Travel just one hour inland from Christchurch International Airport, across the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand's South Island and you will find yourself in Methven. Also known as Mt Hutt Village, Methven is the home of Whitestone Cottages. These four classically designed limestone holiday cottages, situated on over 2 acres of landscaped gardens and each with panoramic mountain views, offer the very best of luxury self contained accommodation ideal for couples, families and friends alike.

From Whitestone Cottages you are just minutes away from adventure!  There is superb salmon and trout fishing in the nearby Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, skiing at Mt Hutt which boasts the longest and most consistent season in the southern hemisphere and spectacular heliskiing and heliboarding over three mountain ranges. A scenic 15 minute drive will take you through the Rakaia Gorge to the international golf resort of Terrace Downs. It is from Whitestone Cottages you will find the very best in skiing, golf, fishing, walking, jet boating, ballooning and more.