Hawke's Bay
Art Deco, Pinot Noir country, and the world's most theatrical farmstay above the Pacific.
Courtesy of The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Robertson Lodges
Hawke's Bay sits on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island — a sun-soaked agricultural valley fringed by surf coast and dotted with the country's best wineries. Napier was levelled by a 1931 earthquake and rebuilt in pure Art Deco; the result is one of the most coherent Deco towns on earth. Twenty minutes south, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers occupies 6,000 acres of working sheep station perched 460 feet above the Pacific — a Tom Doak golf course, a gannet colony at the cliff edge, and rooms that look out at a horizon broken only by the curve of the earth.
November-April (NZ summer); February is the height of the wine festival season
3-5 nights recommended
Wine Lovers, Golfers, Romantic Getaways, Culture Seekers
Cliff-edge lodges and vineyard estates above the Pacific.
The Farm at Cape Kidnappers
A 6,000-acre working farm and lodge on cliffs above the Pacific.
- Tom Doak golf course (top 10 worldwide)
- Gannet colony tours
- Lodge-to-table dining
Black Barn Vineyards
A boutique vineyard with cottage stays and a celebrated cellar door.
- Single-vineyard tastings
- Outdoor amphitheatre
- Saturday growers' market
Craggy Range
A vineyard estate beneath Te Mata Peak, with cottage and main-house accommodation.
- Te Mata views
- Terrôir restaurant
- Family-owned cellar door
The Farm at Cape Kidnappers
Courtesy of The Farm at Cape Kidnappers · Robertson Lodges · Fora Travel
Clifftop Farm
Lodge Dining
Lodge at Sunset
Syrah and Chardonnay country, with a farm-to-table tradition that's at the centre of the region's identity.
- A vertical Syrah tasting at Craggy Range or Trinity Hill — both world-class
- Lunch at Bistronomy in Napier — Art Deco room, modern New Zealand kitchen
- A long dinner at Terrôir at Craggy Range, Te Mata Peak in the distance
- Saturday morning at the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market in Hastings
Cliff air, vineyard light, gannet cries, and the kind of quiet that 6,000 acres provides.
- Sunrise on the Cape Kidnappers cliffs — the gannets are already at work
- A walk along Marine Parade in Napier as the Deco light kicks in
- The drive up Te Mata Peak just before sunset
- A round of golf at Cape Kidnappers — the back nine is essentially the cliff edge
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