Peel Forest Homestay: Your Nature Sanctuary

Each space is designed for comfort and tranquility, offering a perfect retreat after exploring the forest.

Bellbird Room

Fantail Room

Bunk Room

The bellbird room is our largest room on the top floor of the house. With lots of windows, this queen room is lovely and bright, and has views over bush to the east.

Our single room is perfect for the individual traveler, with an expansive view over the paddocks, towards the bush and Little Mount Peel in the distance.

Our bunk room sleeps up to 7 people (five single bunks, one double) and is ideal for those who want self-catering or those who are looking for a budget friendly bed and breakfast option.

Mornings begin with birdsong, and the quiet beauty of South Canterbury.

Discover beautiful
Peel Forest

Just a couple of hours from Christchurch lies the tranquil village of Peel Forest and its wonderful native bush. It’s a place to get away from it all and where you can wake up to the stillness of the forest and the sound of birdsong.
Bounded by the Rangitata River to the East and the Little Mount Peel to the West, Peel Forest is a remnant of a what once was a huge swathe of podocarp forest on the foothills of the Southern Alps. The 773 hectare scenic reserve park is a home to a multitude of fauna and flora. Native birds such a kereru, bellbirds, tomtits, robins, rifleman and warblers can be seen in the forest, and sometimes you may even spot the odd karearea (native falcon) above the bushline. Majestic and ancient kahikatea, totara and matai dominate the bush, but you can also find a wealth of ferns, tree fuchsia and other broadleaf shrubs under the canopy.