Annandale
Private award-winning villas across a working Banks Peninsula farm.
A private coastal farm on Banks Peninsula
Annandale is a working sheep and cattle farm on the Banks Peninsula coast, about an hour east of Christchurch. Its award-winning villas sit alone across roughly 1,600 hectares, each with its own bay, garden or clifftop and total privacy.
Choose Seascape, a glass hideaway for two above a private beach; Scrubby Bay, a cedar beach house for families and groups; or the restored 1880s Homestead with its pool and tennis court. The team calls it "gumboot luxury" - farm-to-table food, sheep dogs at work, and turquoise water where Hector's dolphins swim.
You dine in your own villa, cooked by a chef or left ready to heat, and fill your days with kayaking, hiking, biking or doing nothing at all. This is rural New Zealand at its finest, off the tourist track.
Why Choose Aotouroa for Your New Zealand Tour
When everyone rushes to the latest Instagram hotspot, we find the quiet alternative. When luxury operators compete on price, we focus on connection.
Small Groups
We keep groups intimate. You're not herded around with 40 other people.
Local Knowledge
Your guides live here. They know the hidden waterfalls, the best coffee, the quiet beaches.
Flexibility
Set itineraries bore us. We provide structure but embrace spontaneity.
Authentic Experiences
We take you where locals go, not where tour buses park.
Quality Accommodation
Upper-tier homes and lodges in real communities. Not generic hotel chains.
