Cobblestone cottage was exactly as described and more, very compact and with everything we needed. As host Kathrin did everything to make us feel very welcome and to sample their very extensive garden while also giving us space to do our own thing. Kakanui is ideal if you want to get away to a place with more of a village atmosphere, with great beach and estuary scenery, and also to use as as a central location for heading out further to see Moeraki; Oamaru and its heritage precinct; or do some biking on the last 'Ocean' leg of the Alps to Ocean cycleway (as we did), all about half an hours drive or less away. For overseas visitors especially there is a great day round road trip you can do inland from here and over Danseys Pass then out to the Palmerston then and back via the coastal highway . You will and see some very special countryside that most visitors will never get to.