Auckland Airport 2 hr 38
Bread & Butter Gallery (9 min)
Art museum and art Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (36 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (14 min) Otama Beach and Reserve (26 min) Coromandel Peninsula (18 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Lonely Bay (36 min) Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (5 min) Whiti Farm Park (12 min)
Park and zoo The Waterworks (38 min)
Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. Whitianga Mountainbike Park (6 min) New Chums Beach (39 min)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (36 min) Mercury Bay (36 min) Mercury Bay Museum (12 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. | 
