Ica Station Homestead B & B
Ica Homestead, 268 Ica Road RD 12 Masterton, Wairarapa
Ica Station Homestead B & B
* Quiet & peaceful country setting.
* Only 15 minutes to beach & local golf course.
* Private estate grounds with access to a swimming pool and spa pool
* For a 1 night stay option, please contact us direct by phone - (06) 372 3722.
Welcome to Ica Station Homestead, one of the newest B & B and Wedding Venue properties in the Wairarapa. Here you can relax and re-charge your batteries in peace and privacy
The mature grounds exude privacy and seclusion and are in keeping with the long history of Ica. Featuring brick patios, box hedges, an equestrian arena, stables and a more recent beautiful swimming pool and spa pool area.
We are also a Wedding Venue. Ica Station Homestead is the perfect place for a picturesque garden wedding. From small intimate gatherings to large marquee weddings, this venue can accommodate your own unique requirements.
There's plenty of room for a marquee and parking for guests, Surrounded by beautiful landscaped gardens, the 117 year old homestead behind, makes a wonderful backdrop for photographs, with countryside views to the front.
The original homestead built in 1866 was burnt down in 1895 and was replaced with an identical building, by local Whareama builder Thomas Birkett, on the same site in 1901. The orgignal chimneys were re-used. The design is said to be of Norwegian origin.
Within the estate grounds we also have a 3 bedroom cottage for up to 6 people you can rent (called India House) and a 1 bedroom cottage (called Ica Station Whare) that sleeps up to 3 people. Both available to view on this website.
Room Descriptions
- Bedroom 1 - Queen Room
- Queen Bedroom (plus extra single bed) with bathroom across the hall, continental breakfast provisions and tea/coffee available in guest dining room all day.
* For a 1 night stay please call us - (06) 372 3722 - Book Here
- Bedroom 2 - Queen Room
- Queen Bedroom with bathroom across the hall, plus continental breakfast provisions and tea/coffee available in guest dining room all day.
* For a 1 night stay please call us direct - (06) 372 3722 - Book Here
- Bedroom 3 Twin Room
- Twin Bedroom with shared bathroom continental breakfast provisions and tea/coffee available in guest dining room all day.
* For a 1 night stay, please call us direct (06) 372 3722 - Book Here
- Ica Station Whare
- Ica Station Whare is a rustic, charming 1 bedroom stand-alone (self-contained) unit, located in the grounds of Ica Station Homestead at Whareama, close to the beach resort of Riversdale.
Ica Whare offer our visitors comfortable, clean, rustic accommodation in a location with interesting early NZ rural character. Situated at the end of a 'no exit' road, next door to the impressive Ica Homestead (a NZ Heritage Registered Building), simply enjoy the peace and quiet of an early settler 'Whare', in the beautiful countryside setting of Ica Station Homestead grounds.
With views over the garden, here you can relax, read a book, have a glass of wine and listen to the birds in the peaceful setting of this cottage. Next door is the main Homestead with B & B accommodation where all our guests have use of a spa pool and swimming pool during their stay.
With Riversdale and Otahome Beaches only 15 minutes drive away and Castlepoint Beach 35 minutes in the opposite direction, this bach is an ideal base of couples to explore the East Coast of the Wairarapa!
There's plenty to see and do in the area. Nearby Riversdale and Castlepoint offer superb Golf Courses, Tennis Courts, Swimming, Fishing, Surfing, Walking, Diving and Boating. Or Otahome, where you often have the beach to yourselves. Close by is the village of Tinui that has a Cafe & Bar, Craft Shop, Antique Shop and Living Historic Village as well as the oldest ANZAC Memorial Cross that now has a public access walkway up to it (Nov - Apr annually).
We run the 'Whareama Coastal Walk', a 2 or 3 day fully catered walking experience across private farmland and isolated Wairarapa Coastline. We are also a Wedding Venue. A marquee can be placed on our lawns with the Homestead and steps as a backdrop. We have accommodation for up to 22 people here in the Homestead, India House and Ica Whare - so plenty of beds for guests and walkers. - Book Here
- India House
- India House is a rustic, charming 3 bedroom stand-alone cottage, located at Whareama, close to the beach resort of Riversdale. Situated at the end of a 'no exit' road, simply enjoy the peace and quiet of an early settler cottage, steeped in history, in the beautiful countryside setting of Ica Station.
The cottage features in David Kernohan's book - 'Wairarapa buildings', Two centuries of New Zealand architecture p260.
Today, India House offers our visitors comfortable, clean, rustic accommodation for up to 6 persons and a location with interesting early NZ rural character. - Book Here