About & Description

Accommodation

The collection of historic wooden buildings known as WHATIPU LODGE is now the only dwelling at Whatipu. It is managed privately, under licence from the Auckland Council. The homestead was built by the Gibbons family in 1867. The two rows of little bedrooms, the kitchen and dining room were built between 1910 and 1921. Whatipu's wild beauty and sense of history have attracted holidaymakers to the Lodge for more than a century. The Whatipu Sands area was classified as a Scientific Reserve in 2002 and is one of the most ecologically significant in the Auckland Region.