Hotels near Hood Aerodrome - MRO, Masterton

Queen Elizabeth park is great, there is a train and boat rides and the park itself is huge, on the day we visited there everything was free to go on and there was a mini market so you could buy some food. Then you can go across the road to the pools - indoor and outdoor and that was free also. We liked the compactness of Masterton and its got heaps of shops and heaps of options Makkies, KFC, Subways, PaknSave, Countdown etc. We got Roast meals one night, very yum and way too much. We will be back soon.

Always things to see art museums, parks, kidzown playground, pools, mini putt, sports park, train rides, cafes, movie boutique screenline, Henley lake recreation trails cycling, thrifty shops, kuripuni shops, kingstreet arts centre, ten pin bowling, library etc..always things to do and see..

The travel is 6-7 hours from Auckland. Maybe 2 nights is just right if you want to see all the attractions of Masterton. Unfortunately, we only went to Castlepoint due to time constraints. There is a dairy where we ate lunch.

Our 2-night stay was about doing a day trip to Castlepoint which we achieved. Fabulous spot with lovely sandy beach. Can recommend stopping @ the local store for a feed of Blue Cod & chips. Couldn't have been fresher. Delicious food @ Tripoli & CBK each evening. Coffee @ Strada was good too. Queen Elizabeth Park is worth checking out. Weather not so good so didn't get to see enought of it or do any of the other walks.

If it wasn’t for the purpose we were there for Masterton is a great place to explore my son and I tried a cafe there our facilities were of convenience to why we were there though. We would like to explore more next time

It's the ideal getaway for a short vacation. There are numerous short walks and dining options. Henley Lake and the Millennium Reserve are particular favourites and for a longer trip Castlepoint is hard to beat.