INDULGE, EXPLORE OR JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX
There's much to do at and around Paripuma. You might like to consider:
- Sparking your landscaping creativity or just learning about NZ's fascinating natives on a Paripuma garden tour
- Visiting nearby world class wineries; NZ's largest sustainable winery Yealands Estate and Awatere River Wine Company
- Eating crayfish on the Kaikoura coast - visit The Store, a 'Pacific Experience' cafe at Kekerengu (60km south of Paripuma)
- A wine tour of Marlborough wineries
- Pack a picnic and stroll along the beach to the bluffs in the distance (2-3 hour round trip, low tide only)
- Spotting Hector's Dolphins playing at the river mouth or see a whale offshore
- Whale-watching at Kaikoura (90km south of Paripuma)
- Hitting the slopes at the Rainbow Valley or Mt Lyford Ski Areas (both approx. 2 - 2.5 hours away)
- Surfing Paripuma's right hand point break (you'll need a steamer 4/3 wetsuit and your own equipment)
- Playing golf at the Awatere Valley Golf Club
- Exploring the high country on a Molesworth Station tour
- Hiking the stunning Saw Cut Gorge - a 3 hr return walk (turn off SH1 40km south of Paripuma)
- Cycling the Redwood Pass cycling track to Blenheim and back
- Trying your luck surf-casting or white-baiting (season dependant, please bring own equipment)
- Swimming in the Awatere River or the river mouth lagoon - with care, note we do not recommend ocean swimming