Hanmer Springs Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Steve's longest birthday

Steve's longest Birthday

Friday

Luckily the rain and wind had blew themselves out over night and left us with a blue sky and light white clouds this morning. The room that we were staying in backed onto the sea and therefore it was quite a noisy night for all of us

Steve headed for an early walk on the beach for his …

1 2 3 Bungee

Day 305 ; Well today's journey started in leathfield and we couldn't really have expected how good a day it would turn into, no rush about the morning and didn't leave the campsite until ten o clock, and only a short journey ahead of us to Hanmer Springs, where we were headed with the intention of visiting the hot springs/thermal/ spa area which is …

Ham fisted in Hanmer

We arrived at tea time, just enough time to find a cheap campsite and look for a cosy pub to spend the evening. It was cold, wet and windy so we grabbed a pack of cards and snuggled up in a very popular local pub, with the idea to hug a pint of ale and have ourselves a feast. We played cards and slowly sipped our ale till we reached a time where …

Ham fisted in Hanmer

We arrived at tea time, just enough time to find a cheap campsite and look for a cosy pub to spend the evening. It was cold, wet and windy so we grabbed a pack of cards and snuggled up in a very popular local pub, with the idea to hug a pint of ale and have ourselves a feast. We played cards and slowly sipped our ale till we reached a time where …

Farm stay

Caught the bus at 7:45am made our way on the 3 hour journey to the junction we was to meet the farmers. We waited at the junction in the middle of nowhere then after about 20mins the farmer's wife Nicky arrived picked us up and drove us to their home, (Leslie Hills Road, Avonvale, WAIAU)

We had a nice lunch with them and went through all …

Driving to Hanmer Springs

Today we were checking out of our hostel, we were glad to be checking out as the hostel was full of people who were there as a big group, they were working for one of the fruit picking companies but had taken over the hostel, we couldn't go anywhere in the hostel without them watching and staring at us! When we had checked out we began the drive to …

Last Weekend Activity

Today was our last weekend activity, since we will be leaving for outreach next Sunday. We went to Hanmer Springs which I have been to before but decided to go again. When we arrived, a group of us hiked up a small hill to a beautiful lookout point. Then, we hiked down, got gelatos, and headed to the hot springs. I spent most of the day reading as …

Hanmer Springs

The drive to Hanmer was fantastic. Middle Earth is really quite stunning. The rolling hills gave way to the snowy mountains and Oscar's first drive was wonderful. The heater was used to its full potential that night and we woke up to be frozen in. We eventually got out and off to the Alpine Hot Pools. The Hanmer Springs Thermal Reserve offers hot …

Hamner Springs

Today we did something a little different. We are staying in Hamner Springs, a thermal spa resort town, famous throughout New Zealand for its waters. We therefore decided to go horse riding! We booked at Hamner Horses and had a super afternoon. Chris was on a horse called Kevin and she thought that he was wonderful. My horse was called Storm. It …

Hanmer Springs, South Island (NZ)

An update on our adventures from the South Island is coming soon...thank you for your patience …