Duncan and Caroline Mackenzie run the Braemar Station GolfCross® course as part of their 63,000 acre cattle, deer and sheep farming operation.
Braemar GolfCross® course, stretched out over undulating high-country tussock land, is notable for two things — the pristine nature of the layout (not a cubic inch of soil has been moved to create these dramatic goals). And its extraordinary setting — Braemar represents big skies, spectacular alpine terrain and an unerring silence. Put the two features together and you have a golfer’s valhalla.
Braemar Station’s 63,000 acres on the eastern shores of Lake Pukaki have been farmed by Duncan and Caroline Mackenzie since 1969. Both keen golfers, their golf course began with just three holes set out round their homestead which they played with family and friends. It soon swelled to five and then nine before they adopted GolfCross® and laid out a new course with narrower fairways and challenging goal positions to suit the oval ball.
The ease of being able to shift goals or change the shape of yards allowed them to try different sites for the course before they came up with one that worked well and soon they plan to expand to a full eighteen goals.
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Tariff: Both cottages are NZ $80.00 per night for two persons with NZ$10.00 per night each extra person. Minimum stay two nights.
Linen:Full linen can be supplied by arrangement but normal tariff includes tea-towels, bath mats, fitted sheets and pillowcases.
Availability: Summer months from August to end of May approx. Winter months by arrangement.
Restrictions: No smoking inside.
Pets: No, but may be negotiable if kept outside.
Distance from Twizel - 35 minutes, from Tekapo 30 minutes.
Contacts: Duncan and Caroline Mackenzie
Phone: 64 3 680 6844
Fax: 64 3 680 6854
Email: brae-mac@xtra.co.nz
Postal contact: Braemar Station, P.O. Box 62, Lake Tekapo 8770, South Canterbury, New Zealand
It takes thirty minutes to reach the Braemar Station from either Lake Tekapo or Twizel in the heart of the South Island’s alpine lake district.
Other activities available at Braemar include mountain biking, fishing, garden tours, boating, walks, climbing and scenic flights.
For other accommodation options contact the following information centres:
Lake Pukaki: phone 64 3 435 3280 email: lake.pukaki@xtra.co.nz
Lake Tekapo: phone: 64 3 680 6686 email: rbrownie@xtra.co.nz
Twizel: phone: 64 3 435 0066 email:info@twizel.com website: www.twizel.com