Karitane Family Holiday Seaside Accommodation

Karitane (Waikouaiti), near Dunedin, New Zealand
Karitane estuary and sea beaches drone views
Karitane Tidal Estuary and Ocean Beach
A great place for your family holiday get-away

Looking for a great family holiday adventure water-side on an estuary? ....
Just 30 minutes from Dunedin, Karitane offers perhaps the best water-world in NZ, an ocean beach with expanses of white sand,
a tidal estuary with a host and variety of sea birds, through which flows the Waikouaiti river.
Just minutes away is also the Waikouaiti Beach, a sweeping bay of white sand and surf.

Swimming, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, jet skiing, boating, fishing, kite flying, or just a lazy day
at the beach or playing in the sand, catching crabs, pippies, all those wonderfull seaside adventures!

Enjoy this unique holiday experience at our compact Family Studio water-side accommodation

Looking at the holiday studio from the beach Looking into the holiday studio yard View from the holiday studio at high tide
Studio interior showing double bed bunks and table Studio interior showing double bed, table and chairs Studio interior showing kitchen area

Please email us to enquire or to request a booking (karitane@xtra.co.nz) ... click here ---> Email enquiry

Now on a special price of $145 per night for 2 adults and 1-2 children (all inclusive with no extra hidden costs)
(minimum 2 nights, negotiable for stays a week or longer, booking via email)

seagulls
Studio Kitchen and Dining
(All kitchen facilities provided)
Double bed and 2 single bunks
(Linen provided for bed, sleeping bags for bunks)
Shower and Toilet
(Towels etc provided)
Outside BBQ and seating areas
Off street car park
Estuary access (low tide sand, high tide shallow water)
Kayaks, outside and inside games provided
red billed seagull flying

drone view of studio holiday family accommodation

The Family Holiday Studio on the Karitane Estuary, with Waikouaiti Beach top of photo

the beach at low tide in front of the studio

Enjoy our very own beach

view from the studio deck at high tide in the estuary at Karitane view of the estuary at Karitane from the studio deck at low tide

Kayak, paddle board, fish, paddle safely at high tide, wander all over at low tide, collect pippies, play a game


the new-zealand kotuku (maori) or white heron
Bird life is just so prolific, from the majestic White Heron (Kotuku), the likes of the Royal Spoonbill, and all manner of Oyster Catchers, Pied Stilts, Godwits, Seagulls and Ducks of course, and Black Swans, Swallows....
Day and evening scenes are special, the light is varied and spectacular.
the evening sunset view
a pair of seagulls flying
morning view with pied stilts, oyster catchers, godwits
not really a dragon but rather a novel piece of driftwood
Our Dragon ... keeping watch, tide height indicator, a dry perch.
Take a stroll alongside the nearby Hawksbury Lagoon for a great nature walk. Hawksbury lagoon at Waikouaiti with a great selection of sea birds
Huriawa Pa and the walking hiking trail track around it
Huriawa Pa peninsular walk, well worth the 35 minute stroll to see spectacular views of the coast.

Nearby activities and services...

              • Estuary: - immediate

              • Waikouaiti beach via kayak: - how quick can you paddle?

              • Karitane Beach: - 5 minute stroll (take in the "Columnar Jointing" rock formations at the southern end)

              • Playgounds: - 4 minute stroll, towards the beach

              • Karitane Store (food, wood-fired pizza, petrol, city bus): - 4 minute stroll

              • Waikouaiti shops (Cafe, Fish n Chips, Hotel, Grocery, Hardware, Library, etc: - 3 minute drive

              • Walk around Huriawa Pa peninsula on a well-formed track suitable for children - take in spectacular views
                and read plaques with the history of the area (35 minutes): - 5 minute stroll to start/finish

              • Walk around Hawksbury lagoon in Waikouaiti and enjoy this wildlife refuge providing habitat for sea-birds
                and native birds which can be seen from the causeways: - 4 minute drive to start

              • Puketeraki Lookout for spectacular views: - 5 minute drive (or cycle)

              • Orokonui Ecosanctuary, an ecological island wildlife reserve developed by the Otago Natural History Trust: - 15 minute drive

              • Dunedin City: - 30 minute drive on Hwy 1

Please email us to enquire or to request a booking (karitane@xtra.co.nz) ... click here ---> send us an enquiry email


white faced grey heron mallard duck family lapwing plover sea bird black swans and signets canadian geese family

Royal Spoonbill preening while the Oystercatchers watch. Massive Seagull fly-over, Spoonbills and Oystercatchers on the beach out front of the Studio.