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Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds

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A motel with a covered porch, outdoor seating, and a view of mountains.
A road curving through a green landscape with a lake and hills in the background.
A bed with a striped bedspread and a wooden headboard.
A living room with a sofa, a dining table with chairs, a kitchen area, and a large window.
A compact kitchen with a sink, stove, and cabinets.

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • On the beach
    A rare beachfront property in the area - enjoy direct access to the sand and sea.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
4 bedroomsSleeps 10

Popular amenities

  • On beach
  • Onsite parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Barbecue grill
  • Deck or patio

Explore the area

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Okiwi Bay, Marlborough
  • Place, Tunnicliff Reserve
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Pelorus Eco Adventures
    ‪54 min drive‬
  • Place, Mahakipawa Arm
    ‪60 min drive‬
  • Airport, Blenheim (BHE-Woodbourne)
    ‪77 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed and 2 Single Bunk Beds

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Single Beds

shower

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds

Fully furnished, large lounge, logfire, very comfortable, 50 metres to waters edge, peaceful listen to the birds, relaxing waterfront sea view. Safe swimming beach 3 min walk. Fully fenced flat section. Ample off road parking for boats and cars.
Suitable young children. 100 metres to playground area. Reserve opposite. Native bush surrounds the hills and drive in. Dogs are not permitted on the property.Free Wi-Fi for 1 hour signal from ramp
Special conditions:
Two night minimum stay. Tarrif for Xmas/NewYear $240.00 to end of January. Price quoted is for2 people. Each additional person. an extra charge $25.00 pp if disclosed at time of booking or $30.00 pp if not disclosed at time of booking.. Deposit payable non refundable or transferable.
Bring own gas bottle for bar-be-que. House is not serviced you need to supply all food, toilet requirements, dish wash .

NOTE: Under Kiwi bach tradition you are expected to: Clean the house and do the dishes before you leave; Bring your own linen (towels/sheets/tea towels);

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House Rules

Check in after 12:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 3–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed, service animals permitted
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Only number of persons booked allowed at the property. Any additional will be charged at $25.00 per person per night.
Please note, host is located locally.

Important information

You need to know

Property # 20003588
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

About the area

Okiwi Bay

Located in Okiwi Bay, this holiday home is on the beach. Tunnicliff Reserve and Duncan Bay reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include Pelorus Eco Adventures and Lochmara Lodge Arts Centre. Kayaking and scuba diving offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking and hunting nearby.
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Okiwi Bay, Marlborough

What's nearby

  • Tunnicliff Reserve - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Rai Valley Pioneer Cottage - 33 min drive - 27.4 km
  • Pelorus Eco Adventures - 54 min drive - 63.2 km
  • Mahakipawa Arm - 60 min drive - 68.6 km

Getting around

  • Picton (PCN) - 86 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking at Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds?

Check-in begins at 12:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Okiwi Bay Marlborough Sounds located?

This Okiwi Bay holiday home is on the beach, 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Tunnicliff Reserve, and within 20 mi (32 km) of Duncan Bay and Rai Valley Pioneer Cottage. Pelorus Eco Adventures is 31.8 mi (51.2 km) away.

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 54 out of 91 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 91 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 91 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 91 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 91 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Check-in

9.0/10

Communication

10/10

Location

8.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Patricia H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great Batch with a Beautiful view. Close to beach and boat ramp.Well stocked kitchen with lots of cutlery, crockery, pots and pans and a fan oven. Would come back again.Host was lovely and very easy to talk to
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2026
Nice people. Thanks for leaving the bach tidy and clean inside and out.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Paula S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Loved the location. Very comfortable, felt like home
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 27 Oct 2025
Nice people. Left house clean and tidy. I would welcome you back again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

M P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Host is very accomodating and easy to deal with
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Dec 2025
House left very clean and tidy. Pleased they enjoyed themselves
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Grace W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

Was great place, close to water
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Michael L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Classic kiwi bach. Oodles of space. Perfect location. Great value.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Feb 2026
Pleased to meet you all. Glad you had a good couple of days.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Andy R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, friendly host

Great fishing base, tidy property, would stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Neil G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another fishing trip

We have stayed here many times. Always a great stay, would highly recommend.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 9 July 2023
Pleasure to have you. Thanks
Verified review

8/10 Good

Harold W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Ideal location, great views, very well equiped ie cutlery,crockery etc

Ideal for 10 guests, excellent location
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kellie J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place clean & tidy

Perfect place to stay warm & quiet
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 30 June 2022
Lovely to meet you both. Welcome to Okiwi Bay
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Alethea S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

We had a great stay. Close to the boat ramp and playground. Plenty of room for our family group. Would recommend to others.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 11 Jan 2024
Nice folk. Glad you enjoyed your holiday.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Anthony M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

We have rented this Bach many times it great
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 13 Mar 2023
Nice people friendly and left house nice and tidy and clean. A pleasure to have them.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Trudy B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great batch accommodation

Awesome large family batch catered for everything needed for weekend fishing bbq relaxing. I'd recommend it to anyone going to Okiwi Bay Thankyou Hosts
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 1 Feb 2024
Thanks for leaving the place clean and tidy. Glad you all had an enjoyable time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Coraleen W.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

0’Kiwi Bay

Excellent Property for small groups.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

andy i.

Liked: Cleanliness, location
Disliked: Communication

Fishing Trip

weather was AAA fishing AAA Batch was Greate
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Leanne D.

Neat and tidy

Had everything we needed for a relaxing break away.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 23 Mar 2020
Nice people. Would rent to them again
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Maurice b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay ,we absolutely loved it .

Great stay .We absolutely loved it . Great fishing spot . We will be back . Chris was fabulous ,she even came to say goodbye on the day we were ready to go leave . Thanks Bradley family & friends.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 25 May 2022
Glad you enjoyed your stay. Catch up again some time
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Peter B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fishing weekend

Great location, great set up for boating/fishing. Few consumable items provided but this was well communicated otherwise had everything we needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Leeanne N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome

Had an relaxed 2 days! Awesome house! Will book
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 13 July 2023
Nice to have meet you. Glad you had a relaxing time. Enjoy the rest of your holiday before going back to work.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Leanne D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice stay

Nice presentation. Would like the oven to work properly and kitchen to have some decent things to cook on and with. Apart from that very happy with our stay will happily book again
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 23 Mar 2020
Stove top and oven work perfect. My guess isstovet got turned off and needs to be reset to make oven work or accidentally turned timer on.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Nicola G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Okiwi bay

Great location and lovely lady to deal with, very clean unfortunately only 1 full roll of toilet paper and no basics - salt pepper, limited cleaning chemicals Maybe I missed the info on bring everything… everything you need though
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Karin s.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A true gem for a peaceful break in beautiful nature and the ocean on your doorstep.

We were truly surprised. The holiday house had everything and more than what we needed. It is spacious and the view of the ocean from the deck and from inside the house was a plus. Little swallow mom and dad feeding babies was so exciting to watch, that is something you do not see often. The host was friendly and insightful, we felt totally at home. Thank you Chris, for a lovely stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Oct 2024
What a lovely friendly couple. 10 out of 10 for house being left as you found it. Thanks
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Gareth L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

3 nights away

Has everything a bach has. Lots of cutlery, serving plates, drinkware, toaster, kettle. Just do a food shop before you come, bring some condiments and its all good. Cozy place with decent living area with couches for a couple familys or group. Pity stay wasnt longer.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Aire G.

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Stay

Bedding not very clean. 1 half roll toilet paper for 11 people for 3 days Limited kitchen cleaning product 1 small binliner 1 nights dishwasher powder a smidgen of dishwash liquid. Pushbutton locks on the bedrooms locked by small childern hard to get them open Welcome book had privilege rescinded instead of not having the pages in it at all. Owner came around twice during our stay. It did have a lovely view.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 17 June 2023
This person still owes me $120.00 for 2 extra people that came so I fully expected bad comments to cover up for not paying for extra people. He has promised to pay on several occasions but does not. Bedding dirty but I don't supply linen so his linen must be dirty. Duvets on beds had been washed prior to his arrival. The house is not advertised as serviced so they need to bring their supplies. Yes I went around to house twice to get the money but always an excuse about paying. There are security locks on bedroom doors but strange this was never mentioned to me when I went around.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Temeka S.

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication
Location FantasticCleanliness very disappointed smelt musty and damp.Amenities poor. Had to supply our gas bottle for bbq only to scrub off the mouse poop.very disappointed. No wifi...Water pressure poorOven poorMicrowave poorOld and dated.To much clutter.Very dusty and damp
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

colin s.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

👍

Thank uou
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

About the host

Hosted by chrion644

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Why they chose this property

House situated in centre of Okiwi Bay walking distance to beach waters edge ramp shop. Easy access view to the sea spacious

What makes this property unique

Flat section easy parking several vehicles

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