"You know you’ve arrived somewhere special when the helicopter touches down on the beach outside Lodge at Kauri Cliffs. It's a hospitality fusion that I would not normally think would work: laid back, breezy Kiwi with the buttoned up style and grace of the owners' southern U.S. roots. Being in the main house, with views over the glowing blue water and couches you want to nap on, is like looking at New Zealand from a country estate in Georgia. And massages at the spa, surrounded by native Kauri forest, are even more relaxing with a soundtrack of tuis and other local birds fluttering about outside."