A large pile of dog poo greeted us on our arrival, located on the grass between where we parked and our cabin. The cabin was better described as glamping. It is far from everything and doesn’t have any Wi-Fi connection. This place is the second most expensive and the dirtiest out of 6 places we stayed while in NZ.
The cabin floor was made of rough compressed wood chips. The two rough woven mats on the floor and the sofa had plenty of dog hair on them and the owner used a sheet to cover the sofa’s appalling condition.
We did not feel comfortable putting our luggage directly on the dirty floor, so swept it which revealed more dog hair and a thick layer of dust under the bed and sofa. We washed the crockery and cutlery and wiped clean any surfaces we were likely to touch. It took us more than an hour to clean the cabin with lots of sneezing We wore our thongs inside the cabin, because even after we swept the floor twice, it still felt uncomfortable walking on it with bare feet.