Wedding Bellbirds | Remarkables Lodge, Queenstown (New Zealand)

Intimate weddings indoors or amidst the birdsong gardens of a country-house ambiance, just minutes from New Zealand's top South Island playgrounds.

Brian and Colleen Savage love weddings so much, you’ll think Remarkables Lodge was designed just with your big day in mind. They’ll help you choose the exact spot for your style of wedding or partnership. It might be indoors or outdoors in the charming mature gardens where bell birds call or whisked away in a helicopter to their private cabin in the 65,000 acre Walter Peak High Country Station. Some surprise ideas,
too, like a sensational pool in an unbelievable setting. Sound like your idea of bliss? Well, there’s more. For up to 40 guests, the Savages will help plan every detail of a formal wedding breakfast, a buffet-style reception or a classic Kiwi barbecue. Whatever you choose, your first meal as a couple will be based on the freshest possible local produce.

The Lodge is magnificently set only ten minutes from the premier South Island playgrounds of Queenstown and Lake Wakitipu. Directly behind rise the famed Remarkables, so-called because these mile-high peaks seem to constantly change
colour and shape as sun, shade, snow or clouds paint different patterns.

Stay for a while in one of the Lodge’s seven sumptuous guest rooms, some with balconies, to enjoy the incredible views and seclusion of this country-estate. Superb facilities include that astounding pool, a sauna and spa pool, plus chemical-free bathing water from a mountain waterfall – and a roaring fire in winter.

The Savages can help plan days of exploration and relaxation, too, including a helicopter trip to enjoy champagne on a remote peak or even a once in a lifetime bungy jump or sky dive. Sound like paradise to you?