Kurow

Kurow accommodation stands where the Waitaki River widens into the hydro lakes, a valley town under limestone hills an hour inland from Ōamaru.

Lake Waitaki is the first of the dams, with Aviemore and Benmore further up. The valley grows pinot gris and riesling on old riverbed terraces, and the road on climbs into the Mackenzie Basin. A guest wing or cottage here makes a quiet night between the coast and the high country.