Waitarere Beach is the perfect place to enjoy a relaxed pace of life. Get away for a weekend or mix business and pleasure with the convenience of working remotely with unlimited fibre broadband. Enjoy beach and forest walks or fabulous lazy days watching TV, DVDs playing games or reading books by the fire. The bach is regularly checked by the owners to ensure a high quality of cleanliness, presentation and well maintained facilities. Our pricing is based on 2 adults with up to 2 children staying free. Each additional adult $20, additional child $10 per night on top of base rate. Small children are kept safe on the deck with a slide in gate. Watch the kids riding their bikes around the cul de sac enjoying with a glass of wine on the front deck or relax under the sunshade in the BBQ area. Beach access just across the road for a safe, serene 5-7 min walk to the beach through 2 pedestrian walkways. The Beach Retreat is just a short stroll away from the local Four Square, 2 local cafe/restaurants/ takeaway outlets. The local Bowling Club does a great meal on a Friday night. Visit the historic site of the grounding of ship the Hydrabad down the beach and check out Middle Earth which is a children's playground situated in the forest at the southern end of Waitarere. Enjoy swimming on the safe beach with surf lifesaving patrols operating in the summer months. Waitarere has 2 large forestry areas accessible to the public and vehicles can easily access/are permitted on the beach. The Public Reserve has a children's playground, half pipe, BBQ facilities and tennis courts. In summer there is the Big Dig and the popular Waitarere Forest Run is held every April. SOUTH: LEVIN: a huge Children's Adventure Playground, Movie Theatre, Aquatic Centre and Golf Course Ruahini Forest Park - various hiking trails. In the hills behind Levin. OTAKI: (30 mins) a variety of outlet stores. Captivate Adventures - outdoor adventure company up the Otaki Gorge for rafting etc NORTH: PALMERSTON NORTH (50 mins) Esplanade Gardens, Lido Aquatic Centre plus everything a city has to offer..... FOXTON: (15 Mins) Off The Loop water park, Dutch (De Molen) Windmill. The Dutch Market, and Flax Stripper Museum. Special conditions: *Guests are required to provide their own linen. ie towels, teatowels, sheets and pillowcases *Pantry basics of sugar, salt, oil, dishwashing detergent and bin liners provided * Cleaning products provided *Please leave bach clean and tidy as you would like to find it :) *Guest numbers not to exceed those specified in confirmed booking. PETS *PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE BOOKING. Property doesn't suit large dogs. Small to medium NON SHEDDING dogs considered. *As with many properties in Waitarere we use bore water. We have a water filter/softener which greatly improves water quality. There is still a slight colour so we also provide 20 litre containers of fresh drinking water. NOTE: Under Kiwi bach tradition you are expected to: Clean and tidy the house thoroughly on departure. NB: During the summer season ie Christmas through to the end of January, a refundable cleaning bond of $70 will be added to the quote.