Riverside Accommodation

An older-style motel/hostel with a great shared guest kitchen-dining-lounge area, and about as close to the bulk of the Rail Trail action as you can get. Our room was quiet, clean, very comfortable and very reasonably priced. Our host, Anita, was a fountain of joyous welcome and great cycleway knowledge. Off-road parking and good outdoor facilities were available. Highly recommended.

We had a great stay at Riverside Accommodation. The beds were comfortable, and the room was spacious and clean with everything we needed. The first night, we got Chinese takeaways from Paeroa. The second night, we used the BBQ outside and cooked hamburgers and ate on the deck. We used the spa pool. It was lovely sitting in the misty rain looking at the mountains. We had our own kitchen facilities, but the main shared kitchen and lounge areas I could see worked well for guests. We have done the rail tunnel loop many times before - it is great. This time, we did the Windows Walk and then walked further along the Crown Track to the waterhole. Lots of people were swimming. We continued on through the long tunnel to the Dickey Flat campsite, where we stopped, had a snack, and headed back. I would recommend the walks. I think it took us about 3.5 hours return at a reasonable pace. It was a little wet, so we did not stop for long. You definitely need a torch for the long tunnel past the waterhole before Dickeys Flat. It would be helpful to have a torch for the Windows Walk tunnel - but not necessarily crucial. You could use your cellphone app. The glow worms are cool, so do pause and turn your lights off and look up! Anita, from Riverside Accomodation, is very knowledgeable about the area. We would certainly stay at Riverside again.