Wine, dine, sunshine. Hastings, Havelock North and Napier are all within easy reach, and two restaurants are a walk through the orchard away.
Walk through the orchard
Two spots on the neighbouring orchard at 1412 Pakowhai Road: Serendipity Café for coffee, brunch and famous custard squares, and Three Wise Birds Garden Bar, a cidery among the apple trees, open Wednesday to Sunday.
2 km orchard walk
On our northern boundary by the river. Popular for walking, with or without a dog, and there is usually a coffee van in the mornings.
5 min drive
Cafés, shops, the Sunday Farmers’ Market, the hospital and Splash Planet water park.
2 min drive
Hawke’s Bay’s regional sports park: athletics track, hockey stadium, velodrome and fields. Handy for tournaments and training camps, with cycleways nearby.
12 min drive
Rising 399 m over the Heretaunga Plains, with walks of one to two hours, mountain-bike tracks, a redwood grove and a road to the summit.
15 min drive
Village cafés and boutiques at the foot of Te Mata Peak, surrounded by some of Hawke’s Bay’s best-known wineries.
All around
Hawke’s Bay is New Zealand’s oldest wine region. Cellar doors, vineyard restaurants and bike trails between them are minutes from Dewdrop.
20 min drive
Art Deco Napier, Marine Parade and the coast. Hawke’s Bay Airport is an easy drive from the property.
