Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Bay of Plenty Times 21 Travel

JUSTINE TYERMAN stays at the Palatial, private and just Jagged Edge in Queenstown, one of New per night Zealand’s most $10,000 expensive and exclusive private holiday homes, now available for rent through Luxe Houses

’VE FOUND just the p(a)lace for Will and Kate and the kids to stay when they visit INew Zealand next. It’s 10 minutes from Queenstown, a place they loved when they came here in 2014, and it’s SPECTACULAR:Daughters and friends in the infinityspa pool watching the historic TSSEarnslaw steaming back from Walter Peak Station. 100 per cent secure, secluded and far away from prying eyes. surely fit for royalty. FUTURISTIC: dollars in your own country. A The Jagged Edge is a At $10,000 anight, the three- The JaggedEdge stay at the Jagged Edge beats spectacular cliff-edge private bedroom, four-bathroom house hangs froma any exotic location anywhere in home with unimpeded views of is among ’s most schistclifflike the world. the Remarkables, her expensive and exclusive private the prow of a Luxe Houses has secured the neighbours, Cecil and Walter holiday accommodation, and is ship stranded keys to 150 opulent villas, super Peaks, and Mt Nicholas, and the now available for rent through high above the yachts and private jets around entire length of ’s Luxe Houses. waters of Lake the world. Here’s my next west arm stretching from What about the entourage? I Wakatipu. The destination —Ithink it has Queenstown to Glenorchy. hear you ask. Where will the Remarkablesare potential! AQUA Anchoredtothe schist with nannies, chefs, ladies-in-waiting an ever-present www.luxehouses.com.au/ 10 huge steel cables, the visual and security chaps live? Well, backdrop at the holiday-house/aqua/ impact of the structure is just ashort stroll away down a house. literally staggering. Itook pebbled path is an equally ■ JUCY Rentals assisted with several steps backwards as I luxurious five-bedroom, six- transport. Visit jucy.co.nz absorbed the bold, futuristic, bathroom guest house which has ■ Justine Tyerman was aguest dart-shaped form of the house aheated pool, spa pool, sauna, launchesand jet-boats, celebrity swinging, rafting, hiking, fly of Luxe Houses: luxehouses.com which appears to catapultfrom gymnasium and fitness room, private chefs, waiters, butlers, fishing and scenic flights to at the Jagged Edge: the rock face. full kitchen, an expansive living drivers, bespoke spa treatments, Milford Sound. Queenstown has luxehouses.com.au/holiday- With its acres of pale timber area with huge wrap-around experienced nannies, guides, amyriad of excellent house/jagged-edge/ flooring, an enormous infinity deckings and the same jaw- instructors and personal restaurants and boutiques, and hot pool overlooking the lake dropping view. It’s all yours for trainers. there’s even acasino or two. and mountains, abar that rises $5000 anight. Should you wish to venture Ten minutes from HOW TO GET THERE from the floor at the push of a Once installed at the Jagged beyond the Jagged Edge, “the Queenstown, New Zealand’s button, afully stocked wine Edge and guest house, your adventure capital of the world”, premier all-seasons tourist cellar hewn into the schist cliff, privacy, security and solitude is on your doorstep. Queenstown resort, the property islocated at ■ Air NZ flies to electronic doors and blinds that are assured. Your dedicated VIP is home to the world-famous the end of aprivate road beyond Queenstown direct from transform the airy, open spaces concierge who will arrange ShotoverRiver Jetboats, Dart two coded security gates. It’s 20 Christchurch, , on the upstairs mezzanine into everything for you. Services (at River Jetboats and Funyaks, minutes’ drive or five minutes’ , Sydney and cosy private boudoirs, a an additionalcost) tap into Luxe Revolution Tours’ Paradise heli-transfer from Queenstown Melbourne and code- gleaming high-spec kitchen, one Houses’ extensive, highly cycle tours, and International Airport and you shares with Virgin of the largest wall-mounted respected network of the Remarkables ski-fields, the can be there in under three Australia’s services television sets I’ve ever seen, a professionals who specialise in Routeburn and Hollyford hours direct from Sydney. betweenQueenstown and state-of-the-art Sonos sound ensuring your stay is flawless. Tracks, heli- and Forget about the hassles and Brisbane. system and agrand piano that On the menu are private charter snowshoeing, boating, bungy risks of an overseas trip. Live airnewzealand.co.nz plays itself, The Jagged Edge is jets, helicopter transfers, yachts, jumping, sky diving, canyon like royalty and spend your

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