We stayed in a cozy little lodge called Dawson Falls Lodge. This is the view from our room window. The owner were a young couple who recently bought the hotel and decided to transform it's image into "Dawson Falls Romantic Hotel". We were the only guests except for 3 other couples. The lodge itself was built in the late 1800s and has a Swiss alpine decor going on. A bit confusing really, given that we are in New Zealand, and the owners are German and Ukrainian...New Zealand has it's fair share of immigrants.