Curio Bay Accommodation

Top choice in Fiordland & Southland


Three plush units are on offer here – one apartment attached to the hosts' house, and two similar units down the road. All are self-contained, decorated in rustic, beachy style, with big windows and sun-drenched decks right next to the beach. There's also an old-fashioned Kiwi bach, sleeping up to six people. No TV, but plenty of books and games to occupy you instead.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Fiordland & Southland attractions

1. Curioscape

0.36 MILES

Incorporated in this new centre is a pleasant cafe (lunch mains $10 to $22, dinner $26 to $38), visitor centre and the Gateway, a modern museum with a…

2. Petrified Forest

0.47 MILES

Marvel at the rare phenomenon of fossilised forest, extending south of Curio Bay. Preserved by silica in the ashy floodwaters that submerged these…

3. Waikawa Museum & Information Centre

2.75 MILES

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4. Slope Point

4.9 MILES

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5. Waipapā Lighthouse

12.09 MILES

Standing on a desolate but beautiful point surrounded by farmland, this 13.4m-high lighthouse was built after the SS Tararua disaster, an 1881 shipwreck…

6. McLean Falls

13.4 MILES

A lovely walk along wooden walkways and fern-fringed tracks brings you to the attractive McLean Falls, named for an early 20th-century settler renowned…

7. Cathedral Caves

13.53 MILES

Cutting back into cliffs right on the beach, the huge, arched Cathedral Caves were carved out of the limestone by 160 million years of waves. Named for…

8. Fortrose Cliffs

15.11 MILES

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