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Farm Stay - Self Contained.

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Woodstock: view of the front deck
Luxurious living area
Dining area outfitted for gourmet dining
View from queen room with adjoining bathroom
Luxurious ensuite to king bedroom

Reviews

9.8 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Explore, experience, enjoy
    Guests like the location for activities and attractions nearby.
3 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 6

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Washer/dryer
  • Barbecue
  • Deck or patio
  • Free Wi-Fi

Explore the area

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Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty
  • Place, Te Pā Tū
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Redwoods Whakarewarewa Forest
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, Polynesian Spa
    ‪19 min drive‬
  • Airport, Rotorua (ROT-Rotorua Regional)
    ‪28 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 4

+1
2 Single Beds, 1 Queen Bed, 1 King Bed and 1 Crib

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

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

About this property

Farm Stay - Self Contained.

Woodstock is a 750 acre working sheep/beef farm. Located just 10 min drive from Rotorua amidst world famous New Zealand thermal and cultural area. Modern, award winning 3 bedroom/3 bathroom home with every room opening to decks overlooking famous Green Lake. Home is equipped with every imaginable luxurious amenity including underfloor heating, wood burning fireplace in lounge, large washer/dryer, free WiFi, croquet etc.
**25% deposit due upon booking. Payment due 30 days prior to arrival, if cancellation is made 30 days prior to arrival, you will receive full refund.**

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
25% deposit due upon booking, payment due 30 days prior to arrival, if cancellation is made 30 days prior to arrival, you will receive full refund
We will not tolerate more guests than are paid for staying at the house - the number of occupants will be confirmed at some point during your stay
The nightly rate is $450 for two guests. Any additional guests will be $75 dollars per person, per night.

Important information

You need to know

Property # 252421
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 not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
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

Tumunui

Located in Tumunui, this holiday home is in a rural area and on a lake. Te Pā Tū and Whakarewarewa: The Living Maori Village are cultural highlights, and some of the area's attractions include Rotorua Arts Village and Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre. Travelling with kids? Consider Waimangu Cauldron and Lakes Performing Arts Centre. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty

What's nearby

  • Te Pā Tū - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Redwoods Whakarewarewa Forest - 7 min drive - 14.9 km
  • Polynesian Spa - 19 min drive - 20.3 km
  • Skyline Rotorua - 25 min drive - 29.5 km
  • Mitai Maori Village - 26 min drive - 29.8 km

Getting around

  • Rotorua (ROT-Rotorua Regional) - 21 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cafe Nature @Waimangu - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Planet Bike - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪Trail Kitchen - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Vis Teahouse - ‬27 min drive
  • ‪Airstream Café - ‬21 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Farm Stay - Self Contained. pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Farm Stay - Self Contained. ?

As of 7 July 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Farm Stay - Self Contained. on 24 July 2026 start from AU$516, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Farm Stay - Self Contained. ?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Farm Stay - Self Contained. ?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Farm Stay - Self Contained. ?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Farm Stay - Self Contained. located?

This family-friendly Tumunui holiday home is located on a lake, 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Te Pā Tū, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Lake Rotokakahi and Lake Tikitapu. Rotorua Central Mall and Lake Tarawera are also within 9 miles (15 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 28 reviews
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Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 28 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ingrid M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful and comfortable accommodation away from the crowds, but only a short drive to town and all the sites. Jen was a fantastic host with clear communication throughout.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Jan 2026
So glad you had a great time at Woodstock!! Thank you for being great guests too!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Heather L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Our host was welcoming and made us feel right at home even over a few messages. The house was clean, had all the amenities, a full kitchen. The views were beautiful!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Janna B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The property was amazing! The house was attractive and well-equipped. The views were stunning with hiking out the back door. It was close to so many great sites. Highly recommend!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jason B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The Ford Family were wonderful hosts. The house had everything we needed and the views were breathtaking. Well worth the drive out of Rotorua. Still conveniently located to town, but so incredibly peaceful. We LOVED this home. Of all of our travels this has been our favorite place so far. Well worth it!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Adrienne C.

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

Excellent

Loved everything about the place.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Irene S.

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

Serene Getaway in Beautiful Setting

Comfortable, Clean Bright Home Excellent Communication with Owners
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Apr 2024
Thank you for booking with us, Irene. We hope you enjoy the rest of your trip to NZ!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sisi J.

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

Gorgeous Woodstock

This house is incredible, thank you Jen & family for sharing this special place. The view is out of this world. The house is clean & well equipped with everything you need for a relaxing stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Jan 2025
We are SO glad you had a wonderful time at our home! Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Hope to see you again. Cheers!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Blake B.

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

Best house on our vacation by far.

This is the house dreams are made of. The house is stunning, modern and super clean. The views of Green Lake and the surrounding countryside are like a screen saver come to life. Makes us want to come back to New Zealand just to stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 20 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying Blake! Do come back!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

rob w.

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

Fantastic home in a fascinating area

This a beautiful place to stay when visiting Rotorua. The farm is spacious, comfortable, equipped with everything you could possibly need, and has an exquisite serene setting on top of hill looking onto fields with sheep and cows, and to Green Lake. Loved it!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 27 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking the time to let us know how your holiday was, Rob! We sure love our home, there's a rich history here which we are fortunate to share with people like you!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

john w.

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

Heaven

We needed a peaceful rest and found it. The setting, furnishings, linens were perfect. Everything you could need was supplied . Definitely our lucky find
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 16 Oct 2022
Thank you for this great review! We hope you'll come back again.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kirsten O.

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

Beautiful home in stunning rural location

This is an amazing property. Great farm location with magic views, but super close to Rotorua and all it offers. Well appointed, comfortable, gracious home. Excellent information and communication wirh hosts.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 12 Jan 2025
Thank you for leaving us such a nice review!! We are so glad that you and your friends had a great time at our home, please come again!!!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Susan N.

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

Peaceful and private escape

This property is smart and tidy, peaceful & quiet, and the views are amazing. It is close enough to Rotorua to just nip back and forwards, and ticks all our boxes. Thank you so much.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tanya v.

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

Amazing Stay

We stayed at this property for a week and we can highly recommend it. Communication with the owners was quick and easy! This property is absolutely amazing!! The house was comfortable and spotless!! Had everything you’d need from books to games for the kids. We loved sitting outside drinking coffee enjoying the breathtaking view and watching the sheep. Will definitely book this property again for our next trip!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 23 Nov 2024
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay Tanya! Thank you for your glowing review. We sure love our home too!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dennis P.

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

Excellent choice for a rural & relaxing stay

This is a wonderful property that is well appointed and highly functional. We enjoyed the livestock grazing right out the windows, the quietness of a more remote location, and beautiful moonlit starry nights. There is a 15 minute drive to town to keep in mind, but it was easy to access the many activities in the Rotorua area from here. The host communication was timely, welcoming, and clear.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2024
Thank you for booking at our home, Dennis! And thank you for the lovely review, we sure enjoy our farm oasis! Hope you had a wonderful time in NZ overall!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lora H.

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

Worth the Extra Few Minutes Drive

Beautiful country home about 15 minutes out of Rotorua. Gorgeous rolling hills with a lake view. Farm home is one level living. Rooms sprawl down a long hallway and every bedroom opens onto the rear deck. Homeowners have thought of everything. If you are looking for some peace and quiet with access to town when you want it, this is a terrific option.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 20 Feb 2024
Thanks for coming to stay Lori, we’re so glad you enjoyed your time at our home!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Scott F.

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

Amazing Location and Stay!

If I could give this property six stars, I would. The views from the home towards Green Lake are just amazing. The house was very clean and had a very lovely family history documented throughout, which really added to our stay. Everything was what we expected and more. The wow! factor of the location cannot be overstated. Waking up to the "baaa" of the sheep, the views of the beautiful dark night sky, hiking over the property surrounded by the stock, etc. was just amazing. Jen had excellent communication before and throughout our trip. I would highly recommend a stay here if you are looking to get away from downtown Rotorua (which is only a quick 10 minute drive or so). I hope to visit here again when we return to New Zealand!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 7 Jan 2025
What a kind review, Scott! We are so glad that you and your family enjoyed their stay, especially over Christmas. It's a magical place that has been in our family for many decades, and we're so happy to have shared it with you! Hope you can come again! Jen & Family
Verified

2/10 Terrible

James H.

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

Great place to stay

A great spot with fantastic views to Green lake and the surrounding countryside. Clean, tidy with everything you need. Only 10 minutes drive to the Waipa mountain bike hub.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Adam S.

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

5*

Amazing location, great house and excellent service from Donna in answering any questions.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Duncan T.

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

Family holiday at the farm

We had a fantastic stay at Woodstock. Great property with amazing view of the lake. We loved that we could have the farm experience with the kids but still be close to the city.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Judith D.

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

A Slice of Paradise

Woodstock Farm exceeded are expectations in so many ways....position, amenity, comfort + the breathtaking unforgettable views.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lisa R.

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

Magical

Wonderful property. The views across the hills and lakes were outstanding. The home was wonderfully set out, with all comforts thought of and it was absolutely sparkling clean. We loved the privacy, the cows and sheep on the hills and the bird life. Just a few minutes out of town so super convenient but also relaxed and private. Close to everything we had planned and a great place to return at the end of each day of adventure. Donna sent clear welcoming emails before we arrived and we enjoyed reading the interesting family history via the photographs along the hallway.. We would love to return! Very grateful to have experienced this amazing part of the world.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lesley J.

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

Lake views

An extremely comfortable, well-equipped house close to Rotorua for a family get-away. Mesmerising views of Green Lake from every room. Many thanks, Donna.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lauren M.

Stunning and perfect in every way!

Drop dead gorgeous with everything and more that we were hoping for!
Stayed 13 nights in Sep 2018
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Nicole H.

Fantastic!

Our family of 6 stayed at this fantastic house during the winter school holidays. It was perfect. The view of the lakes and surrounding farm, down the valley, was absolutely amazing. We enjoyed lovely walks in the surrounding area. The location is very handy for Rotorua (without the smell). It was very warm (underfloor heating and a fire) and welcoming. Super clean. It felt like a home but was very stylish (none of the shabby furniture and odds and ends often found in holiday homes). There were photos of the family on the walls and some interesting history about the land. The owner Donna was lovely and managed the booking very efficiently. She called during our stay to see how things were. It had all the facilities we could hope for. Enormous American-style washing machine and dryer which was great. Lovely big rooms. Nice linen. Sheep outside for the children to feed. Great flat lawn for playing. Very safe. Our son is 2 years old and we felt he was perfectly safe. A cot and other children's things were provided (their grandchildren often stay). I thoroughly recommend staying here. We had a great family holiday and will be back!
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Eve M.

Amazing view !

We are a family of 5 and earlier this month, we stayed 4 nights at Woodstock Farm. And we loved it there!!!! The house is very comfortable, clean an filled up with useful things (good games for children, big washing machine and dryer, boots and raincoat that we can borrow...). It was much more than what we expected.Donna was very helpful with her ideas of places to go with children. The walk to the lake is the must-do. House location is close to Roturua and very easy to find. We sincerely hope to come again one day. Many thanks to Donna

About the host

Hosted by Donna Ford

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We have owned Woodstock since 1995. This beautiful home was built in 2005 overlooking a private lake - The Green Lake. We share our time between Canada and New Zealnd

Why they chose this property

Close proximity to Rotorua New Zealand - tourist capital of New Zealand - world known for thermal activity and Maori culture. Located within short driving distance to Taupo (world famous trout fishing & golf).
The gorgeous ocean beaches of Mount Manganui just a short drive away.

What makes this property unique

Privacy, luxury, beauty.

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