Welcome to Coleraine Cottage - New Zealand Farmstay & Fishing Lodge

Coleraine Cottage is situated 6 km east of Lumsden in Southern New Zealand on a 1000 acre deer and beef farm. Your hosts are John & Jacky McLean who, with their two daughters Jordan and Ashleigh and son Rory reside just down the drive at the farm homestead.

You can enjoy perfect self contained living, relax and experience country tranquillity, take in a scenic walk, independently explore the farm landscape via a 4 km laneway, view the wetland and native tussock areas of the Upper Waimea stream, including Queen Elizabeth II Trust open space covenant being 8.3 hectares. We also invite our guests to a complementary farm tour (1hr approximately).

Our self contained farmstay is an ideal location for fishermen and an ideal base in a peaceful rural setting for you while touring Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Te Anau, Manapouri, Queenstown, Invercargill and the Southern Scenic Route. It's just a 50 minute drive to Te Anau and Manapouri, Fiordland National Park, and Queenstown 1 hour 15 minutes drive. Wanaka is 2 hours away, easily visited for a day trip. Invercargill is 1 hour drive and the nearby towns of Gore and Winton are only 55 kms down the road.

Southland’s rivers are internationally renowned as among the world’s best brown trout fisheries and John can provide expert local knowledge of fishing areas. The Mataura and Oreti Rivers are a 10 minute drive and the Five Rivers Tributaries are only 15 minutes away. Also nearby is the Aparima River and Mavora Lakes district which can be accessed in a 30 minute drive, providing both the brown trout and rainbow trout anglers an abundance of choice.

Coleraine Cottage is affordable, self contained accommodation, ideal for a short or long term farmstay and as a central base for your Southern New Zealand experience (a weekly tariff is available - please enquire).

Your hosts John and Jacky will take pleasure in providing you the hospitality and local knowledge that will enhance your precious holiday ‘moment in time’