Venue & directions

New Gupta Vraja

Otaki, New Zealand

The Recharge Festival is held in the picturesque native New Zealand bush setting of New Gupta Vraja, 12kms down the Otaki Gorge, just one hour north of Wellington.

New Gupta Vraja is home to 20 acres of native bush and birds with fruit trees and vegetable gardens too!

There are two main buildings:

Krishna Kunja – main event hall for the Recharge Festival
Gaura Haven – separate smaller accommodation facility

This tranquil setting, teamed with spiritual food, sounds, discussions & company, is simply… nectar!

During the year New Gupta Vraja is used for private retreats and working bees, encouraging simple, healthy living and time for contemplation and meditation.

How to get there

From South (Wellington)

Exit the expressway at the sign for Otaki/Otaki Beach/Te Horo

At the top of the ramp take an immediate right turn (the brown sign in front of you says ‘Tararua Forest Park’). This will put you onto Otaki Gorge Road,

In approx 200m keep left at the round-a-bout (ie, don’t go back onto the Expressway)

Drive approx 9kms to the suspension bridge over the river

Cross the suspension bridge and drive straight.

New Gupta Vraja is at the end of the road on the right.

From North (Auckland)

Exit the expressway at the sign for “Otaki” and drive through Otaki township,

Over the original Otaki River bridge turn left onto Otaki Gorge Road.

Note: If you miss this exit then it’ll be a long way (Waikanae) before you can exit again and retrace your steps.

Drive approx 9kms to the suspension bridge over the river

Cross the suspension bridge and drive straight.

New Gupta Vraja is at the end of the road on the right.

Speed and Roads

Speed

Please restrict your speed to 50km/hr once you have crossed the swing bridge and are approaching New Gupta Vraja. There are generally a lot of locals walking or biking on the road, so this is important for their safety as well as yours.

Please restrict your speed to 20km/hr once you are inside New Gupta Vraja.

Roads

The road in New Gupta Vraja is a one-way circuit road following an anti-clockwise direction. It is only wide enough for one car, so please be careful driving at all times.
When you arrive follow the RIGHT fork in the road which will take you past the main house and down to the festival hall parking. Please drive carefully and do not exceed 20 km/hr.

Support and directions for overseas guests

Travelling from Australia?

For those guests travelling from our main centers in Australia (Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney), we encourage you to create a travel group amongst yourselves and look into hiring a mini-van. This will serve as transport to/from the airport as well as to and from the daily programs.

Flying from within New Zealand?

Here are a couple of links to assist you:

Travelling from abroad or not within a group?

For those devotees who are not travelling in a group and will require transport assistance from the airport to the festival please contact us – rechargefestivalnz@gmail.com – as soon as you have your flight details confirmed.
Please provide your name, flight number, and exact arrival & departure times.

When booking flights please try at arrange arrival times before 2pm on 26th December and departure times after 2pm on 1st and/or 3rd January. Very late and very early flight times will be difficult to assist with.

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