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Komako Peonies and Cottage Garden at Waipiata alongside the Otago Central Rail Trail is much more than just a night's Accommodation, it really is the place to stay

Here is where you can spend a few days relaxing and recharging energy levels, or make your escape from hemmed in urban living for a weekend away from the madding crowd in the wide-open spaces of the 'Big Sky' Maniototo Plains.

Just one and a half hours from Dunedin, a little over two hours from Queenstown or Wanaka, right alongside the Otago Central Rail Trail and only five minutes stroll from Waipiata village and its friendly locals, Komako Peonies & Cottage Garden Accommodation is your opportunity live the Central Otago slogan... A World Of Difference. After all, it's not every day your choice of Accommodation was once part of a railway station, or a former tool shed or even a section of bank building.

A continental breakfast is included in the price. There is the hotel closeby at Waipiata that serve delicious meals, and also hotels serving pub meals not so very far away in Ranfurly and Naseby.

We are right on the Rail Trail and pretty much on the 100km mark from the start-finish at Clyde. Komako also offers grazing for those doing the trail on horseback.

Guest facilities in The Station Building include electric blankets, quality bed linen, warm duvets, heating, etc