Tipapa Estate

Tipapa Estate is a wonderful find just one hour north of Christchurch. We enjoyed two nights staying there and two delicious dinners, homemade bread and dessert, feeding the cattle, exploring the gardens and hearing stories from Jane and Stewart. The setting is fantastic and the hosts provide very good banter and are also extremely kind and go above and beyond to look after their guests. The rooms are spacious and enjoy beautiful views over the gardens. Importantly, the beds were comfy! We would recommend Tipapa Estate without hesitation.

This is the most amazing grand old Homestead in the Greta Valley, about an hour from Christchurch. Our room was huge with a view over the beautiful gardens and lawn and the King Bed was extra comfortable. Stewart and Jane were excellent hosts who provided us with historic background of the house and we enjoyed a cheese platter and wine on the balcony overlooking the spacious grounds. The 2 GP dogs were a bonus!!! We had dinner at the Greta Valley Tavern which is only a couple of minutes drive away. Food was great and good value. The wineries at Waipara are a short drive away. Motunau about 15 minutes drive. This is a beautiful property to stay on your way to or from Christchurch. We would stay again and will be recommending to our friends.

Tipapa is a beautiful Homestead in a gorgeous setting. We stayed 3 nights over the Easter weekend, and it was a perfect place to relax and unwind. Our room was immaculately presented and the living areas were welcoming, warm and comfortable. Stuart and Jane are wonderful hosts and the home made breads at breakfast delicious, as were all the meals that we enjoyed whilst at Tipapa. Hope to return soon.

Have just arrived back in Australia after 3 wonderful nights at Tipapa Estate, exploring the local region and wineries of the area with my wife and daughter. Tipapa is a historic country home with expansive grounds and beautiful gardens.The accommodation is something else - the bedrooms are enormous and very comfortable. Jane and Stewart are wonderful hosts. You can sample their fantastic home cooked food.Tipapa is a dog friendly venue , complete with Ruby and Sapphire the indomitable German Shorthaired Pointers.Located adjacent to Woolshed, a late Nineteenth Century woolshed that is a premiere wedding venue on the South Island.We left Tipapa Estate feeling relaxed and reinvigorated. This was an absolute first class holiday experience.

We had a lovely stay at Tipapa Estate. The grounds and the building are beautiful. Jane made us feel right at home and made a wonderful breakfast including freshly baked bread and fruit from the garden. We loved that we could bring our dog, there was lots to explore and the resident dogs (Ruby and Sapphire) are very well behaved and friendly. I would definitely recommend and look forward to coming back again.

We had a really relaxing time. Stewart and Jane we really friendly and welcoming. We have a nice time away from the busyness of life. The layout of the house and rooms allowed us to have our space or connect with Stewart and Jane as we wanted. If you like dogs this place will definitely suit you.Stewart makes amazing sourdough bread and Jane a great pear turnover cake! Only regret we had was that we had booked somewhere for dinner when we should have taken up the offer of having Stewart cook for us, maybe next time.

The idyllic tranquility of Tipapa Estate was the perfect place to start our South Island holiday. We had a lovely sunny top floor room overlooking a pleasant garden and were totally spoilt by our wonderful hostess Jane. Tipapa Estate is perfectly located, literally a 2 minute drive to the Greta Valley Tavern which serves top class meals and is an easy drive to the Waipara Valley wineries. Only an hour north of Christchurch we put Tipapa in the highly recommended category.

This place is a slice of heaven! Our visit was in early Spring and the flowers and trees were freshly blooming. The home and property overall is stunningly beautiful. Our room was very spacious, the bed and pillows were super comfortable and we took advantage of the bed warmer to preheat before snuggling in for the cold night. Everything was so clean and well maintained. Both Jane and Stewart are such wonderful hosts. The breakfast spread was yummy. We got to try some of Jane's juice and jams she made, and Stewart's homemade sour dough bread (from starter they keep alive). We took them up on the opportunity to share a family meal with them, along with another family staying there at the same time. Stewart cooked an awesomely delicious Thai dish and Jane made a very tasty Pavlova for dessert. Jane shared stories about the history of the estate and people that had lived there, and took us all around the property showing us the plants and animals. The place is great for large gatherings and I could see why people would be tripping over themselves to book this gorgeous place for their weddings. Otherwise, such a great place to just relax, unwind, breathe in the fresh air, and take in a wink of country life. We can't thank Jane and Stewart enough for their gracious hospitality. Love them; love it all!

Loved our stay at the bed and breakfast.Jane and Stewart went above and beyond - very friendly and helpful.Absolutely stunning house, super peaceful and relaxing. Also, lots of interesting history.The homemade apple juice and home grown stewed apricots for breakfast also added a special touch.

Jane and Stewart are fabulous hosts with a couple of awesome German shorthaired pointers with lots of playful energy. Our own dogs were readily welcomed which made the whole weekend very relaxing for us. The four B&B rooms are super-comfortable with their own individual theme and history. Peeking out the windows onto the amazing gardens is a bonus particularly at the quieter times of day (although the windows were useful for yelling at brides trying to hide from the madness in the gardens).We had our wedding at the woolshed but also stayed at the estate for 2 nights. We had an great BBQ dinner on the Friday night prepared by the folks at Fossil Rock and heated on the BBQ by Stewart. We had dinner on the patio overlooking the grounds and the setting and food was amazing also catering well to vegans and vegetarians. Finishing up in the lounge with a crackling fire was very cozy.Breakfast on the wedding day was very relaxed adapting to people also getting hair and makeup done. Special touches like Stewart’s tomato sauce and the home-made bread and fruit juice made it personal and thoughtful with so much produce coming from the estate. We had lots of cool chats to Jane and Stewart along with good coffee which regularly topped up Glen’s caffeine quotient. We can’t wait to return with our dogs to remember our magical wedding day at Tipapa Estate and the lovely weekend we had with special friends and family.