Rosewood Cape Kidnappers

Rosewood Cape Kidnappers occupies 6,000 acres of working sheep and beef farmland on the cliffs above Hawke's Bay, where the land ends abruptly at the Pacific Ocean and the horizon runs uninterrupted for miles.

Ceremonies and receptions take place across three distinct spaces: a converted woolshed Clubhouse with exposed timber and a rural pastoral scale, a Four Bedroom Villa with panoramic coastal outlooks and open living volumes suited to intimate gatherings, and a stone-and-wood Wine Cellar lit by ambient candlelight for seated dinners of a more private character.

The surrounding landscape, dramatic cliff ridgelines, rolling farmland, and New Zealand's premier wine country, is not incidental backdrop but the actual texture of the experience, informing everything from the menus built on Hawke's Bay produce to pre-ceremony shepherding tours and rounds of golf at one of the world's most vertiginous courses.

Full lodge buyouts are available, giving wedding parties exclusive access to the entire property, its suites, villa, spa, and kitchens, a level of containment that turns the estate into something closer to a private country house than a hotel.