The apartment is on a great location for doing the Tongariro Crossing (book the Tongariro Expeditions shuttle). Due to the hot weather, it became very hot inside the cottage. When ventilating, there came a lot of insects inside. The heat and insects were very disturbing for us. Furthermore, there is a lot of noise of passing trucks, and there are a lot of them, mostly at night. The bed is really shaking when they pass. It gave us problems with sleeping. You have lots of space in the house and outside, which is great. The kitchen was not so clean, the rest of the house clean enough. The communication with Sierra is great, she really helped us out. When you are not light sleeper, it's not that hot and you want to do the Crossing, definitely a recommodation!