Auckland Airport 2 hr 38
Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (1 min) Mercury Bay (36 min) Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (9 min) Otama Beach and Reserve (24 min) Whitianga Mountainbike Park (7 min) The Waterworks (39 min)
Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. Whiti Farm Park (13 min)
Park and zoo Coromandel Peninsula (18 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (36 min) Bread & Butter Gallery (5 min)
Art museum and art Mercury Bay Museum (3 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. Lonely Bay (36 min) Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (37 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking New Chums Beach (37 min)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. | 
