The Lodge, Blake House, or Safari Camp – Which Poronui Accommodation Will be Right for You?

The Lodge, Blake House, or Safari Camp – Which Poronui Accommodation Will be Right for You?

Poronui has three options for accommodations while you’re at the Estate, and each has its own distinct experience for how you end each evening and start each morning.

Here’s what’s on offer:

The Lodge

Cabins at the heart of Poronui
It’s the place where most guests begin at Poronui, and the place to where they most often return.

The heart of Poronui is the Lodge, where the Estate’s history is most visible and you’ll get the best sense of the communal life at Poronui. Eight individual guest cabins sit amongst the grounds, each private and well-furnished, with ensuite bathrooms and private decks overlooking the Taharua River that courses through the property and around the hills beyond. Each offers seclusion, and a place to retreat at the end of the day.

Up to sixteen guests can stay at the Lodge at any one time. But the Lodge’s real character is in its shared spaces: the open fire, long dining table with a view to the kitchen, the walls decorated in decades of photographs and mounted trophies, the well-stocked bookshelves. At the end of each day, guests and guides gather to share stories, toast the day’s successes, and share a meal inspired by and drawing on local produce and Kiwi flavours. Friendships form across the long table. For anglers arriving alone or part of a small group and who want to be part of something larger, the Lodge offers something that other options can’t.

This is also the natural base for most fishing activity, so the central Lodge is always alive with the rhythms of the day: guides and anglers coming and going, the kitchen buzzing with preparation for the next meal.

The Lodge is the best for fishing groups, couples, solo anglers, and first-time visitors who want the full Poronui experience.

Capacity: Up to 16 guests across eight cabins.
Price tier: Everyday luxury/From $1,000 per person per night (as of November 2026)

Blake House

A premium and exclusive full-service villa.
Set on an elevated promontory above the Taharua River, and with views across the valley, Blake House is a private villa available exclusively to a single party at a time.

What you book is fully yours: the generous home with two expansive lounges and cathedral ceilings, huge open fireplaces, a well-equipped kitchen, dining space, a cozy library and den, a private outlook, and the silence of the valley broken by the occasional deer roar or bird call. Plus, guests can enjoy full-service accommodations, where Poronui will take care of all your needs, including the services of a private chef, a service team, and daily housekeeping.

Blake House has four spacious master bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, and with two additional bunkrooms, it’s an elegant space for groups of four to 16 guests – just as suitable for boutique weddings as it is a product launch, lodging for driven pheasant groups, and other special events. If you want to experience what Poronui offers – the guides, the food, the landscape – with greater privacy, then Blake House is the ideal choice.

Capacity: Accommodates up to 16 guests exclusively.
Price tier: Premium estate experience

Safari Camp

For privacy and seclusion in the wilderness.
For an option that has nature literally on your doorstep, then Safari Camp is the most elemental of our accommodation options.

Hidden deep in the estate on the banks of the Mohaka River, these fully-serviced timber and canvas tents sit close enough to the flowing waters to hear it from bed, with the wild Kaimanawa Ranges rising into the sky in front of you. And yet you still get full comforts, with proper beds, excellent food, and every need taken care of.

The Safari Camp suits hunters, anglers, and travellers who want to feel more deeply embedded in the landscape – who want to sit around a campfire, listen to the river, and count constellations overhead before retreating to the warm indoors. It’s a natural option for a night or two mid-stay, breaking up a longer Lodge-based trip with something more immersive. And guests who try Safari Camp for a single night as part of a longer visit often say it was the part of the trip they talked about most when they got home.

Capacity: Up to 4 guests, taken exclusively
Price tier: Mid-range reserved

Which one is right for you?

If you’re arriving as a fishing group or solo angler who wants to be part of the full Poronui experience – the guides, the communal evenings, the long table – the Lodge is the natural home.

If privacy is the priority, and you want the estate and its team entirely to yourselves, Blake House is in a category of its own.

If you want to sleep closer to the land, with the river outside and the hills above, Safari Camp offers something truly special.

And if you’re still not sure, the team at Poronui will help you find the right fit for your group and your goals.