We pride ourselves on the fact that our B&B is not your run of the mill homestay but truly a total support system where guests become friends and are treated like family. Starting a new life in New Zealand can be an emotional time and we understand that many new arrivals need a friendly shoulder to lean on or someone to talk to.
Our B&B is handily situated on the bus route and close to schools. Our rates are very competitive with a different options. Our goal is to ensure you get off to a solid start in New Zealand and remember we are here to help you in any way we can.
Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and offers a temperate climate, amazing geography and a lifestyle that's ranked alongside the world's best. Within half an hour of the city centre you can be enjoying any number of leisure activities, from sailing, to walking on a volcano or tasting wine at an award-winning local vineyard.
Linette and I farmed (mainly milk, sheep and wheat) in the old Western Transvaal, South Africa up to 1990. During our stay on the farm, Linette also taught for some time at the local primary school while I was lecturing part-time at the University of Potchefstroom and College of Agriculture.
Since we lived more than 40 km from the nearest High School, and were reluctant to lose our 3 children to boarding school, we decided to make a radical change to our lives in 1990. We packed up, left the family farm, and moved to Hermanus to live by the sea. Here Linette, after helping me to manage a restaurant we bought, established Harvey World Travel of Hermanus.
We relocated to New Zealand in 1997 after we sold Rossi's Restaurant and Harvey World Travel. When we arrived in New Zealand our daughter was 21 and sons 18 and 19. They all adapted fairly easily to the Kiwi way of life and although our 2 boys live overseas, they call themselves Kiwis and vowed to return when they start their own families one day. Our daughter is married and lives just around the corner with her husband and our first grandchild.
All of our rooms are neat and spacious, containing either a double or queen size luxury bed with linen and more than adequate cupboard space. Each room is equipped with its own TV, bar fridge and access to fast wireless broadband internet connection for your convenience. Each room has an iron and kettle with an unlimited supply of tea and coffee! A number of rooms are furnished with an en suite bathroom.
From $45 single & $65 double
$15 per child sharing with parents
Airport meet & greet $50 single, $70 family
These prices excludes 15% GST
Special rates for rooms sharing a bathroom
Quotes on request
