Summary:
Ride across the road onto the Redwoods trails, then home to a cosy farm cottage with paddocks and birdsong all round? Whare Marie is the one...

📍 Ride » Redwoods trails, across the road
📍 10 min » Te Puia, Polynesian & Waiariki Spa
📍 20 min » Skyline, Zorb & Canopy Tours
📍 12 min » Rotorua Airport

✅ Lockable garage for bikes and gear
✅ Sleeps 5 - queen, double & single rooms
✅ 5 min drive to the Blue Lake
✅ Heat pump, washing machine, 108 Mbps WiFi

The Space:
Ride out to the Redwoods trails in the morning, then come home to a warm timber cottage with paddocks, bush and birdsong all round. Whare Marie is a three-bedroom, single-level cottage on a working lifestyle block at the rural end of Lynmore, Rotorua, right across the road from Whakarewarewa Forest. Bikes go in the lockable garage, the heat pump keeps the lounge toasty, and the board games come out after dinner.

HIGHLIGHTS
⭐️ Ride to the Redwoods trails - a private track leads from beside the driveway down to Tarawera Road and the forest entrance opposite
⭐️ Lockable single garage for bikes, helmets and gear
⭐️ Washing machine in the laundry for muddy riding kit
⭐️ Farm paddocks, bush and birdsong all round
⭐️ Timber-lined lounge with a heat pump, sectional sofa and TV
⭐️ White kitchen and a dining table beside big windows onto the garden
⭐️ Shower over the bath - handy for little ones after a forest walk
⭐️ Board games for slow evenings in
⭐️ Covered pergola deck and lawn for a morning coffee
⭐️ The Blue Lake (Tikitapu) is a 5-minute drive away

- BEDROOMS -
Master bedroom: Queen bed, with windows onto the bush
Bedroom 2: Double bed
Bedroom 3: Single bed
Sleeps 5 in total. All bedding and linen supplied.

- BATHROOMS -
One bathroom with a shower over the bath, plus a separate laundry with a washing machine.

- LIVING AREA -
Warm timber walls throughout. The lounge has a sectional sofa, TV and a heat pump for year-round comfort. The white kitchen has an oven, stove, microwave, fridge-freezer, toaster, kettle and coffee maker, and the dining table sits by big windows looking onto the garden.

- OUTDOOR AREA -
A covered pergola deck steps down to the lawn, with flax, mature trees and paddocks all around - lovely for a morning coffee or a quiet drink at the end of a ride. A private track leads from beside the driveway down to the road for the Redwoods trails.

- PARKING -
A lockable single garage for bikes and gear, plus free off-street parking on the property.

Guest Access:
You'll have the whole cottage to yourselves, including the lockable garage for bikes and gear, the deck and the garden.

The Neighborhood:
Whare Marie sits at the quiet, rural end of Lynmore, Rotorua, where the lifestyle blocks begin along Tarawera Road. Whakarewarewa Forest - the Redwoods - is right across the road, with mountain-bike trails and forest walks on your doorstep, and the Redwoods Treewalk about 10 minutes' drive away. Carry on along Tarawera Road and the Blue Lake (Tikitapu) is about 5 minutes away for a swim or a lakeside walk, or head back into town for supermarkets, cafés and restaurants. Te Puia, the Polynesian Spa and Waiariki Spa are all around 10 minutes away. A great base for a riding weekend or a quiet family break.

Getting Around:
A car is the way to go here - most of Rotorua's attractions are a short drive. Te Puia, the Polynesian Spa and Waiariki Spa are around 10 minutes away, Rotorua Airport about 12, and Skyline, Zorb and Canopy Tours roughly 20. Mobile signal can drop out on the last stretch of Tarawera Road, so have your arrival instructions handy before you leave town. Riders can head straight down the private track to the road and across to the forest entrance.

Other Things to Note:
Whare Marie is a rural cottage on a working lifestyle farm block with farm animals - horses, cattle and sheep - so the usual farm hazards exist outside the cottage garden area. The forest entrance is on the opposite side of Tarawera Road, a busy road with fast-moving vehicles, so take extreme care crossing. There's a heat pump in the lounge, a lockable garage for bikes, and WiFi at around 108 Mbps.

Interaction with Guests:
If you need anything at all during your stay, just send us a message 💬 - happy to help 😊