Auckland Airport 2 hr 45
Eyefull Tower (16 min) Tucks Bay (24 min) Coromandel Zipline Tours (15 min) Coromandel Mining & Historic Museum (17 min) Heritage museum in an 1897 building exploring the area's gold-mining history via photos & artifacts. Driving Creek (16 min) Original pottery murals line the track of this small train ride with scenic mountain & gulf views. Coromandel Peninsula (1 hr 1) Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Ōamaru Bay (9 min) New Chums Beach (41 min) Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Tokatea Hill Lookout (23 min) Viewpoint on a hiking trail overlooking a scenic bay, forest & former WWII marine surveillance area. The Waterworks (28 min) Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. |