El Rancho has a wide range of venues available for hire, to suit every need and price range. These can be booked singly or in combinations, depending on your requirement. We are always ready to discuss your needs, and we will endeavour to make your meeting a success.

Our bookings are handled by our Bookings Administrator, Amy-Leigh. You can click here to email Amy-Leigh, or give her a call on (04) 902 6287

The Elm Centre is a modern, comfortable venue for groups of any size. The complex is made up of three autonomous sites that can be booked separately, or in combination.

Elm Fireside consists of six accommodation units sleeping up to 60, in a mixture of double, twinshare and triple rooms. All units have shower & toilet facilities (with some units catering for the disabled), and a lounge and kitchenette with tea-making facilities. Bedrooms have a desk and handbasin. The Fireside Room is the central venue for meetings and has a kitchen, and a sunken conversation pit complete with a gas log burner.

Elm Lodge containes 10 twinshare rooms, equipped with heaters and handbasins. There is also a small meeting room and a kitchen. The Lodge can be booked on a catered or self catered basis.

Elm Hall is the largest venue, seating up to 130, has a 6 channel sound system, raised platform & tea kitchen.

Each of the three accomodation units closest to Elm Hall are comprised of seven twin rooms, three toilets and showers, and a small lounge and kitchenette. All three units have accessibility bathroms.

Total capacity of the Elm Centre is 122 beds in 55 rooms.

Each site comes with whiteboard, overhead projector and piano. All sites have gas heating.

Most groups prefer to have their stay catered and meals are served in the Elm Dining Room attached to the Redwood complex in a restaurant-type setting.

Guests can supply their own linen, or it can be hired from El Rancho at a nominal charge.

For expanded information, click here to visit The Elm Centre's Website.

Click here for the Elm Centre layout diagram.

For more information, click here to email Amy-Leigh.

This is our most popular venue for school camps or large family groups, and the heart of the camp. The complex has 154 bunkbeds in 18 classic bunkrooms, and is divided into 3 bunkroom blocks – Poplar Lodge and Oregon Lodge with adjoining showers and toilets - and Willow Lodge, which has en-suite bathrooms. Families frequently hire our holiday units to supplement the bunkroom accomodation.

At the centre is Redwood Hall - a large games hall with a huge log-burning fireplace. The concrete floor can be carpeted for more comfortable conferences or large meetings. Upstairs is a modern theatre-style meeting room with upholstered seating for 180 and a small stage. It's equipped with sound system, whiteboard, overhead projector and piano.

Redwood Dining room is clean and comfortable and seats up to 300. You have the choice of helping out with dining room and kitchen duties, or our capable staff are happy to serve you.

Click here to see floor plans of Poplar, Oregon and Willow Lodges.

For more information, click here to email Amy-Leigh.

The Pinewood camp is situated in the centre of the holiday park. It is popular with group sizes of 30-70, such as schools, guides, family camps and youth groups. It has two classic bunkroom blocks, Rata and Rimu, with showers and toilets nearby. Extra family accommodation is also available to hire.

Pinewood dining room seats up to 80 and has a spacious well-fitted kitchen. It's your choice whether you wish to self-cater or enjoy our dining-room meals.

Pinewood hall seats 100 and features an open log-burning fireplace. It's great for a meeting room or games hall. A piano, whiteboard and overhead projector are supplied, and indoor games equipment is available on request.

For more information, click here to email Amy-Leigh.

If you need more space, Kauri Hall is perfect! Designed for basketball, volleyball, indoor games, rockwall climbing and team-building activities. Even if it's pouring wet outside, the fun just keeps on going inside!

Kauri Hall also converts easily to a conference venue or concert hall, seating up to 700 people theatre-style.

For more information, click here to email Amy-Leigh.

Situated adjacent to Pinewood Hall and the Tourist Flats, Beechwood Lounge provides a space for meetings or activities for small groups - ideal for meetings of 20-30 people.

It includes a basic kitchen with an oven and fridge.

Groups can book Beechwood Lounge as an extra venue, to provide a bit more space.

For more information, click here to email Amy-Leigh.

Situated on a hill overlooking the holiday park, this picturesque wooden chapel is steeped in history. Step through the little steepled porchway, and you’ll be transported back in time to New Zealand ’s early pioneering days. Built in 1899 and originally sited near Fielding, it has been a quiet retreat for many generations of worshippers.

The name “Apiti” means Gorge, named after the river landscape where the church originally stood.

In 1988 the chapel was re-sited to El Rancho and carefully restored. The original stained glass window has been removed and remains in Fielding and a new window was commissioned, reflecting the unique Kapiti Coast seascape.

Guests and staff find it a pleasant and peaceful place to pray, reflect or meditate; and school groups study the chapel as part of the Social Studies or Arts curriculum.

For more information on the chapel, click here to email Amy-Leigh.

Outdoor Chapel

Nestled amongst the pine trees on a grassy slope at the back of the camp is our peaceful outdoor chapel, ideal for special services or personal quietness and reflection.