Join us at our cellar door, tapas and cocktail bar, and relax in the sunshine beneath our wisteria covered pergola or enjoy comfortable indoor seating year-round. Sip a beautifully crafted cocktail and unwind in a truly Golden Bay setting, the perfect way to spend, or end, your visit.

Our ever-changing cocktail and tapas menu highlights seasonal ingredients and is regularly updated on our website.

Opening hours:
12 noon – 8pm Mon to Sun

Check our website for winter hours & event schedules

Collingwood is a historic little town where you can grab a bite to eat, visit all the local shops and galleries, and head down to the flat beach for a wander.

Climb the Tākaka Hill via ferrata. Join a guided tour so you can enjoy the thrill without the worry. Guides look after your safety, provide all the equipment, teach you the skills, and tell the stories of marble mountain.

Tours run daily, book online

We offer a great selection of day walks and multi-day packages throughout the Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks. Explore some of the spectacular scenery Golden Bay has to offer with an informative, local guide.

Ligar Bay is a shallow golden sand beach, one of the warmer swimming spots. At low tide your little ones can safely splash around in warm tidal pools or explore the rocks along the western end to find crabs. With several BBQ areas and no boating, Ligar Bay is a peaceful picnicking beach.

Wharariki is not a safe swimming beach, with its strong currents and wild seas. But it is a fantastic place to spend a day, running down the huge sand dunes, exploring the caves, and at the right time of year you can watch baby seals splashing in the rock pools.

Dancing Sands is a family-run distillery crafting premium Gin, Rum and Vodka.

Our Tasting Room and Cellar Door is open to the public year round Monday to Saturday. Come in and visit us for a tasting and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how we craft each batch.

Tata Beach is a deeper beach for swimming at any time of day and is always radiant with its iconic yellow-gold sand. Tata is also home to a boat ramp, so is buzzing with boats and water sports in the height of summer.

Easy walk, from 5 min to 3 hours.
Suitable for the whole family plus the dog (kept under control), there are multiple access points to these sprawling trails through regenerating forest, swamps and lagoons, all fringed by a peaceful beach and estuary. Pick up a map from one of the boxes, make a donation if you are able, and consider returning the map for others once you are finished. The tracks are mostly flat with a few rises and tree roots,they are not not suitable for wheelchairs or prams.

Gateway to the northern end of the Abel Tasman National Park. Islands, rock formations and an abundance of wildlife. Guided tours, family tours, freedom rentals and stand up paddle board hire.

Patons Rock and Parapara are both small settlements with sweeping shallow beaches, perfect for a picnic with small children, easy swimming, or head out in a kayak for a paddle.

Puponga is almost as far as you can drive west, another flat tidal beach at the base of Farewell Spit, the longest natural sand spit in the world. However, the road carries on a bit further past Cape Farewell to one of the Bay's most spectacular beaches -- Wharariki Beach -- the northernmost point of the South Island.

Onekaka Wharf can be found just past The Mussel Inn, an iconic eatery and live music venue where you must first stop for a local brew and bite to eat. Turn down Washbourn Road to reach what remains of the old wharf and tramline, remnants from Onekaka's ironworks in the 1920s.

Discover the stunning Ngarua Caves with its extensive and breathtaking variety of stalagmites and stalactites, also featuring an excellent skeletal display of the extinct moa.

Ride the Red Bus - Gannet Colony Tour, Lighthouse Tour and Wader Watch.

Locally owned and operated for more than 65 years. Farewell Spit is a Nature Reserve and Wetland of International Importance.

Come with us and find out why, while you feel the sun on your face, the breeze in your hair and the sand between your toes. Departure times are set by the tide so bookings are essential.

Rangihaeata, with its remnants of a kahikatea forest right on the beach, is wonderful for walking your dog at low tide.

Spectacular flightseeing tours: Farewell Spit, West Coast, Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks. Nationwide air charter. Rental Cars.

Golden Bay Air operates scheduled flights between Wellington and Takaka and Karamea and Takaka with connecting ground transport to the Heaphy Track and Abel Tasman National Park.

Wainui Bay marks the start of the Abel Tasman National Park and is bursting with beauty, also offering multiple walking tracks, including the short hikes to Wainui Falls, or out to Taupo Point.

Beach trails, pub rides, swim with horses, vaulting, cart rides. Hackactivities off the beaten track.
Beach access to Patons Rock beach, horses, glow worm track, wifi.

Hack Farm
Horse Activities and Accommodation - for Outrider

Hack'n Stay is dedicated to those who want to enjoy the simple things in life.

Bring your own horse or enjoy time with one of ours.
Take a sulky or cart ride along the beach.
Ride bare back along the golden sands.

The Village Theatre is the "best little cinema in the Galaxy" situated in the heart of Takaka, Golden Bay. Since its inception in 1984, our rural cinema has not only survived but, in the hands of a charitable trust, has flourished into a star of the Bay's quirky cultural scene. We double up as a playhouse, concert hall and meeting place and keep tradition alive by having an Intermission. Come and enjoy movies at our state of the art surround system and relax in temperature controlled comfort year round.

An art museum in a 120 year old heritage Post Office, named after the nearby Aorere River.

Showcasing significant and iconic New Zealand and international artists. Eleven rooms of art featuring paintings, prints, photography and ceramics, alongside a sculpture garden, small reference library, shop and children’s creative space. Boutique accommodation available.

Open: 10am - 5pm, Thursday - Monday, September - June.

Catch your very own fresh salmon and have it ready to eat on the spot! All the gear you need is provided at no cost and there's no entry fee. Simply pay per weight for what you catch. Open year round 7 days a week from 10am. Bring your camera and go for the catch of the day!