The Purple Haze Orchard is a lovely place to stay. The house is brand new and has central heating - not common in NZ houses. Gabriela, Lucas and Sebastian are friendly and are very nice people. It was very cute to see Sebastian on Dad's knee in the tractor, doing work around the property. Gabriela put out some lovely homebaking - i hope we were meant to help ourselves!! - and left us a lovely gift of hazelnuts grown on the property and handmilled soap. We chose to stay at the Purple Haze Orchard in Lumsden as it is closer to Milford Sound than Queenstown, and better value for money than Te Anau. Also, we were travelling on to Wanaka afterwards so Lumsden was convenient for that too. Be aware, however, that Google Maps isn't very accurate when it comes to estimating the time to travel from Lumsden to Milford Sound; you need to allow 3 hours. I would definitely recommend staying at the Purple Haze Orchard along the way.