Auckland Airport 2 hr 38
Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (36 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Mercury Bay Museum (5 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. Whitianga Mountainbike Park (6 min) Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (36 min) Lonely Bay (36 min) Otama Beach and Reserve (27 min) The Waterworks (38 min)
Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. Coromandel Peninsula (18 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Mercury Bay (36 min) Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (20 min) Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (5 min) Bread & Butter Gallery (4 min)
Art museum and art New Chums Beach (40 min)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Whiti Farm Park (12 min)
Park and zoo | 
