Rory was very pleasant and helpful, got us situated right away. He gave us a dozen eggs from his own hens when we asked where we could buy eggs (they had run out in Franz Josef grocery and we knew we were going to be making our own dinner and breakfast). Their dog Flo was friendly, and came to visit us from time to time. Rory also gave us some good intel on exploring the area including kayaking down in Okarito and fishing nearby. Fishing led us to a beautiful deep pool in a stream where we swam (too warm for fishing we concluded… in January).
We did feel the price was high for the value. The location is really out of the way, just off the road out to Okarito from Franz Josef, and while it’s nice to explore remote rural areas, we didn’t expect that remote for the price.