Beautiful cottage and gardens, stunning peninsula and harbour area to explore, we would recommend everything about this accommodation and also the Akaroa harbour cruise to see dolphins, seals and penguins, if your family are too young to do the dolphin swimming, as ours are.
We flew out of Christchurch the morning of our final day and this is definitely a “do-able” location just 1.5hrs from the airport (stunning hilly drive with views) with a lot more charm and beauty than options that we also considered closer to town.