Kauri Coast Travel Guides

Whenuapai Gardens & Orchards

Rapaura Watergardens

Rapaura is an example of man in harmony with nature. Abundant native bush and ferns, watergardens, birds (Tuis, Fantails, Silver Eyes and Wood...

Mount Victoria

Mount Victoria, at 87 metres, is a 10-15 minute walk from the Devonport ferry terminal. Maori fortifications can still be seen--Takarunga...

Mill Creek Lavender Farm

Mill Creek Lavender is part of a 32-acre property nestled in the picturesque Mill Creek Valley, fifteen minutes from Whitianga, on the Coromandel...

Getting to the Coromandel

The Coromandel lies between Auckland and the Bay of Plenty, on the North Island's northwest coast. It is around 90 minutes drive from...

Rangitoto Island

A mere 10km from Auckland's city centre, the low, conical island of Rangitoto is an unforgettable landscape of fractured black lava and...

Karangahake Gorge Historic Walkway

Between the towns of Paeroa and Waihi is Karangahake Gorge and Karangahake Historic Walkway. The walkway follows part of the old Paeroa to Waihi...

Beaches of Cook's Coast

Climb onboard the Whitianga ferry and escape to the Cook's Coast. Enjoy a day away at one or more of the many pretty beaches along the coast....

Waiheke Island 

Waiheke is the most populated of the Hauraki Gulf islands, with 8,500 residents scattered throughout the forest, farmland and coastal areas. It...

Discoverers' Garden

Getting to Auckland

Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and international air hub. It is located in the north of the North Island. With a population of 1.4...

Auckland International Airport 

Situated 21km south of the city centre, Auckland International Airport is an international and a domestic terminal providing flights daily....

Ngatea Water Gardens

Ngatea Water Gardens Function Centre, set in the award winning Ngatea Water Gardens, is centrally located, 1 hour from Auckland, Hamilton and...

The Beach World of Hahei and Cathedral Cove

Hahei is an attractive beach fringed with pohutukawas and drifts of pink shells at the northern end. Offshore islands provide a breakwater for...

Rocky's Goldmine Trail

Rocky's Goldmine Tour is a 2.5 to 3 hour walk through the regenerating bush of the Thames area along a clearly marked walkway. There are great...

Bullswool Farm Park

Bullswool Farm Park is located at the end of Rahu Road, East of Mackaytown, just above the picturesque Karangahake Gorge. There is an array of...

Whangarei Airport

Whangarei Airport, 10 minutes drive from Whangarei City Centre on Handforth Street, is the gateway to Northland and the Bay of Islands....

Connells Bay Sculpture Park

Hosts John and Jo Gow's vision is to unite art and nature by planting sweeps of native trees and creating special spaces for site-specific...

Beaches of the Coromandel 

The township of Coromandel is close to the beaches of the northwest coast, with easy access to the many towns scattered along this stretch of...

Butterfly & Orchid Garden