Aptly named Pleasant Point is just 10 minutes drive from Timaru on the main route to Aoraki/Mount Cook with a population of  around 1300. It is well known for its historic stream trains at the award winning Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society.

The township also boosts an 18 hole golf course with views to the foothills of the Southern Alps.

Pleasant Point Highlights

• Pleasant Point is the home of the multi award winning, light and fluffy ‘Denheath Custard Square’, famous around NZ and the world.
• walking or biking along all or part of the Opihi River Stop Back Track 
• fishing, camping and golfing
• Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, with a fully operational steam locomotive and the world's only Model T Ford Railcar 
       scenic drive over rolling South Canterbury farmland with beautiful views towards the mountains.
  
  

  Ask for more information at the Timaru or Geraldine Visitor Centres on things to see and do in and around Pleasant Point NZ.

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