This is what New Zealand is all about. Mangles Valley/Tutaki is incredibly beautiful--wooded mountains cradling a rushing trout-filled river surrounded by dairy farms, poplars, and straggling fruit trees. The main house is probably the original farmhouse in the valley, dating from roughly 1900. The room is attached to the garage and is rustic but comfortable. Oh, the stars you'll see! Thousands and thousands and thousands of them, with the Milky Way so close you can almost touch it and shooting stars every 30-60 seconds. In the morning, you'll wake to so many birds singing that you'll think the world is young again. Your hosts are salt-of-the-Earth people, garrulous, charming, international, wonderful; just right. This was by far the most astonishing and delightful Airbnb we've ever done--we wish we could have stayed longer. Definitely the capstone of our New Zealand experience.