World-ranked eco-lodge
AWILDERNESS eco-lodge close to the Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks is for sale by negotiation.
The five-star The Resurgence, at 574 Riwaka Valley Rd, is on 23.6 hectares of landscaped grounds and native bush about 15 minutes’ drive from the golden sands of Kaiteriteri Beach.
It combines a 420-square metre central building, which includes four guest rooms with ensuites, and six stand-alone luxury suites with a pool, spa and sauna complex.
Each of the luxury suites also has a private hot-tub or claw-foot bath. Other amenities include three dining rooms, a lounge and a wellequipped commercial kitchen on the middle floor of the main building and a gym, massage room and reception area on the ground floor.
Peter Adams and Clare de Carteret-Bisson have spent the past 15 years developing the resort and the brand, and building strong relationships with specialist New Zealand wholesalers, their inbound agents and within the tourism industry.
They have created one of New Zealand’s best-respected lodges, says Bo Mansfield, of Bayleys Nelson, who’s marketing it with John Greenwood and Paul Dixon, of the agency’s national tourism division.
As well as ranking among the world’s 25 best luxury eco-lodges in National Geographic Traveller, it has featured in The Times, Los Angeles Times, Sunday Telegraph, Lonely Planet, Fodors and other internationally renowned travel guides and High Street travel brochures.
Mansfield says it also appears in the top 10 when searching luxury resorts and boutique lodges on NewZealand.com.
The lodge is less than an hour’s drive from Nelson Airport and near the gateway to Abel Tasman National Park, where most guests will undertake at least one day trip or go kayaking or hiking.
Mansfield says the Nelson/ Tasman region is activity-rich, which increases average guest stays above the national average.
About 30 percent of guests come from North America, 30 percent from European, 30 percent from the United Kingdom and about 10 percent from Australia and NZ.
The lodge grounds abound in native birds and five kilometres of walking tracks have been developed for guests to explore en route to the Riwaka Resurgence, where the Riwaka River emerges from the marble hillside at a site with Maori cultural significance.
Dixon says the lodge has created a destination for guests seeking environmentally themed recreational activities in isolation from mainstream tourism routes while investing heavily in its digital presence and marketing.
He says there are opportunities for new owners to grow the business by elevating the lodge to the vacant super-lodge level with significantly higher nightly rates.
They also could add suites, pods or glamping, extend the length of the season with new markets, and target the profitable NZ and Australian market, and Asian and emerging South American markets.
Dixon says with the tourism business turning over $750,000 in a six-month period, the new owners could be hands-on managers or employ a professional couple to run the lodge and its marketing.
It has accommodation for two couples plus two laundries, workshop and ample storage.
Alternatively, new owners may choose to build a luxury owner’s house to live the Nelson lifestyle or to live off-site.
The turn-key business comes with a comprehensive procedures manual, website, loyal staff and the chattels.
For more information, contact Bo Mansfield on 027 540 2060 (bo.mansfield@bayleys.co.nz), John Greenwood on 021 970 077 (john.greenwood@bayleys.co.nz) or Paul Dixon on 022 091 7399 (paul.dixon@bayleys.co.nz).