The Lahani Restaurant offers exotic dishes such as crocodile, buffalo, venison and pigeon, as well as fresh Highland vegetables and fruit. The hotel also has a more casual café with outdoor dining, the Deck Bistro, and a bar called Birdy's Piano bar. The Bird of Paradise is conveniently located in the centre of town near the J.K. McCarthy Museum, Raun Raun Theatre and Mount Gahavisuka Provincial Park, an 8,000-acre park featuring walking trails, a scenic lookout, and a variety of native flora and fauna.

A restaurant and bar serve cuisine cooked using fresh local produce and the communal lounge has a cosy fireplace and floor to ceiling views from which to enjoy the views. The lodge is powered by 24-hour eco-friendly electricity, provided by its own hydroelectric power plant that generates clean, natural energy from a nearby mountain stream.

Guests are accommodated in thirty round houses, set amongst landscaped gardens and built almost exclusively from natural materials. Each unit features 180 degree picture windows to soak in the view, en-suite bathrooms. A sought after destination amongst birders, Ambua's rain forests have been the star of many a wildlife documentary, and an incredible 217 species of bird have been recorded here.

Here you can spot elusive 12-Wire Birds of Paradise, cockatoos, parrots, hornbills, cormorants and other water birds. Guests are accommodated in ten separate cottages, each built out of local bush materials and inspired by traditional architecture. Despite its remoteness, the lodge has 220V electricity, hot and cold water, comfortable mosquito-netted beds, ceiling fans and a breezy veranda – all make for a welcome sanctuary after a day’s exploration.