Auckland Airport 2 hr 37
Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (4 min) Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (35 min) The Waterworks (37 min)
Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. New Chums Beach (39 min)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Mercury Bay Museum (5 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. Bread & Butter Gallery (3 min)
Art museum and art Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (35 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Mercury Bay (35 min) Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (18 min) Whitianga Mountainbike Park (5 min) Purangi Winery (28 min)
Winery and wine Otama Beach and Reserve (26 min) Whiti Farm Park (11 min)
Park and zoo Coromandel Peninsula (17 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. | 
