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DOC staff outside Holdsworth Lodge.
Holdsworth Lodge

Located in Holdsworth area and Tararua Forest Park in the Wairarapa region

This lodge is ideal for families and groups, and can also be used for the first night of a tramp into the Tararua Forest Park.

Features

Situated on a large grassy area surrounded by native forest. The lodge is ideal for families and groups.

The lodge sleeps 28 people:

  • 20 in the Bunk Room (separate bunks)
  • 4 in the Kākā Room
  • 4 in the Kererū Room

Facilities

  • Electric lighting
  • Electric stove, fridge, freezer
  • Microwave, toasters
  • Pots, pans, cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery
  • Zip hot water heater
  • Wood heating (fuel supplied) in dining/lounge area. Heat pump in the bunk room.
  • Flush toilet
  • Hot showers

Shared occupancy

Bunk room
Adult (18 plus) $28 per bunk 
Youth /or Child (5 to 17 years) $14 per bunk 
Infant (0 to 4 years) free

Sole occupancy

Kererū and Kākā rooms
$90 for each room

Entire lodge – bunkrooms, Kererū and Kākā rooms
$404 for the entire lodge

To book the entire lodge call the Nelson Visitor Centre.

Camping

Camping in the proximity of the lodge is only available to guests who have booked a bunk or room and would prefer to camp, or to a group who have booked the entire lodge (sole occupancy) and have extra people they want to add to the booking.

Up to 17 campers can be booked. This allows for 45 guests in a group for any given booking – 28 in the lodge and 17 extra campers

Camping fees

$12 per adult (18 plus)
$6 per youth or child (5 to 17 years)

Bookings

Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 2025.

All bookings are first-come first-served. We do not have waiting lists for bookings for future seasons or facilities that are already booked-out.

Bookings are required.

Book Holdsworth Lodge online.

A $10 service fee applies to phone and in-person booking. This is a limited service – book online first. An in-person booking is dependent on there being space available.

Off SH2 onto Norfolk Rd, 2 km south of Masterton. This is signposted and there is a timber processing plant on the corner. The lodge is at the road end, 15 km from the turnoff. 

Bedding is not supplied. Bring your own sheets, blankets or sleeping bags and pillows.

Holdsworth Lodge and its facilities are only available to those with a confirmed lodge booking.

There is no parking at the lodge. All vehicles must be parked in the public carpark.

Large groups should arrange gear drop off with the onsite caretaker, phone +64 6 377 0022.

Holdworth Lodge can be used for the first night of a tramp into the park. Large groups can take advantage of the extensive camping area around the lodge. There are a number of short walks and good fishing in the Atiwhakatu River year round and swimming in the summer.