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Privé 100 2026 Private Villa Nº8
The Privé Collection 2026 · A Private Experience

Annandale

A collection of private villas scattered across a four-thousand-acre working sheep station on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, each taken exclusively, from a clifftop house to a beach hideaway on its own cove.

A station, and the sea
Banks Peninsula · Canterbury, New Zealand 43° 42.75′ S  /  172° 55.44′ E
Satopia Travel presents A cinematic travel experience In partnership with Annandale
The Villa

Private villas across a working station, each with its own coast.

Annandale runs across four thousand acres of the Banks Peninsula, a working sheep and cattle station of green hills tumbling to a wild Pacific coast, an hour from Christchurch.

Its villas sit far apart, a clifftop house, a beach hideaway on its own cove, a garden homestead, each taken exclusively with a chef and staff, so a family or couple has a slice of the station entirely to themselves.

Overview Banks Peninsula · Canterbury
Setting
A four-thousand-acre coastal sheep station on Banks Peninsula
Accommodation
Private villas, from clifftop to beach, taken exclusively
Exclusive use
Each villa yours alone, with chef and staff
Getting there
About 1 hour from Christchurch airport
The stay
Stay 3 nights or more, and we plan your whole experience
Satopia experience
Tailor-made for you: the coast, the station and Canterbury, arranged end to end
Above the coast · 4:5
Enquire

Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.

Guests From 2 to 20 guests
2
Nights Minimum 3 nights stay
3
WhatsApp Email Satopia reservations
The Villa

Each villa is a private world on a working station, with its own stretch of coast.

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01 Accommodation

Villas apart, each with its own coast.

Choose the clifftop Scrubby Bay house, the beach hideaway on its own cove, or the garden homestead, each taken exclusively, in timber and glass, with pools, fires and the Pacific in view.

Kept far apart across the station, no villa sees another; each comes with a chef and staff.

Villas
Clifftop, beach & homestead
Sleeps
On confirmation
Outside
Pools & private coast
Use
A villa, yours alone
A villa apart · 4:5
02 Culinary

A private chef, and the station’s own produce.

A chef cooks to your party alone: station lamb and beef, Canterbury seafood, garden vegetables and New Zealand wine, by the fire, on the deck, or on the beach.

There is no menu but yours; a barbecue on your own cove is simply arranged.

In the villa
Your private chef
From the station
Lamb, beef & the garden
The station table · 4:5
03 Experiences

A working station, and a wild coast.

The days are the land and the sea: horse rides and farm tours across the station, walks to hidden bays, kayaking and fishing on the coast, surf and seals along the peninsula.

Christchurch and the wider South Island are close; your designer sets the station days and the coast trips.

On the station
Riding · farm · walks
On the coast
Kayak · fish · seals
Station & coast · 4:5
04 Wellness

Pools, fires, and the peninsula’s quiet.

Each villa has its own pool or hot tub and fires for the cool evenings; a therapist can be brought for massage or yoga on the deck.

The restoration is the isolation, your own coast, your own hills, and no one else in sight.

At the villa
Pool or hot tub
On request
A therapist to the villa
Coastal calm · 4:5
05 Service

A villa team, and one designer over the whole stay.

Each villa comes with its own chef and staff, discreet and expert, and the station’s people open the farm and the coast.

Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the villa, arranges the days and stays one call away throughout.

At the villa
Chef & staff
Behind it
One Satopia travel designer
Quiet hospitality · 4:5
06 Setting

Banks Peninsula: a wild coast, an hour from the city.

The peninsula is old volcano country, green hills folding into a jagged Pacific coast, farmed for generations yet largely wild, an hour from Christchurch.

Annandale gives you a private villa and a stretch of that coast, on a station that still works.

Around you
Hills, cliffs & the Pacific
An hour away
Christchurch
A wild coast · 4:5
Moments

The station, in motion.

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Image slot A clifftop villa above a wild bay.
Image slot A ride across the green hills.
Image slot A barbecue on a private cove.
Image slot The Pacific at last light.
Plan your Experience

What's the forecast?

Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.

When to go
Best · November – April · the southern summer and autumn; cooler and greener in winter
21°
Jan
21°
Feb
19°
Mar
16°
Apr
13°
May
10°
Jun
10°
Jul
11°
Aug
13°
Sep
15°
Oct
17°
Nov
19°
Dec
Rainfall Fairly even year round · driest late summer
Shoulder & winter green · fine Southern summer · warmest Rainfall trend
For two

A coast to yourselves.

A clifftop or beach villa with a chef, a hot tub and no one else in sight.

For families

A working station.

Riding, farm tours and hidden bays, with a villa and staff of your own.

For a gathering

Villas taken together.

Several villas across the station for a milestone, each party with its own coast.

For the South Island

A base by the sea.

Annandale by the coast, with Canterbury and the Alps to explore.

Plan your journey

How far is it from you?

Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.

The Satopia Advantage™

You choose the place.
We'll do all the planning.

We hold the relationship with Annandale, so we can take a villa, or several, in exclusive use for your party on your dates. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.

What we secure

The right villa, with its chef and staff, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.

What we arrange

Every day composed by one travel designer: the station and the coast, the South Island days and the transfers, present when wanted, unseen when not.

People we bring to you, on request
Station & riding guides
Drivers, door to door
A private chef
Therapists, to the villa
Childminders
Photographers
Satopia Insider

A few things worth knowing.

Drawn from recent guests.

Plan for the end of your trip

Several stays here worked best as the final stop on a longer New Zealand itinerary, allowing two or three unhurried nights to settle before flying home. Ask about the different houses on the property, as Seascape, the Homestead and Shepherd’s Cottage each suit a different pace and group size. Bring proper walking shoes for the hills.

Save an afternoon for the coastal walk

The hike up into the hills above the property is steep and genuinely tiring, but the views back over the sea and farmland are what people remember longest. Time it for late afternoon light if you can, and allow a couple of hours there and back. Come down ready for a proper meal and a glass of something cold.

Extend your stay

Want to stay a little longer?
We'll plan that too.

The South Island unfolds from here. A few we would pair Annandale with, each arranged as one seamless experience.

Image slotThe Southern Alps · 9:16
Inland

The Southern Alps & lakes

Aoraki, the lakes and the alpine country, an easy drive or flight inland.

Add to your enquiry
Image slotCentral Otago · 9:16
The south

Central Otago wine country

Pinot noir and dramatic landscapes around Queenstown and Wanaka.

Add to your enquiry
Image slotThe Sounds · 9:16
The north

The Marlborough Sounds

Sea, wine and quiet at the top of the South Island.

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Enquire · The Privé Collection 2026

Every experience begins with a conversation.

Tell us who is coming and your dates. We will shape the rest around you. Nothing is booked yet, and we reply within a day.

01

When would you like to come?

Choose one or more months, or tell us you're flexible on dates.

Ideal season · November to April

02

What's the occasion?

Choose any that apply.

03

An indicative budget?

An estimate of your budget for the whole stay helps us plan your experience. Below is an estimated nightly rate, excluding experience budget, to help you plan.

04

Who shall we reply to?

Included in your experience
  • Your villa, yours alone
  • A private chef and staff
  • The pool or hot tub, and the coast
  • Your Satopia travel designer, throughout
Arranged separately
  • Helicopter transfers to Seascape/Wakaroa Point (4WD alternative included)

Annandale villas are taken in exclusive use, priced by the villa, by night and by season. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.

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