Kinloch Manor & Villas

The only Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in New Zealand anchors this lodge and villa resort on the edge of Lake Taupo, which is a perfectly reasonable excuse to come this far north. Cabin-style villas look out over the fairways or the lake, Tongariro's hiking trails handle the non-golfers, the dining room runs a daily-changing menu, and the spa folds Manuka honey into most of its treatments, because of course it does.