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Lake Pukaki

New Zealand

Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat

(5)

Luxury ($$$)

Up to 200

Bedrooms

Exclusive Use

Wedding Licence

Description

Make your wedding the experience you’ve always dreamed of. The Retreat is a private hideaway that offers discreet wedding experiences and is the perfect luxury destination for your special day. Your wedding will take place in one of New Zealand’s most spectacular settings, overlooking the Ben Ohau mountain ranges, Lake Pukaki and Aoraki Mount Cook. The Retreat has a beautiful selection of private venue options for your ceremony and celebration, from an intimate elopement for two, to a destination wedding for close friends and family, to a ceremony and reception for 200 guests. We offer a range of wedding packages designed to cater for weddings small to large. Each package can be personalised for your requirements. If you have a vision for your wedding, whether an elopement or a large event, talk with us and we will see how we can make it happen!

Overview of Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat

Wedding Venue Type

Resort

Wedding Venue Capacity

Dining Capacity

200

Reception Capacity

200

Wedding Ceremony & Reception

Sound System Available

Confetti Permitted

Wedding Venue Details

Decorations

Disabled Access

Landscaped Gardens

Wedding Catering

In-House Wine List

Vegan Catering

Reviews for Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat
(5)

Maria

Wedding: May

February 2024

I would return here often❤️ highly recommend.

Our stay was just too short. Luke, Lauren and Rafa were all the best hosts. The location, the food, the bed, the fireplace… it was all so dreamy! If I didn’t live 20,000km away I would return here often❤️ highly recommend.

Grace

Wedding: August

February 2024

Absolutely beautiful place to stay

Absolutely beautiful place to stay, can’t fault it. Luke was an amazing host, and we are so grateful for his compassion and helpfulness especially when mum unfortunately had a medical emergency in the middle of the night during our stay.

Superbly located luxury accommodation on the shores of Lake Pukaki. We were lucky enough to stay in the Ashley Mackenzie Villa which had a superb kitchen/lounge area with open fire, master bedroom and bathroom and a sauna/steam room, small gym/exercise room and a hot tub looking out onto the lake. Dinner was served in your own Villa and delivered by the chef fresh every night. Both dinners we had the food was excellent and it was lovely to eat whilst looking out onto the Lake [...]

Dan

Happy couple married in August

February 2024

We could not have asked for a better stay

We could not have asked for a better stay at Mount Cook Lakeside retreat. My wife and I spent 2 nights to start off our Honeymoon in New Zealand in March 2023. Everything you could need was on site so there was no need to leave! We spent our time relaxing on our villa patio overlooking the mountains and exploring the grounds. From delicious meals delivered to our villa and playing tennis with an incredible view of Mt. Cook to star gazing and dining with our hosts and other guests [...]

Giullia

Happy couple married in February

February 2024

The food was to die for

The photos do not do it justice, this place is a hidden paradise. So secluded, peaceful, and absolutely stunning! We stayed at the Ashley Mackenzie villa, where we also had our elopement ceremony (if you are looking at the elopement package, do consider upgrading to the AMV!!). The villa is impeccable and the staff are so friendly and helpful (a special thank you to Thatianna)! The food was to die for (and the chef, Rafa, was so knowledgeable and friendly!) [...]