Experience traditional New Zealand farming on a Hill Country Farm on Banks Peninsula. See sheep dogs working and get a hands-on demonstration on mustering sheep. Try your skills at shearing a sheep and handling the wool. Listen to the history of Akaroa and the early settlers and enjoy afternoon tea and scones on the homestead verandah.

Murray Johns, the farmer of Paua Bay Farm, will welcome you upon arrival and lead you through the colourful history of his family, being farmers on that very spot for five generations.

Pick up the guide book from the Akaroa Information Centre, and allow two hours for the full walk.

A popular course with panoramic views. This delightful 18 hole golf course occupies 28 hectares of undulating country at the head of picturesque Akaroa harbour. It is regarded as one of the most scenic courses in Canterbury.We hire out equipment at a reasonable rate. Please phone us for all your enquiries.

Akaroa has a unique place in New Zealand’s history as the only French settlement in the country. This tiny village, 85 kilometres south east of Christchurch on the Banks Peninsula (named after Lieutenant James Cook’s botanist Joseph Banks), was settled by 63 French people in 1840, 70 years after it was sighted and named by Cook on his voyage across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand and Australia. Banks Peninsula is an extinct volcano which lies east of Christchurch and is characterised by its circular shape, steep sided hills that sweep down to beautiful inlets and bays below. With tussock hills as a backdrop to the town and the inlet, Akaroa is a well-preserved gem of history.