Mount Ruapehu Mountain Restaurants

Whakapapa has three on-mountain cafes, and on fine days, people like to sit on the sun deck outside the Knoll Ridge Restaurant (New Zealand’s highest licensed eaterie) and watch experts cope – or struggle – with the challenges high above on the Pinnacles.

At Turoa there’s a cafeteria at the base area, another at the top of the Parklane chair, and another near the top of the Giant chair.