Magnificent sea and native bush views an hour north of Auckland on the Tawharanui Peninsula. On a coastal ridge, Kaka Ridge Retreat Luxury Cottage is a two-room cottage offering you the ultimate in privacy and tranquility. We’re five minutes from Tawharanui Regional Park and only 15 minutes from the Matakana Village weekend farmers’ market, restaurants, cafes, boutique shops and a cinema complex. Rest, seclusion and luxury are all yours on the Tawharanui Peninsula at Matakana. Soak up the morning or afternoon sun, enjoy romantic sunsets or star gaze to your heart’s content with no city lights to dim the Milky Way. Situated on a coastal ridge with sweeping views, Kaka Ridge Retreat luxury cottage is a hidden treasure. The 60 square metre cottage boasts a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, a laundry, decks on three sides, an outdoor bath and a pretty cottage garden, and is designed to provide you with the ultimate getaway. The luxurious bedroom is French country chic with a super comfortable king bed and premium sheets to ensure you’re well rested. Your bedroom looks across a gently sloping lawn directly at a huge stand of covenanted native bush, home to many NZ birds. This is a bird lover’s paradise: tui kereru, kaka, ruru, piwakawaka, kotare, kakariki and korimako often come to the edge of the decks and into the gardens. If you are lucky at dusk you will see a flock of kaka flying overhead or ruru in the trees catching their puriri moth dinner. From your living room you have a stunning view of the sea – a 180 vista including near and far islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Kawau seems only a stone’s throw away, while Waiheke and Rangitoto are visible in the distance. On a clear day, you can even see the Auckland Sky Tower peeping over the horizon. This retro styled room is relaxingly comfortable and includes a small dining area and kitchen with fridge/freezer, kettle, toaster, oven, hob, dishwasher, nespresso machine, with a BBQ tucked under the veranda outside; everything you need to put together meals of your own. We provide a selection of local specialty foods on arrival, enough for a couple of breakfasts or lunches. For dinner, we also highly recommend you try one of the many wonderful local restaurants. A laundry and storage room off the living area provides facilities for washing dishes as well as clothes and generous supplies of additional towels and other items you might need. It’s a strange claim to fame but our visitors have said that we have the best “loo with a view” in Aotearoa. The bathroom feels as though it’s totally immersed in the bush canopy. Kaka Ridge Retreat Luxury Cottage truly does offer an exceptional escape experience. It would be hard to better this coastal getaway, its expansive views, country location or its ease of access to all the attractions of the Matakana area.