The Mermaid's Beach House is a group of six modern, two-bedroom beach houses on a private stretch of Golden Bay, in the Tākaka area. The houses sit in a corner of the Golden Bay Holiday Park, with private access to Tukurua Beach by a private road. The site describes them as award-winning, with ocean views, native bush and the sound of birds, and each has a private deck with a barbecue and ocean views.
Each beach house has a master bedroom with a king bed, a twin room, and a kitchen suitable for a long stay, with a dishwasher, oven, fridge and freezer. There is an office desk for remote work, and locally grown fruit and Wakefield wines are sold on site. Beach house 2 has wheelchair access and an accessible bathroom, and beach houses 1, 3 and 4 have a separate toilet. Guests say the beach is right outside the door, the houses are clean and modern, and the hosts are friendly. The houses are about 10 minutes from Golden Bay Airport, and close to Pupu Springs, Farewell Spit and Abel Tasman National Park. Our pick in Golden Bay for a quiet beachside stay with a private deck.