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Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more

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A modern house with a deck, a barbecue, and a covered outdoor seating area.
An outdoor patio with a wooden table and wicker chairs, a yellow shade, and a wooden fence.
A modern living room with a sofa, coffee table, and a TV. There is a kitchen area with a fridge and a dining table.
A modern living room with a sofa, coffee table, and a TV. There is a kitchen area with a bar and a dining table.
A modern kitchen with white cabinets, a stainless steel refrigerator, and a large island with stools.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Private fenced-in yard
    One of the few properties with a fully fenced outdoor space.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Mangawhai Village Market

Popular amenities

  • Barbecue grill
  • Fenced yard
  • Washing machine
  • Refrigerator
  • Pet-friendly
  • Garage parking available

Explore the area

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Mangawhai, Northland
  • Place, Mangawhai Village Market
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Mangawhai Public Library
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Mangawhai Heads Beach
    ‪16 min drive‬
  • Airport, Whangarei (WRE)
    ‪73 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Single Bunk Bed and 1 Single Bed

Master Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Main Bathroom

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Master Ensuite

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Kitchen

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About the area

Mangawhai

Mangawhai is home to this holiday home. Mangawhai Golf Club and Te Whai Bay Wines are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Te Arai Reserve and Mangawhai Cliff Walk. Goat Island and SheepWorld are also worth visiting.
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Map
Mangawhai, Northland

What's nearby

  • Mangawhai Village Market - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Mangawhai Public Library - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Mangawhai Heads Beach - 16 min drive - 9.1 km
  • Waipu Cove Beach - 34 min drive - 23.0 km
  • Matakana Village - 53 min drive - 63.7 km

Getting around

  • Whangarei (WRE) - 79 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Bennetts Cafe - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Millars Vineyard - ‬22 min drive
  • ‪Mangawhai Tavern - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Wood Street Freehouse - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Kōtare Cafe - ‬5 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more?

As of 3 Nov 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more on 9 Nov 2026 start from £304, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Family Fun - Sunny, fully-fenced, holiday home - walk to the village, markets, Bennetts, Tavern and more located?

Situated in Mangawhai, this holiday home is within a 15-minute walk of Mangawhai Public Library and Mangawhai Village Market. Mangawhai Museum and Mangawhai Golf Club are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 31 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 31 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 31 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 31 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 31 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.4/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location. Easy flat section for my elderly parents.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Nice home, clean and tidy. Loved that it was fully fenced
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

We had a great time at this bach and would stay again!
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lovely little home!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
What a fantastic place. Great accommodation, awesome area. We enjoyed strolls around the village, the beach, and along the boardwalk, as well as a little shopping in the cute boutique stores. The highlight was the Mangawhai Cliff walk!A great place for a relaxing break.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Clean tidy and easy
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Family bach

wonderful family bach - loads of outdoor space and great garage space with games Handy spot for shops and cafes.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome family holiday

We had a fantastic stay in Mangawhai! The location is ideal and the house is spacious, comfortable, and family-friendly, with plenty of room for the kids to play including a games room. Thank you for a wonderful stay we would love to come back again!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
we all enjoyed the property, the beds, i am a solo dad of four kids and it was great to be there, the kids played with the toys, sandpit, able tennis and skateboard a lot. the bach stay team were attentive and very helpful, thank you
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Definitely Magical Mangawhai!

Highly recommend this property.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Short stay

We were only in the area for a few days and this location was perfect for us - close enough to walk to Maungawhai hub area but off the main road and very quiet. Also being next to the sports park and having a dog was a bonus
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

A Nice Little Getaway

Clean property, nice sized rooms and a full fenced yard. Great that it backed on to a park with was good for the dog. Nice getaway for a few days and a good base for exploring the area. You will need to drive though as there isn't much in the village.Good stay overall.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Apr 2025
Thanks for your feedback, it is interesting you say there is not a lot in the village though as there is Bennetts chocolate shop and cafe, Four Square, Award winning butcher, several shops a couple of restaurants and takeaways, a bar, Mangawhai Tavern and Saturday markets so guests usually find it a good location to stay with lots of things within walking distance.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just what we needed

Perfect location for a short trip away. Close to restaurants, easy drive to beach, lovely neighbourhood. The only surprise was the 4am fishing trip party that departed from next door.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 18 May 2025
Hi Melanie, thanks for the message glad it was a good spot, and oh dear yes that is a rather early awakening. Hopefully for that they dropped you some fish! All the best. Regards Bach Stay Team
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Enjoyable short break

Overall a positive experience and would return to same property, but standard of cleaning and kitchen equipment could be improved
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 12 Jun 2022
Hi Nigel, sorry if you felt things weren't up to standard, I will follow up with you directly to see what things you are referring to so we can look what we need to discuss with the cleaners and owner. Thanks again for your feedback.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tranquil and Private

Delightful property, very quiet, private setting & close to all amenities. Fenced secure garden for my small fur babies, perfect. Looking forward to our return trip and enjoying hopefully some nicer weather. Would not hesitate to recommend this property.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Oct 2022
Pleasure look forward to seeing you next time
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay***

Lovely house, local to everything with nice deck and yard. Trampoline and ping pong 🏓 to occupy the kids. Walking distance to Bennetts chocolate 🍫😋 and eateries. Will definitely return.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing

Perfect for a quiet getaway. Fantastic communication. Close to markets. Great for teens; perfect for the pup.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family friendly

Spacious 3bdrm. Huge deck, fully fenced, garage with games and open plan living. Not close to the beach, but a great park just down the alleyway and ducks to feed across the road.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Celebration o/nighter

Comfortable sunny position, well equipped
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very handy to our relations and great for entertaining.

The only thing that we were dissapointed about was the smell of dog and middle bedroom had locked wardrobe.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 15 Aug 2022
Glad you enjoyed your stay and sorry about the dog smell, we hadn't noticed anything at the pre-arrival check but the owner is going to check it out in case it is the blankets in the lounge that people have dogs on. Regarding the middle bedroom wardrobe, it isn't locked you just have to pull the door quite firmly as it is a strong catch.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Weekend getaway

Great location, walking distance to the Village, school and Tavern markets. Shoet drive ro New World at Mangawhai Central then a bit further to the Heads and then Beach. Great walk along the estuary and up in the dunes. Refreshed and ready for a new week. House itself was roomy, big deck and great yard. Kids loved the games room set up in the garage.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Whilst we were happy enough with the property the Lounge furniture was absolutely woeful, the sofa was too worn out, too low for comfortable seating so we reverted to bringing in the wicker outdoor chairs to provide comfort. The dining chairs are stuffed, no other way to describe them, they are so worn out there is no foam left on the seats. The cooking hob is severely marked with cooked on spill residues, it's never been cleaned properly, the oven just a little better. The fry pans are pretty much unusable they are so caked up with black cooking residue they should be thrown out. Microwave oven wouldn't work. Kitchen knives, what was there were so blunt and edges so damaged they were useless.The entire property we rated as a 4 out of 10 due to the 'other' things like kitchen/lounge/dining stuff dragging it down. It would take a very small investment to very easily bring this property up to a 9 out of 10. I emplore the owners to just give the attention to the little but important things, decent seating, clean usable pans, appliance maintainance, and just spend a few extra cents on better quality toilet rolls, dishwasher tabs and dish washing liquid. It doesn't take much at all to vastly improve the experience. Would we go back? Certainly, but only if the owners invested in upgrades.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 1 Sept 2026
Hi Neil and Susan, thanks so much for your feedback. We have discussed with the owners, who will replace the microwave, sorry about that as it had just suddenly stopped working at your arrival. Owners will deal to what is attend able at their end, the couch is a little more of a personal preference which is unlikely to change so a good note for anyone else reading this and can make their choice on that so thanks for bringing it to guests attention. Some of the cleaning suggested is more baked on requires special cleaning over not clean at all so we will also look into that. We are glad you otherwise enjoyed your stay and thanks for your feedback it does help us all to improve. Kind regards, Bach Stay
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Boom Shaka laka

Nice place spacious awesome garage entertainment for friendly competition with the table tennis and foos ball even taking it to the rim bball hoop. Would be more awesome with a dryer though. Cheers.
Stayed 10 nights in May 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Micro break

Sufficient house for small family. Fully fenced for dog which was great however underneath of house is open so be mindful of small dogs that like to explore 😝 While it is definitely walking distance to Bennett's and a few other places (butchers/ shops / Dune) we chose to drive due to changeable weather. Managawhai, Mangawhai Heads and further up the coast are lovely relaxed, dog friendly areas. We had a great chilled stay. Thanks!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Private and Tranquil

Another restful stay with our fur babies at magical mangawhai, recommend this property.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022
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