English Cherry Tree Manor — Hotel in North Island

If you are seeking a beautiful experience that is unlike any other in Hamilton, then book this special place! English Cherry Tree Manor is a stunning little garden getaway surrounded by colour and loving detail. The owners are kind, warm and accommodating and have clearly put a lot of patience and creativity into this striking bed and breakfast retreat. Highlights included wandering the Alice-In-Wonderland style garden with it's picturesque pathways, paddock of lamas, sunflower garden, and huge variety of other magical flowers, and learning about the actual history of the house and how it was moved in 3 parts to this beautiful part of the north island. Thank you Anna and Paul. Highly...

Review of Cherry Blossom Festival!! What a waste of time and money!! $29 for empty trees with no parking. Shuttle service from additional parking is such a long wait with buses that it feels like travelling in a microwave. Never again. One of the worst and overpriced attractions (not sure if it can be even called an attraction with nothing attractive).

Update: Shuttle buses took more than 30mins (not 5mins) between every trip and it was burning hot inside the bus. Yes, there were lot of pictures on Facebook with lots of Cherry Blossom (probably some older pics), which is what made me come but it was such a disappointment since there was nothing like...

The place is big and a lot of flowering trees and plants. However the cherry blossoms is not yet full bloom during the opening of the festival. I enjoyed watching different cultural dance and the feeling of being united on this event. The negative i noticed is managing the parking. If only the crew helps the drivers to park their car in a proper way, parking would not be a headache. But because they did not manage it properly, drivers park without even thinking other people. A lot of space has been wasted on parking because of...