PHOTO: SUPPLIED Lochmara Lodge in Queen Charlotte Sound near Picton is on the market for sale.
Award-winning Marlborough Sounds eco-lodge is on the market following more than 20 years development by its owners.
Locals Shayne Olsen and Louise Bright have hung the “for sale” sign out on Lochmara Lodge in Queen Charlotte Sound, a 20-minute boat taxi ride from Picton at the top of the South Island.
The eco-lodge buildings and business includes one of New Zealand’s only two underwater aquatic observatories.The other is in Milford Sound.
The pair bought the Marlborough Sounds property more than 20 years ago, and then invested in pest control and habitat planting before opening a backpackers in 1998. That was followed by a studio and gallery and then a Wildlife Recovery Centre in 2005. Two years later chalets and a restaurant were built.
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