High Country Cabin
A Tiny Shelter in the Heart of the Mackenzie Country

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Winter wanderings (📷 @sophiepiearcey)
Cool, calm, winter mornings (📷 @chloesinsta)
Standard Sundays (📷 @discovernwzealand)
Counting down the days 🤗🎿@ohausnow
Sit in for a while There’s so much to do in the Mackenzie Country, walk or ski on a glacier, climb a mountain, sky dive, hike a trail, fish in a lake, the list goes on and on.....but sometimes all you need is a hot drink and a chair ☺️ (📷 @sophiepiearcey)
Snows back! Little dusting this morning. Drive safe everyone! ⚠️❄️ ⛄️ (📷 @hbrfilm)
Snow line reflections (📷 @rachelgillespienz)
Our resident groundskeepers keeping the lawn tidy 🤣🐑 (📷 @littlebird.daya)
Morning light on the mighty Ben Ohau range 😍
A sofa is a good spot to spend most of the weekend ☺️ (📷 @ageofreptiles)
The Greta Track in the Ben Ohau range behind the cabin can be a real leg burner but gets you sweeping views of Lake Ohau. (📷 @maartenschrader)
After a long day exploring the beautiful high country, nothing beats coming in and putting the fire on 🔥 (📷 @mininutt)
WE’RE BACK!! NOW TAKING DOMESTIC BOOKINGS 🙌🏽 We hope this finds you all safe and well. What a rollercoaster we’ve all been on together-apart! Thank you so much to all of you who have written us, we really appreciate your support and kind words. We’re letting you all know that in anticipation of our government releasing new health advice around National Alert level 2, we are taking DOMESTIC bookings again from 24 May 2020! We can’t wait to host you! We have implemented specific sanitising practices on top of our already high cleaning standards to continue the fight in stopping the spread. Please note that as the National threat of Covid19 can change, so too can our availability based on government health advice. Therefore we want to assure guests who book that we are waiving our normal cancellation policy in full for any disruptions relating to further government restrictions due to COVID19. We urge all of our guests to PLEASE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES when they come to our area. While you’re in town, dine at @poppiescafeandrestaurant @shawtyscafe @hydrocafetwizel @tophutsportsbar @highcountrysalmon @alpinesalmon @ministry_of_works_twizel and the many others in town, buy supplies for your stay from @twizelfoursquare, something to read from @twizelbookshop, book a tour with @alpineguidesnz @alpinerecreation @skithetasman @mtcookglacierguiding @mtcookheliski @inflite.nz @mtcookheliworks @mtcookskiplanesandhelis @tekapoadventures @tekapohorses @thejolliebiker @cyclejourneys @sanctuaryguiding @declanmwong @boothys_fishing_school_ltd @trouthuntingnz @trippin_on_trout soak in the hot tubs at @hottubsomarama (sorry if I’ve missed anyone, not intentional). Simply go to our profile 👆🏾 and look at who we follow for more suggestions. Lastly, we remind all of you our dear guests and supporters to please consider the government advice and adhere to social distancing and hygiene practices in your travels. Let’s all help protect each other and continue to beat this thing! Stay well, Kenny and Heidi
Dear friends, it is with deep sadness that we have to close our cabin to all bookings effective immediately. This is due to today’s New Zealand government directive to raise our national alert level to 4. The health and safety of both our guests and the public are our equal number 1 priority and we are fully complying with this directive. We have been working today to assist our immediate guests, and have been in contact with those of you immediately affected. This is uncharted territory for us and we are not able at this point to provide a date for when we can take bookings again. We will be in contact with you as the situation develops however please do not hesitate to contact us if you need more info. We look forward to hosting you in the future, please look after yourselves and each other and help us all #flattenthecurve Much love 💔 Kenny and Heidi
Our visiting ram 🐏, who recent guests have started calling Dave, demonstrates what it means to maintain a safe distance when saying hello 👋🏾 (📷 @danisamuels)
Our heads are spinning from the impacts that COVID-19 has had globally. We want to give an appropriate socially distant bow 🙏🏽 ♥️ to those of you who have had to cancel. We understand & wish you a safe return home to your loved ones. Next, our thoughts are with our support team, our neighbours, local businesses & people involved in those businesses. We will get through this! Lastly, to all of our extended social media family out there, please listen to government advice and take this global health crisis seriously. Stay safe and healthy everyone 🙏🏽♥️
Another day another kindling pile. Tag the fire starter in your life 🔥
As the weather cools the cycling on the @alps2ocean cycle trail becomes excellent. Our favourite leg of the trail is from us to @lakeohaulodge. A fun twisty section which winds around the bottom of Lake Ohau. Tour operators like @cyclejourneys @thejolliebiker @lakelandexplorer will help you do it in style 🚵🏼‍♀️🚵🏾‍♂️
Signing off on summer ☀️ (📷 @lauraelmcleod)
Come in to the cosy ☺️