I would highly recommend Mount Nicholas as a destination for families and the hosts, Bruce and Adrianne our just lovely people who make you feel very welcome. The food is real home style cooking and heaps of it. The activity options are excellent and its a real get away from the hustle of city life.

The place to come and experience the beauty of the region, great food and genuine southern hospittality. Do nothing or wear yourself out walking in a photographers paradise. Not to mention the great hunting and fishing right on your doorstep.

For my parents and me, Mt Nicholas Lodge was the highlight of our trip around New Zealand's South Island. This working high country station (80,000+ acres) is tucked across the lake from Queenstown in a landscape that takes your breath away - wild and remote. The lodge is a small, cozy house near the lake-front, overlooking the activity of a... More

Stayed for four nights with my wife and three year old. Mt.Nicholas Lodge is a small three room homestead set in 100,000 acres of a sheep and cattle ranch. To give you an idea, the place is simply massive and is comprises a lake within its property, a couple of montain ranges,genrates its own electricity, farms its own organic vegetables... More