Golden Bay - Strawberry Cottage Eco - Middle Earth

Great location, very peaceful. Loved the birdlife and short bush walks surrounding the bach. A great place for kids to go exploring! Definitely stay again.

Overall our experience here was quite positive but should emphasize this cottage is quite remote, approx. 15 min drive on narrow windy gravel road (we had a lot of rain and it was fine). But when you're there you feel like you're in the national park, no sign of another person, totally dark sky, LOTS of birds including the resident sneaky Weka prowling around for snacks. Kitchen was functional with good gas double burner, no oven but a classic wood burning stove with kindling which we used to cook one rainy night for fun. Bathroom brand new and nice, beds/pillows left something to be desired, had to look for sheets and towels but there were plenty. Could use a good dusting/cobweb removal. This is off grid living - solar was totally up to the task for hot water for 3 people on several cloudy/rainy days. Our favorite time was coming back after a day exploring and sitting on the deck watching the sunset over mountains, birds singing and feeding in the garden. If you're not a high-maintenance traveler this is a lovely spot.

Magic place. Wished we could have stayed longer!

Awesome hideaway. It was fun to use the wood stove. It rained a lot but we enjoyed ourselves.

A house isolated and quiet in the nature. We really enjoyed our stay in this place. Something different that must be tried.