experience offers guests the opportunity to go on a journey of discovery from the SILNA beginnings to where Waitutu is today.
But at the centre of it all is manaaki manuhiri – care and respect for all people, from all places. We, the owners, want to share with our guests, our whare (Lodge), our stories, our people and our whenua (land).
Guests may arrive as strangers, but they will leave Waitutu Forest and Lodge as members of our whānau.
Waitutu Forest Lodge Brochure - click here to access
Waitutu Forest Lodge is located in one of the most spectacular, remote and unique locations in the South Island of New Zealand. Situated alongside the Wairaurahiri River and a few minutes walk to the rugged South Coast, sits the Waitutu Lodge, right at the base of Fiordland National Park. If the weather is clear, the Solander Islands and Rakiura (Stewart Island) can be seen from the beach. The lodge sleeps 21 people.
The owners of the Waitutu Incorporation welcome guests to Waitutu Forest Lodge to have a “Waitutu Experience”. Here, guests are offered a unique insight into our world that has been shaped by our Tupuna, our Māori culture, our traditions, our environment and our whakapapa.
The experience offers guests the opportunity to go on a journey of discovery from the SILNA beginnings to where Waitutu is today.
But at the centre of it all is manaaki manuhiri – care and respect for all people, from all places. We, the owners, want to share with our guests, our whare (Lodge), our stories, our people and our whenua (land).
Guests may arrive as strangers, but they will leave Waitutu Forest and Lodge as members of our whānau.
Waitutu Forest Lodge Brochure - click here to access
Waitutu Forest Lodge
Email: waitutulodge@hotmail.co.nz Phone: Lodge Manager - +64 (0)27 293 2141 Waitutu Incorporation Office Napier Email: waitutuincorporation@hotmail.com Phone: +64 (0) 27 3654958 |