Beau Vista Pohara

18/12/2024

How wonderful. Our new guests from Shanghai said he was highly recommended by his friends to stay at Beau Vista Pohara, and to book early to get availability. Looking out at our view he said it was as stunning as his friends described it and he'll be recommending us to all his friends. 🥰♥️ Here's their balcony view today.

25/11/2024

Phew! It's warning up! 25 degrees today and plenty of sun. And capping it off ... this magnificent sunset! We can't complain about our view at Beau Vista Pohara. 😍

24/11/2024

After a busy day packed with destination suggestions, our beautiful guests Anja and Stefan from Switzerland wrote excitedly to thank us for the tips. They said they were blessed to have enjoyed "unforgettable experiences" in Golden Bay. Wainui Falls and Te Waikoropupu Springs, before exploring the stunning and world famous Wharariki Beach for the late afternoon low tide. 😍🙏

28/10/2024

Being surrounded by flowering flaxes puts us right in the middle of territorial Tui terrain, and up and close and personal with their feathery fluffery. A photographer's heaven!

Photo credit: Shelley Grell

26/09/2024

How's this for an enlightening view? Wow!

Taken from the deck at Beau Vista Pohara😍..

22/09/2024

Our favourite Pohara Kea family came to check in on us again this morning. Squawking, preening in the sun and teasing me with a half wing stretch. I swear they know I'm never going to be ready fast enough to capture their orange underwing fully outstretched when they come to land on our roof. Cheeky birds.

19/09/2024

Like quizzes? Recently Nelson's development agency shared some tips for local tourism providers. We were tested on our knowledge of our local area with a fun a quiz, and said we could use it for our guests. Cool! So I recreated it with Google Forms and popped it on our website for guests to have fun with. If you like a quiz and think you know a thing or two about the Nelson Tasman region, give it go! No need to log in. It's annonymous and just for fun. Enjoy! 😃

Beau Vista Pohara is a self-contained holiday studio apartment in sunny Golden Bay, New Zealand. Wake up to native birdsong and the most magnificent views over Pohara beach, and across the Kahurangi mountain range to the Farewell Spit.

18/09/2024

Sea, sun, wind, and rain, with maybe some thunder later. Love watching this ever changing view over ....

05/08/2024

The dark clear skies over Golden Bay are perfect for astrophotographers. Although I wasn't able to see the aurora colours with the naked eye from Beau Vista Pohara this time (unlike the great aurora on 11 May), last night was an awesome opportunity to get out and practice a few shots of the aurora with the milky way.

21/06/2024

Locals say to expect rain when Mount Taranaki can be seen on the horizon all the way from Golden Bay. Judging by our view this morning and the weather forecast, it looks pretty accurate as it seems we're in for another wet weekend. 🌧

17/06/2024

No matter the weather or the season, The Grove Scenic Reserve in Clifton never disappoints. These photos were taken today when the sun came back out to play; peeping through the nikau fronds onto the wet limestone walls sculpted by the rains. 🥰

16/06/2024

After months of settled weather, winter has finally arrived in Golden Bay with an impressive and long seen southerly charge that brought dramatic skies and rain for much of the day.

25/05/2024

Beautiful sunny Saturday for a long high tide walk along Pohara beach this morning. Loved the domino waves.

19/05/2024

Wainui looked splendid in its autumn colours today 😍

24/04/2024

It's the second week of the school holidays and the weather has been amazing. Today, after a beautiful midday wetsuit swim at Tata, I cajoled our teen to climb to Rawhiti Cave just 5 minutes from Pohara. It's a steep track up to the huge cave opening, and it's worth the sweaty scramble up dodging rocks and tree roots. It took us just under 1 hour to reach the top and 40 minutes to get down. Judging by all the passing tourists' smiles and comments, we've got a very special attraction in our backyard.

23/04/2024

How exciting. We have great spotted kiwi near Farewell Spit!

The great spotted kiwi was picked up on camera about 40km from its nearest known population.

28/03/2024

What a stunning start to the long weekend! Have a great Easter everyone!

18/02/2024

Summer is far from over here in our little back yard paradise. Yesterday, I swam at Tata. Today, at high tide, we decided to swim in this golden sandy beach. Who can tell me which beach this is?