Waitomo Lodge is a good lodge to stay in for one or two nights while wisiting Te Kuiti or Waitomo (10-15 min drive from Waitomo Caves). It is nothing else than the rooms and a small reception, but you have a cafe right across the street to have breakfast/ lunch etc, and a super market 3 min walk away. Our rooms were of simple standard, but clean and comfy. The rooms were big, and we even had a balcony/ terrace where it is very nice to sit and have breakfast in the sun! On the downside the room were very close to the railway so once in a while (not often at all!) you could hear the train passing, and there was no aircondition in our room - I do however thing you can buy/ request with AC if you like (we were here in the fall, so that was no problem for us). OK value for money.