Kamahi Cottage Luxury Farm Stay has been featured in a number of publications over the years.

Learn a little more about us, the place we call home and the beautiful Waitomo, Otorohanga & Kawhia attractions in our King Country region.

“On a clear day you can see forever when you visit the rural garden of Liz and Evan Cowan. Their property, Kāmahi, sits high on a ridge at Rewarewa, near Ōtorohanga. It has a rippling green tapestry of King Country farmland spread before it, and the clearest of views to Pirongia and Kakepuku…”

An Otorohanga romance writer and vet relies on her generational home to feed her soul and inspire characters that have won her an international following

“I stayed at an amazing place called Kamahi Cottage where the hostess of the lodge Swiss-born Elisabeth Cowan baked us a delicious Zopf or plaited Swiss bread for breakfast.” 

“If Kamahi Cottage were my home, I doubt I would ever have left. The cottage is New Zealand’s only five‐star farmstay and was built with the express purpose of enveloping exclusive guests in utmost comfort amongst the serenity of the King Country farmland.”

“We’ve arrived in a very secluded area of Otorohanga, Waitomo, a five star farm stay cottage at Kamahi Cottage. It is the place where one the VIPs of the Hobbit film stayed.”

“[…] I woke up to my seven-year-old exclaiming, “Mum! Look how beautiful it is outside. We even have our own sheep!” This is a little touch of Kiwi paradise and we found we were welcomed and made to feel relaxed the moment we arrived.”

[…] Thomas Jones hired a car and ventured south to see the real New Zealand. He found a land of rolling green hills, native forests, great local food and wine, a bucketful of adrenaline and a healthy dose of good old Kiwi hospitality.