Little House at Little Owl Farm

562 Cathedral Road, Gore Bay, Cheviot
  • Little House frontage
  • Little House deck and view
  • Little House
  • Kitchen
  • Living space
  • Queen Bed
  • Wood burner from the sofa
  • Looking north
  • Bathroom
  • Bathroom
  • Deck view
  • Milking sheep
  • Farm lambs
  • Gore Bay
  • Kitchen window view north
  • Sunrise
  • Summer veg
  • Olive, the Border Terrier
2
Max Guests
1
Bedroom
1
Bathroom

About this Holiday House

Situated on a hilltop with magnificent all-round views of North Canterbury farmland, Gore Bay and the distant Kaikoura ranges, this neat fully-contained house resides on a small scale organic vegetable farm. This characterful and supremely comfortable abode was built in 2021, is double glazed throughout and has a plush 3-seater lounge for taking in the views. The north facing windows soak up the winter sunshine and the large east windows display the sunrise from Port Robinson. The Little House uses only filtered rainwater. Other features include a well-equipped cook's kitchen, wood burner and stylish bathroom with a top-of-the-range Swedish composting toilet. Little Owl BD Farm is a small business supplying the local community with home delivered veggie boxes, relishes, cordials and magnificent summer strawberries. Farm gate sales are open on the weekends when produce is abundant. In addition to our friendly Gotland ewes and lambs, we have ducks, chickens and a dog ... so please leave your pets at home. The Little House is smoke-free and screen-free but feel free to BYO a device. Wifi is available. Linen included. 10 mins walk to Manuka Bay (and the local seal colony off Port Gibson) 5 mins drive (or 50 mins walk) to our local surf beach, Gore Bay 15 mins drive to the Hurunui River mouth 15 mins drive to Cheviot (and the nearest supermarket) 70 mins drive to Kaikoura ** please note Gore Bay has poor telephone reception with some providers (Vodaphone and 2 Degrees are good from our property), many locals use wifi calling via Messenger or Whatsapp

Details and amenities

Amenity: Kids: please enquire
Kids: please enquire
Amenity: No pets
No pets
Amenity: Linen provided
Linen provided
Amenity: No smoking
No smoking
Amenity: No disabled access
No disabled access
Heating & cooling
Amenity: Electric blankets
Electric blankets
Amenity: Fire place
Fire place
Amenity: Fire wood supplied
Fire wood supplied
Amenity: Wood stove
Wood stove
Kitchen
Amenity: Fridge
Fridge
Amenity: Microwave
Microwave
Amenity: Oven
Oven
Amenity: Toaster
Toaster
Bathroom
Amenity: Accessible Bathroom
Accessible Bathroom
Laundry
Amenity: Cleaning equipment
Cleaning equipment
Amenity: Cleaning supplies
Cleaning supplies
Parking
Amenity: Off Street Parking
Off Street Parking
Entertainment
Amenity: iPod Dock
iPod Dock
Internet
Amenity: Free WiFi
Free WiFi
Amenity: Internet available
Internet available

Bed layout

1 Queen(s)

Special Amenities

Great views in a quiet setting, a quick walk to picturesque Manuka bay, 5 minute drive to Gore Bay for swimming, surfing and walking

Special Attractions and Activities Nearby

75 minute drive to Kaikoura 10 minute drive to the Hurunui Mouth

Reviews

Average Rating: 5
18 total reviews

Ken Francis
We loved the rural, costal view and the cosy fuel efficient logburner. But waking up in a cold bedroom wasn't a good start to the day. Look for the wood pigeon in the tree.
Catherine
A superb location , very peaceful, well set up kitchen.Very atmospheric with the fire ,but it was the only form of heating, so a bit chilly in the morning before it was up and running. The swedish toilet was a novelty,and came with lots of reassuring instructions. Would certainly recommend Little Owl for a relaxing refreshing minibreak especially in winter. Liz was the perfect hostess ,efficient and discrete. Thank you for a lovely stay
Glenn Harris
Perfect little cottage for a few days. Fire was amazing but no other heating if you didn’t want to light the fire. Composting toilet got a bit to get used to but didn’t smell at all. Peaceful and relaxing
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Availability

  • 07 Dec – 10 Dec 2025 Unavailable
  • 18 Dec – 20 Dec 2025 Unavailable
  • 23 Dec – 24 Dec 2025 Unavailable
  • 27 Dec – 01 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 04 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 21 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 30 Jan – 31 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 25 Feb 2026 Unavailable
  • 29 Mar 2026 Unavailable

Rates

Date rangeRatesMinimum stay
15 Dec - 31 Jan $165 / Night for 2 guests2 Nights
Rest of year$155 / Night for 2 guests2 Nights
15 Dec - 31 Jan
$165 / Night for 2 guests
Min. stay: 2 Nights
Rest of year
$155 / Night for 2 guests
Min. stay: 2 Nights

Cleaning fee is $50.00.

Cancellations

The pending booking will be automatically cancelled after 48 hours or earlier depending on the check-in date.

The house-specific cancellation policy will appear here.

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