Auckland Airport 2 hr 39
Otama Beach and Reserve (24 min) Mercury Bay (36 min) Bread & Butter Gallery (2 min)
Art museum and art New Chums Beach (37 min)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Whiti Farm Park (13 min)
Park and zoo Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (36 min) Coromandel Peninsula (18 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Mercury Bay Museum (6 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (37 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (6 min) Lonely Bay (36 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. Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (3 min) | 
