We continued our drive south passing by hills that looked remarkably like the ones near Hobbiton and in the movies, Kane our driver said it was one of his top drives in NZ, it was super windy, especially for a coach to be going down, ending in a steep valley at the foot of a mountain.Here you can go white water rafting, horse trekking, yoga or swimming in the river which I can tell you is rather chilly, they have a device that you use to go across the river which is pretty much a hanging platform on a pulley.
We had pretty bad weather when we were there so most activities were off and you can't trek too far up the mountains without getting to signed telling you to stop as your entering hunting area. The cheaper option for beds are in dorms of 16 although it's nearer to one big bunk bed than anything else, this would be a good place to come back to with nice weather but you would quickly run out of activities if you stayed for more than a few days.
