About this property
Comfortable Accommodations: Kotare BandB in Geraldine offers adults-only bed and breakfast accommodations with private check-in and check-out services. Each room features a kitchenette, balcony, and private bathroom with garden or mountain views. Exceptional Facilities: Guests enjoy a sun terrace, garden, and free WiFi. Additional amenities include a private outdoor seating area, picnic spots, bicycle parking, and free on-site private parking. Delicious Breakfast: A variety of breakfast options are available, including continental, American, full English/Irish, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free. Breakfast includes warm dishes, juice, cheese, and fruits. Activities and Services: The property offers yoga classes, skiing, hiking, cycling, and film nights. Guests can also enjoy room service, daily housekeeping, and a paid shuttle service. Richard Pearse Airport is 19 mi away.
Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.9 for a two-person trip.
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Most popular amenities
- Free parking
- Free Wifi
- Non-smoking rooms
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Room service
- Breakfast
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Emi
United States“Kotare is a countryside gem in the hills of Geraldine. So peaceful with lovely views. The property is beautiful with a wonderful garden with lots of fruit trees. Our room and bathroom were spacious and comfortable, especially the huge bed! It was...”
Charles
United States“Hello, we are down to our last hours before we head home. We will be back! I mentioned it would be hard to beat staying at your place and it is true. We were beat up, tired, overwhelmed and we felt calm and safe our first night. We appreciate you...”
Karen
New Zealand“The accommodation was amazing
Well worth staying
Rhys & Anne are wonderful hosts and endeavour to make your stay a memorable one”
Vikki
United Kingdom“Fantastic B&B. Beautiful views, warm welcome, lovely clean accommodation and great breakfast.”
Jing
Singapore“The warm and personal touch. Attention to the smallest detail.”
Ian
United Kingdom“Friendly reception from our hosts, made us feel at home and relaxed straight away. Room wonderful with comfy bed. Very clean. Lovely quiet location with garden views, plenty of birdlife to watch and listen to. Would strongly recommend”
Steve
United Kingdom“The one guest room is spacious and comfortable with wonderful views of the countryside and mountains. It is stuffed with books and there's eco products and a variety of complimentary snacks and drinks.
We had a glorious breakfast in a sunny spot...”
Ann
New Zealand“The breakfast choices were excellent and large servings.
The room was large and great options of books, DVDs and games although we had taken our own.”
Christoph
Germany“Excellent facilities, Rhys and Anna are very friendly and helpfull in providing travel information. Breakfast was extensive, you can select from a variety dishes which are prepared freshly. Kotare is located in a beautyfull landscape and can also...”
Robert
New Zealand“The breakfast was very enjoyable and delicious. There was lots of home grown organic produce and baking. Rhys and Anna were a goldmine of knowledge on the history and attractions of the area and one of Anna's suggestions turned out to be a...”
Hosted by Rhys Taylor & Anne Griffiths
10
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Rhys Taylor & Anne Griffiths
This architect-designed, energy-efficient extension to our private home provides a private, boutique Bed and Breakfast. It is made for visitors who appreciate tranquility, flower gardens, bird-song, mountain views, home-grown food and a place to truly relax. Attractive interior design and furnishings on a NZ Kingfisher (Kotare) theme and many home comforts, are earning us Geraldine's 'top-rating' reviews. We enjoy preparing breakfasts to order from our seasonal menu and can cater for special diets. Building accessibility for those with limited mobility is to Level 4 Lifemark standard. We provide an affordable luxury!
Anne is a creative cook whose cakes are proving popular in the Geraldine Summer Saturdays Farmer's Market, whilst Rhys leads on savoury dishes. We are 'foodies', according to our friends. Gardening is a passion and includes a productive fruit orchard. Music important to us - its been fun hosting several visiting musicians in the past year (see video clips on our website) and we also volunteer help to a local music performance and participation venue: Geraldine Academy of Performance and Arts. We cycle, support Geraldine cinema (for big-screen movies viewed from armchairs), dance and sing in a community choir. After over a decade living in South Canterbury we know the area and its visitor attractions well, including off the beaten track. We recommend this area for long weekends or 'slow tourism' instead of rushing through the South Island driving every day!
A Geraldine local history museum, not one but three car and old farm vehicle museums, a cinema, summer heated swimming pool, gym, squash and tennis, croquet and archery, two golf courses, a gin-distillery, a craft brewery, lace collection, bookshop, several art galleries and all the essential services of a country town are available within 5km. A range of off-road walking and cycling tracks nearby, plus companies who'll take you on outdoor and river-based adventures, horse riding or sight-seeing in the high country farms. Skifields within reach too. A great base for exploring South Canterbury on day trips: between Waimate, Fairlie, Tekapo, Mt Cook, Mayfield, Darfield and the coast at Timaru.
Language spoken: English
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Amenities of Kotare BandB
Great facilities! Review score, 10
Most popular amenities
- Free parking
- Free Wifi
- Non-smoking rooms
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Room service
- Breakfast
House rules
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Check-in
From 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Check-out
From 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Enter your stay dates and check the conditions of your selected option.
Children & Beds
Child policies
Children not allowed.
Crib and extra bed policies
Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.
No age restriction
There's no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Payments by Booking.com
Booking.com takes your payment for this stay on behalf of the property, but make sure you have cash for any extras once you get there.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
