Riccarton House and Bush in Christchurch
New Zealand - Auckland - Christchurch - Queenstown - Wellington
Features of Riccarton House and Bush in Christchurch
- Riccarton House and Bush is the site which was home to Canterbury's pioneering Deans family, the first Europeans to settle on the Plains in 1843.
- You will experience at the site the family's dramatic story of dreams, love, aspirations, survival and tragedy.
- You can go for a guided tour of Riccarton House, visit Deans Cottage, enjoy a serene walk through the bush or stroll in the park grounds.
- Riccarton House is a grand Victorian/Edwardian homestead for Canterbury's legendary Deans family.
- The house is fully restored and is decorated and furnished in perfect period style.
- Travel back to history and experience a world of Victorian and Edwardian splendor offering you a glimpse of days gone by at the Riccarton House.
- Surrounded by lawns, trees, gardens and bordered by the River Avon, the House enjoys the elegant setting of a bygone era.
- Riccarton House offers visitors a guided heritage tour, restaurant for savoring delicacies and a venue for private functions.
- Stroll amidst the tranquil grove of tall kahikatea trees at Riccarton Bush, an ancient native forest.
- This is Canterbury's sole only surviving kahikatea floodplain forest and bears national significance.
- These 600-year-old kahikatea trees are the last generation of a forest that grew on this site 3000 years ago surviving through two cultural periods, the Maori and the European.
- Guided eco tours through the ancient native forest of Riccarton Bush are available for groups of 10 or more visitors.
- You also visit the Deans Cottage which is a colonial cottage built by the pioneering Scottish brothers, William and John Deans in 1843.
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