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For a wonderful animal experience, take a 1.5 hour guided interactive alpaca farm tour where you'll discover the amazing alpaca.
Meet our mums and their babies,and the majestic males.
Alpacas are very gentle, so you'll be able to get up close and personal to our friendly alpacas! Take an alpaca for a walk!
Discover a little about alpacas and the Wairarapa connection to their arrival in N.Z, and then to the western world.
See a unique NZ designed alpaca shearing table and chat about how shearing alpacas is different to shearing sheep.
Every year in January, Lavender Abbey hold popular "Pick Your Own Lavender" days at their property in Carterton, where you can pick your own bunch of gorgeous lavender.
Visitors from all over New Zealand come to experience lavender growing wild and enjoy the incredible aroma.
Keep an eye out for the next PYO dates in January 2020.
Enjoy an unguided freedom paddle down the scenic Ruamahanga River for an unforgettable experience, then visit their unique museum of natural history to see a unique collection of mounted animals and birds from New Zealand and overseas.
Cycling holidays don’t mean you need to ride every day. Give yourself a break from the saddle and explore. There’s plenty to do and see near the Remutaka Cycle Trail and you’re close to the Wairarapa’s five towns Martinborough, Featherston, Greytown, Carterton and Masterton.
The Remutaka (Rimutaka) Rail Trail is a gently graded 18 km bike ride close to Wellington - it's also a hugely popular walk.
The Remutaka (Rimutaka) Rail Trail is one of the region’s most rewarding off-road trails. It can be ridden end to end (allow 4-5 hours) or broken up into two smaller sections - beginning and finishing on the Wellington side of the Remutaka Ranges or beginning and finishing on the Wairarapa side of the ranges.
The Remutaka (Rimutaka) Cycle Trail connects Wellington with Wairarapa, winding through a variety of stunning landscapes: a river valley, rolling foothills, bush-clad ranges, old railway tunnels, lake-sides, farm land and a rugged coastline. Choose to ride parts of the trail in one day or ride the whole trail over several days.
Enjoy a fresh approach to hospitality by catching a coffee and a snack, some lunch, a drink, dinner, movie and dessert … it's your call.
Choose from globally influenced small plate flavours, an extensive wine and craft beer list, or take a specially crafted foodie treat into your movie. Or do the lot.
The Screening Room's lively, modern dining experience comes to you courtesy of Salute Greytown creators Eve and Travis Clive Griffin.
Friendly RotoCycle cycle hire in Masterton offers adults and children's bikes for as little as 2 hours hire - or up to a whole day. You'll find them at the mini golf kiosk at popular Queen Elizabeth Park. There's no better place to start exploring Masterton's range of cycle trails and river tracks.
This self guided tour takes you straight up State Highway 2 to see Wairarapa's World War I highlights. If you have a bit more time and want to see a bit more of the Wairarapa then you might prefer the World War I; Wairarapa Wide itinerary.
Rimutaka Summit
State Highway 2
Featherston
From September 1915 until April 1918 about 60,000 infantry reinforcements marched over the Rimutaka Range to Trentham Camp. The Wairarapa Patriotic Association provided a meal for up to 2,000 men as they passed the summit.
Setting off before dawn and accompanied by the camp's brass band, the soldiers would reach the summit by mid-morning. The next night they would stage a simulated night attack in the Mangaroa hills, before the final morning's march to Trentham.
Featherston Military Camp
State Highway 2
Featherston
Featherston Military Camp was a temporary home for over 60,000 soldiers in training between January 1916 and November 1918. The barracks housed 4500, with a tent camp (Canvas Camp) holding about 3,000.
Infantry would spend about two months in camp, while mounted rifles and artillery did almost all their training at Featherston. The camp opened in January 1916 and over 60,000 men trained here. The hospital area was south of SH2 bounded by Main Road and Camp Road, opposite the barrack camp.
Here's a good map to see the layout of the military camp in relation to current roads.
Papawai Camp
Fabians Rd, near junction with Papawai Rd
Greytown
Set up in 1915 after training began at Tauherenikau Camp, the camp was next to Papawai Rifle Range where soldiers undertook their musketry (shooting) courses. 500 men could stay at the camp in tents.
Memorial Square, Carterton
State Highway 2
Carterton
The square and its central memorial were dedicated in1921, commemorating 114 Carterton area men.
Vintage Aviator
South Road
Masterton
The Vintage Aviator is the largest collection of airworthy World War I aircraft in the world.
The stories you will hear on the guided tour bring out the characters of the remarkable young men who flew these aircraft in theatres of war.
Wairarapa Soldiers' Memorial
Queen Elizabeth Park
Dixon Street
Masterton
This memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1923. The 441 names on the panels include men and one woman from Woodville to Palliser Bay rather than just Masterton town and district.
The four sided marble memorial is surmounted by a bronze statue of 'The last ANZAC' by Frank 'Guy' Lynch, modelled on his brother Joseph.
Other major campaigns are inscribed around the memorial and World War II names were added to the cenotaph.
ANZAC Bridge, Kaiparoro
State Highway 2
Makakahi River Bridge
Kaiparoro
The one-way concrete bridge crosses the Makakahi River just north of Pukaha Mt Bruce Wildlife Reserve. It was built in 1922 by Alfred Falker, father of one of six local soldiers commemorated on the bridge. There is a walkway from Millers Reserve, south of the bridge.
The two-way bridge on SH2 replaced the ANZAC Bridge in the 1950s.
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