Accessible Holiday House In New Zealand
Your accessible holiday in New Zealand starts here.
Kakatu Retreat Accessible Accommodation – (New Zealand) is set in the fabulous Oceanridge subdivision in Kaikoura overlooking an 18 hole golf course, the spectacular Kaikoura mountain range, paddocks of sheep and cows as well as a natural reserve Best of all, it’s only200 meters from the sea.
Kakatu Retreat offers 4 x wheelchair friendly bedrooms with wet floor bathrooms, open shower with overheight toilets with grab rails. With a focus on those with disabilities and special needs, Kakatu Retreat provides full disability facilities, luxury hospital beds with memory foam mattresses, Caregiver/Nurse Room, and a range of disabled facilities for rent including mobility scooter, wheelchair, crutches, rehab chair and much more.
Kakatu Retreat Accessible Features:
- Caregiver/Nurse room
- Luxury hospital beds with memory foam mattresses
- Patient lifter (180kg)
- Wheelchair access
- Lift
- Full accessible bathroom facilities
- Disabled accessories rental


The owners offer hospital-style electric adjustable beds in all rooms with memory foam mattresses. You can choose from either Californian beds or 2 bedrooms with king singles.
Kakatu Retreat offers a large wheelchair-friendly lounge dining room and self-contained kitchen that all can use.
The table in the dining room is high enough for most wheelchairs to go underneath. There is a cupboard system under the sink (see photos) in the kitchen the owners are happy to take out for a wheelchair to glide underneath.
Bring your dinner out to the deck that looks over the paddocks and mountains.
There is a flat entry to the property and a carport at the northern side of the house where you can be dropped off undercover.
Rest assured, there is a hospital 7 minutes drive down the road from this accessible holiday House in New Zealand.
Note: Pet-friendly on request.
Activities
Fishing, also whale watching, swimming with the seals and dolphins.
Shopping and walks (or wheelchair cruising), golf, mountain biking, snow skiing. as well as a picturesque train trip to Picton.
There is also an accessible Whale Watching boat tour! Click HERE for more information. Whale Watch Kaikōura Vessels are18m in length. All seating is in the main cabin with viewing platforms around the lower deck and the upper deck.
When they have guests join that are unable to move around they are placed in seating on one side of the vessel to keep the windows clear and place marine life sightings on that side of the vessel.
Click this link for more information: Whale-Watch-Kaikoura-Wheel-Chair-Accessibility4
Events
This accessible holiday house in New Zealand is well set up for events such as milestone birthdays, (60th or 70th perhaps?) and weddings, especially with such a scenic backdrop.
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