Auckland Airport 2 hr 30
Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (17 min) Lonely Bay (7 min) Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (20 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (7 min) Otama Beach and Reserve (59 min) Mercury Bay (7 min) Mercury Bay Museum (24 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. New Chums Beach (1 hr 12)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Coromandel Peninsula (42 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (26 min) Bread & Butter Gallery (21 min)
Art museum and art Whiti Farm Park (27 min)
Park and zoo Whitianga Mountainbike Park (36 min) The Waterworks (1 hr 2)
Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. | 
