Our Location

You will find Māpua Heights Cottage in Mahana, which means 'warm place'. It is situated on Old Coach Road, which is quiet and elevated with magnificent views towards Tasman Bay and also westward to Mount Arthur and the Kahurangi National Park.

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• 5 minutes drive to Māpua

• 25 minutes from Nelson City to the East and the Abel Tasman National Park to the West.

• 15 minutes to Richmond - larger supermarkets, mall and main street shopping, excellent cafes and restaurants, the ASB aquatic centre and gym and most services. 

• 12 minutes to Motueka which has its own unique feel - supermarkets and varied shopping in the town centre and two picture theatres, the State cinema in the recreation centre and the friendly independent Gecko Theatre.

• 25 minutes from the cottage to Nelson airport - frequent flights to New Zealand's main centres, such as Wellington (35 minutes), Christchurch (50 minutes) and Auckland (75 minutes).

For those travelling by road to or from the North Island there is a car and passenger ferry between Picton (in the Marlborough Sounds) and Wellington. The drive from Picton to Māpua is approximately 2.5 hours.