We always choose to stay in Tauranga or Mt Maunganui every New Year and have always stayed somewhere different.
This time we wanted to be a short walking distance to the beach, so we can take our 2 year old and dog every day, plus my heavily pregnant self… and WOW this location did not disappoint! It’s about a 10 min walk to Mount Maunganui Beach (could be shorter if we wanted but we had so much to carry with us, a beach trolley is recommended!). We also loved the fact that we weren’t in a busy area of the beach as well, plenty of space and dogs are allowed off lead.
We enjoyed being away from the main centre of Mount Maunganui (only a 5 min drive to the main restaurants, gelato places, playground and Mount Hot Pools) but close enough to be a very short drive to Bayfair shopping centre and New World (it’s actually walking distance to New World but it was too hot outside).
At first we were worried that the rooms didn’t have a fan and we needed to buy one from Bunnings, but there was no need! The room temperature in late Dec to early Jan was perfect. Our 2 year old had her own room with a giant bed that she slept soundly on, especially during the day. The lounge had aircon / heat pump if you needed to use it.
Fast wifi was great. We were able to cast our Netflix or YouTube shows on the TV.
The courtyard was great, it was closed off and fully fenced which meant our dog could go outside whenever she wanted to and we were able to bring a small paddling pool for her to keep cool which we placed on the lawn.
Overall I would stay here again for sure! Especially with kids and a dog.