Boutique Accommodation on the Shores of Lake Karapiro, Cambridge, New Zealand.
Located 7 minutes from Cambridge, your Self-Contained Accommodation offers you privacy and relaxation where you may do as much or as little as you please. It's all easy at the Oar & Paddle, our little piece of paradise welcomes you....
| The Oar & Paddle is part of a working beef farm. Discover the native bush at the back of the farm and a Shag Colony nesting at a small inlet with a backdrop of Maungatautari Mountain. | If you need a break from action on the water, local attraction the MAUNGATAUTARI ECOLOGICAL ISLAND TRUST, provides walking trails and viewing platforms of native birds such as the TAKAHE, KIWI and KAKA. A visit there is highly recommended. |
| Many Adventure Activities are at your doorstep. The Oar & Paddle offers a grandstand view of the NZGP HYDROPLANES, NZ WATERSKI RACING and WAKA AMA. | If you are travelling to the Waikato to be part of the ITM 400 HAMILTON V8 SUPERCAR Series we are 30 minutes drive from all the action. |
| The 2010 WORLD ROWING COURSE may be viewed from your room! A simple 2 minute walk gets you onto the jetty where the start of the rowing is held. The MIGHTY RIVER DOMAIN AT LAKE KARAPIRO is also within comfortable walking distance, an extremely popular venue for many school TRIATHLONS as well as rowing and boat launching facilities. We have plenty of room to park your boat and boat launching is a convenient 2 minutes away, perfect for that early morning waterski or kayak. |
June is the time for the N.Z NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL FIELD DAYS. Avoid long traffic delays the Oar & Paddle is a simple 15 minute drive from MYSTERY CREEK EVENTS CENTRE. |
