Blanket Bay Lodge

This magnificent Lodge provides facilities and accommodation that eclipses the best New Zealand has to offer. Situated on the shores of Lake Wakatipu on a 10,000 acre high country farm with quintessential South Island lake and mountain views, Blanket Bay is perfectly positioned to experience all this region has to offer.

A la Carte dining reflecting Pacific Rim cuisine will be served in one of three dining rooms or outside on a balcony. Whichever you choose all feature huge log burning fireplaces.

Accommodation

The five guest rooms and three 700 sq ft suites, that have open log fires, all have private bathrooms, superking beds sumptious sofas and chairs and spectacular lake views from private balconies. Adjacent to the main lodge two chalets house an additional two suites and two staterooms.

Cuisine

Blanket Bay lodge is set amongst some of the most striking scenery the South Island has to offer.  Within the lodge, Executive Chef Corey Hume serves up a dining experience that is an equal match to the sublime setting.

Corey is a chef who is deeply passionate about infusing his culinary creations with New Zealand flavours.  He has received numerous international culinary awards and is a founding member of the New Zealand Culinary Team who represent New Zealand through international cooking competitions. Joined by a highly acclaimed brigade of chefs, Corey and his team serve up a fresh A La Carte menu on a daily basis.

Hospitality

Blanket Bay is consistently voted one of the world’s best Lodges by many prestigious publications and organizations such as Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, Virtuoso, Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report, The Robb Report and Small Luxury Hotels of the World, to name a few. In this spectacular corner of New Zealand discover endless ways to restore your physical and spiritual well-being. There is nowhere else on Earth where there are so many activities so close by – fly-fishing and heli-skiing, the country’s best hiking on the Routeburn or Milford Tracks, jet boating and kayaking, 4WD tours, horse riding, art trails and vineyards, plus flight-seeing over the World Heritage Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound. 

Local Experiences

Fishing the nearby Greenstone and Caples rivers, heli excursions to Milford Sound, Jet boating and canoeing the Dart river along with extensive heli-skiing in the winter months. These are just a few of the possibilities.