3916 Double Hill Run Road, Methven, Ashburton, Canterbury

Manuka Point Station Est 1863 - Rakaia Headwaters Methven Canterbury

So stunningly magnificent you never want to leave, breathtaking scenery from the magnificent Southern Alps on the doorstep, to the famed crystal-clear waters of the legendary braided rivers Rakaia and Mathias providing 21 kms of river frontage.

Internationally acclaimed as one of New Zealand's leading hunting and recreational estates and historically renowned for over 160 years.

Current owners, the Pattersons, have developed Manuka Point Station into a remarkable hunting and fishing paradise with safari and free-range hunting including red deer, fallow deer, himilayan thar and chamois. Superb fly fishing for trout and salmon when in season.

The Station boasts a superb architecturally designed lodge with world class accommodation and other Station activities also include beekeeping and manuka honey, jet boating, game bird shooting, horseback trekking, cattle grazing, heli and fixed wing tours of the Southern Alps.

The Station rises from 520 metres (1,706 ft) at the homestead to 2,184 metres (7,165 ft) at Hinge Peak the highest point.

The Station is 132kms (82 miles) from Christchurch Airport, 40 minutes by helicopter or 2 hours by road, and 50 kms from Methven. A private fleet of helicopters including for charter is just 5 minutes flying from the lodge. Manuka Point comprises 1,271 hectares (3,142 acres) freehold and 11,138 hectares (27,522 acres) concessionary land.

Our vendors passion and dedication to Manuka Point Station has created a unique estate protecting the extraordinary natural beauty of the environment alongside the recreational hunting estate. 2024 will see the first plantings of native Totara for a future native forestry venture.

This is a truly amazing opportunity to invest in arguably, one of the rare and superb parts of New Zealand's alpine high country with complete seclusion, a going concern business, and a getaway. As said, once there you never want to leave.