Auckland Airport 2 hr 38
Whiti Farm Park (13 min) Park and zoo Otama Beach and Reserve (24 min) Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (6 min) Mercury Bay (36 min) Mercury Bay Museum (7 min) Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. New Chums Beach (37 min) Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Whitianga Mountainbike Park (7 min) Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (3 min) Lonely Bay (36 min) Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (36 min) Coromandel Peninsula (18 min) Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. The Waterworks (39 min) Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (37 min) Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Bread & Butter Gallery (2 min) Art museum and art |