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Top of the Lake in Taupo

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Outdoor dining
Property grounds
Outdoor spa tub
Exterior
Private kitchen

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
4 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 10

Popular amenities

  • Spa pool on site
  • Onsite parking available
  • Laundry room
  • Air-conditioning
  • Barbecue
  • Balcony

Explore the area

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Taupo, Waikato
  • Place, beach near Kaimanawa Reserve
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Taupō Hot Springs
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Taupō i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Taupō Airport (TUO)
    ‪8 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 2

Bathroom 3

Spaces

Deck or patio
Balcony
Garden

About this property

Top of the Lake in Taupo

Providing great accommodation for up to 8 guests this lovely holiday home with views to the Lake and mountain is perfectly positioned with all amenities you could need close by!
Split across two levels the ground floor has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a living area plus a large internal access garage. Head upstairs and you will find an open plan modern kitchen that flows out into gorgeous gardens. The back garden is fully fenced and completely private - your own little oasis.
There is a further two bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs. You can enjoy lovely lake and mountain views as well as the picturesque night lights of Taupo from the upstairs lounge and front deck.
Right next door at the Hilltop Shopping centre you will find a dairy, hairdresser, beauty salon, tailor as well as Grasshopper fish, chips and chinese takeaways and The Mole & Chicken a very popular family restaurant.

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About the area

Taupō

Taupō Central, a neighbourhood in Taupō, is home to this holiday home. Maori Carvings and A.C. Baths are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Taupō Hot Springs and Waipahihi Botanical Gardens. Spa Thermal Park and The Landing Lake Taupō are also worth visiting.
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Taupo, Waikato

What's nearby

  • beach near Kaimanawa Reserve - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Taupō Hot Springs - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Spa Thermal Park - 2 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Taupō i-SITE Visitor Information Centre - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Taupō Museum and Art Gallery - 3 min drive - 2.5 km

Getting around

  • Taupō Airport (TUO) - 9 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Replete Food Company - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Dixie Brown's Cafe - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Cafe Baku - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Coffee Club Taupo - ‬4 min drive

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 14 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 14 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 14 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 14 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 14 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Check-in

9.0/10

Communication

9.2/10

Location

8.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

its_benny C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great place with a great view and also super nice house great with all my mates and a pub right next door and close ish to town
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Darrin B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just fantastic

We had a great time staying at this lovely "bach" in Taupo. It has heaps of room, perfect location and is an oasis on rainy days. And, with teenagers, great wifi too Highly recommend and we will be back Darrin
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 12 April 2023
Thank you so much for your review! We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Joanne R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome property

House was lovely and great location and view. Plenty of space and very clean. Appreciated that the spa pool was ready to use. Communication with property manager was great too. Prompt reply's to questions and clear instructions for entry. We had a perfect stay:)
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Natalie J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfortable, with a few quirks

Property was as described and that lake view was beautiful! Great location, walkable to town through residential neighborhoods. Well appointed kitchen had everything we needed. The layout was usual but created a lot of spaces so that there would be room for many people without feeling like you’re all on top of each other. The washer and dryer were easy to use and laundry soap was provided. Being able to park your own car in the garage was also a very nice perk. The only downside is that the property is a bit dated and could use some TLC. The upstairs mattresses were older and dipped in the middle and we either couldn’t find the light switches for the lights in the back yard or the bulbs were burned out. The dining room ceiling and wall had some obvious water damage that hadn’t been repaired. Also, the Nespresso machine needed to be descaled and we were forced to run the full descaling cycle to clear the reminder so we could make coffee. Overall, the location and amenities served our needs well, but with the fixes and maintenance stuff we ran into I couldn’t rate it 5 stars. We told the property manager so hopefully they fixed the easy things for future guests!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Michelle J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome House and Location

Absolutely loved the location and layout of this house. It is named Top of the Lake for a reason. The view is even better than the picture in the listing. With tons of windows all around, you can see the lake and the surrounding mountains, and experience a gorgeous sunset from just about anywhere in the living area. The house is also a convenient to walk to the lake (although uphill on the way back) and a short drive to town. The garden was totally private. The hot tub looked amazing – unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to use it. We did take advantage of the gas grill for multiple meals, which was awesome! The kitchen was well appointed with dishes, glasses, pots, pans, etc. And super organized with pictures of what belonged in each drawer, shelf, and cupboard. Made it so easy to find everything. Our family of 8 fit around the dining table for meals together. Guests have access to the large garage. We used it to store our luggage and extra items. The washer and dryer are in the garage, which worked out fine. The owner/mgmt. company was very responsive – they answered any questions we had promptly. We appreciate them having a highchair that we could rent, and appreciated the late check-out. The only downside is that the carpet and the wooden blinds show signs of age, and the carpet had an unpleasant odor, which went away when the doors and windows were open to let fresh air in the house. Even with that I would recommend this property to everyone.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

marylou s.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect house for our extended family

Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Laura D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect house for staying in and getting out

Great layout for dinners and hanging out but close (drive) to all the main attractions and short walk to playground and the water.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Dolores H.

Liked: Cleanliness, location

Great location

Amazing property, many options for large groups as is a very large property. Amenities and location were very good. Little hiccup when arrived as the code I was given to open the property didn't work. The garden was really good and self contained (great for small people) Couple of things to mention/help improve: Outdoor furniture (lounge chairs) are a write off... I was lying reading a book and they just collapsed cause too old, wood just crumbled. Don't leave this items cause you think they "look good" they don't and they can create a far greater accident that they in my case ( neck bang and back scratch) Also, would be nice to have dish wash soap and laundry powder available... there was none.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

linda L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Jan Taupo

the property was large enough to accomodate us all. Amazing views and close enough to everything. The property could do with some TLC. The garden isn't very 'usable' as its a dust bowl and thistle weeds.. so i'm glad we don't have little kids who need to tun around. The wall lights on the stairs are loose and the ceiling in the lounge has a portion falling away with a large crack that you should attend to. ( its obvious but above the rear sofa by the garden door) Two toilet seats lids have large splits in them - Just fyi really so you can replace them. We had a lovely time there and its well appointed to feel like a home from home , nice for next door pub and chip shop but in reality town is only 4 mins away !!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2022
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Alicia T.

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Service is shocking!

This is by far the worst experience i have encounter with via Book a Bach. This bach is listed in multiple platform. When I enquire for this property, I've asked if they allow free cancellation in the event of a regional lockdown - They do, which is good! We made the payment immediately, but failed to received any instruction on the access. We thought it will only be sent closer to check in date. A few days before traveling to Taupo, I had sent a couple of messages to get the instruction to the property. Only to received a message on the day that the bach was doubled booked and they have another unit available. We had booked a 4 bedroom house but got downgraded to a 3 bedroom apartment without any form of compensation. When i questioned on the number of bedrooms, the response received - "Unfortunately this is the only property that we have available so I am unable to offer a 4 bedroom alternative. If the 4 bedroom is your preference, I will call the other guests and move them to that apartment so you can stay at the original house with four bedrooms." This just goes to show how unprofessional it is that their only response was to "kick" the other party out of their booking so we could have the 4 bedroom when it is their system that messed up. We weren't that fuss and didn't want to disrupt the other party and agreed to stay in the 3 bedroom apartment. We have 2 young kids, so we make do by squeezing them both in the master bedroom with us so my in laws can have their own space. We checked in at 4pm and it was indeed a beautiful unit. Brand new and very clean. Although the unit was quite far from town, the new furnish made up for it. Upon entering, we switch on the air conditioning to cool the house down as it was one of the hottest summer we ever experienced. After an hour, the house was still hot as an oven, so I've dropped a message and called the property manager and she only responded at 8pm. She said she couldn't get a contractor out to look at the issue and may try to get one the next day. I've asked for alternative solution for her to provide some fans and very rudely she response that she can't do that and if we are not happy about it we can check out now and she will refund us. 8pm at night with young and old at peak period at taupo, this is absurd. Apart from that the upstairs curtain was infested with beetles. No Compensation given apart for another free night stay if we booked again! What a service this has been!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 24 January 2022
It was so unfortunate that there was a glitch in the system that resulted in a double booking. This was completely beyond our control, and it was made worse by the fact that it happened during the most busy time of the year. As soon as we discovered this, we worked to find a solution for the guests. The property that the guests had booked, had been booked by another family of only 3 guests. So we offered to ask the group of 3 guests to move to the brand new apartment, and if they were willing, this would allow the larger family to stay at Top of the Lake. This could have worked perfectly, as the smaller group of only 3 guests may have been happy to have the upgrade. We suggested this to these guests, but they insisted that they did not want us to contact the smaller group of 3 guests - and instead they would take the upgrade to the 3 bedroom apartment. The guests did contact us at 8pm at night to advise they were having issues with the air-conditioning. We advised that we were not able to get a contractor to come and have a look until the following day. We did not have spare fans that we could drop off that evening, but we went and bought some first thing the next morning, and delivered these to the guests. The technician also came and got the air-conditioning working. We never at any time suggested that the guests check-out if they were not happy. Obviously this situation was not ideal, and we would love to have been able to offer the guests a range of other properties to pick from. The apartment was the only property that we had available. The best we were able to offer was to see if the group of 3 guests wanted to take the upgrade to the 3 bedroom apartment - but this larger family said that they preferred to take the upgrade, even though it was only 3 bedrooms. We did our best to keep the guests happy in an unfortunate situation.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Abraham H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Top notch

Tidy comfortable place with everything close by.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jimmy O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely brilliant

Great views and great space. Fantastic stay in a superbly setup place with an incredible amount of places to relax.
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Ali I.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful experience

Worth spending and staying in the property
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Becky K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic

Awesome place for a girls trip, great view and a perfect amount of beds and bathrooms and well set up to cook and relax. Highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 31 May 2021
Thank you for your review! We're pleased you enjoyed your stay :-)
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