About the District

Ranfurly

Ranfurly is the largest settlement in the Maniototo district of Otago, New Zealand.

Located 110 kilometres north of Dunedin, it lies in dry rough country at a moderately high altitude (around 600 metres above sea level) close to a small tributary of the Taieri River.

It is a service town for the local farming community.

The town was formerly known as Eweburn, one of the "farmyard" names bestowed by former Otago Chief Surveyor John Turnbull Thomson on many small streams and locations in the district.

The modern name comes from the Fifth Earl of Ranfurly, who was Governor-General of New Zealand at the time of the completion of the Otago Central Railway.

Central Otago in general, and the Maniototo in particular, has one of New Zealand's very few continental climate zones, with large daily and seasonal temperature extremes. Summers and winters are both fierce: temperatures in the high 30s Celsius are not uncommon in summer, and the lowest temperature on record in New Zealand (in excess of -20°C) was at Ophir, some 40 kilometres to the west of Ranfurly. Heavy frosts are common throughout winter.

things to know..

• How to get here
• About the district
• Conditions

Things to do ...

• Things to do
• 4 X 4 Tours
• Rail Trail
• Ice Skating

prices..

Minimum of THREE Nights
$140 total cost per night for up to 6 people
(minimum charge of $420)

7 + Nights
$100 total cost per night for a maximum of 6 people

Longer Stays
Negotiable (maximum of 6 people)

NZ Public Holidays (3 day minimum applies)
$150 total cost per night for a maximum of 6 people

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