Wild Food Festival – only 67 kms from Jackson’s Retreat!
A West Coast Tradition Wild Food Festival – The name says it all! Only 67 km’s from Jackson’s Retreat Back in 1990 a Hokitika woman Claire Bryant instigated the very first celebration of local wild foods. Her wine cellar was very well stocked with a home brew of West Coast gorse flower wine and people […]
Ngarimu Walking Track
Walk through the bush Tent Sites to the Rain Forest bush line and you’ll find….. Track : Quartz Mine Site – 3 hours return trip, Take a beautiful Rain Forest bush walk then zig-zag up the abandoned Battery Road to the site of a historic Quartz Mine where quartz was crushed for its gold content. […]
Local flora and fauna
Jackson’s Retreat is lucky to share the home of an extensive range of native birds. Many of our native birds are critical for dispersing seeds and pollination of native trees. Kereru, which was protected from hunting in 1922, also known as Wood Pigeon spread the seeds of trees with large fruit such as Miro, Puriri, […]
Around Lake Brunner Cycle Race
Around Lake Brunner Cycle Race – only a 20min drive from Jackson’s Retreat to the start line! Around Brunner started as a 130km sealed circuit cycle ride taking you through some of the most stunning scenery New Zealand has to offer. In 2015 the Enduro, 2 laps of the traditional ride being 260km was introduced […]
Kathmandu Coast 2 Coast
Next Race – 11 & 12 February 2022 Book your Accommodation now! Kathmandu Coast 2 Coast – The Coast to Coast has become almost a right of passage for multisport athletes from around the world with over 20,000 people having completed the event in the 38 years to date. Being a world premier multi-sport event […]
Hiking, Cycling & Trails for feet and wheels
The Bald Range – our southern range Rangi Taipo has an altitude of 1400m, widely tramped to the Kelly Range and up to Arthurs Pass. There is a beautiful river & bush trail for both feet & wheels along the Taipo River approx 5min drive West of our Park.Mt Alexander and The Kaimata Range – […]
Boating
For your adrenaline rush Jet Boating on the Mighty Taramakau River or you can choose to play on Lake Poerua or Lake Brunner. Contact us to find out more about outdoor adventure and activities available when you stay at Jackson’s Retreat Alpine Holiday Park.
Skiing on the Southern Alps
SKIING ON THE SOUTHERN ALPS – Jackson’s Retreat back yard! Temple Basin Ski Field – 20 min drive East of Jackson’s Retreat https://www.templebasin.co.nz Ungroomed ski and snowboarder’s paradise in Arthur’s Pass National Park, New Zealand. Craigieburn Valley Ski Area – 1hr drive East of Jackson’s Retreat. Located in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, […]
Arthur’s Pass
Arthurs Pass – The township and the pass are named after Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson (1841–1934). Arthur Dobson had been tasked by the Chief Surveyor, Thomas Cass, to find out if there was an available pass out of the Waimakariri watershed into valleys running to the West Coast. In 1864, his brother Edward joined him […]
Lake Brunner
Lake Brunner is the largest lake in the northwestern South Island of New Zealand, covering an area of 40 km². The lake’s outflow is the Arnold River, a tributary of the Grey River. The lake lies 31 kilometres to the southeast of Greymouth. The main settlement close to the lake is Moana, on the northern […]