Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
10am-late)
Main-
(
07-572 3311;
www.baycitycinemas.co.nz
;
249 Maunganui Rd; tickets adult/child $16/10;
stream offerings.
Information
The reception desk at Beachside Holiday Park doubles as an informal info centre for the
Mount; open 8.30am to 7pm.
Getting There & Around
BUS
InterCity and Naked Bus services visiting Tauranga also stop at Mt Maunganui, with fares
similar to those to/from Tauranga. Buses stop on Salisbury Ave.
CAR
Mt Maunganui is across the harbour bridge from Tauranga, or accessible from the south
via Te Maunga on SH2. For car hire, try
Rite Price Rentals
(
07-575 2726, 0800 250 251;
8am-5pm)
.
www.ritepricerentals.co.nz
;
63 Totara St;
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Papamoa
POP 20,100
Papamoa is a burgeoning 'burb next to Mt Maunganui, separated now by just an empty
paddock or two, destined for subdivision. With big new houses on pristine streets, parts of
Papamoa have the air of a gated community, but the beach beyond the sheltering dunes is
awesome - you can't blame folks for moving in.
Back a few kilometres from the beach,
Blo-kart Heaven
( 07-572 4256;
www.blokartheaven.co.nz
;
176 Parton Rd; blokarting 1hr $50; 10am-4.30pm)
is the place to attempt land-sailing around a
custom-built speedway (blokarts are like seated windsurfers on wheels).
The sprawling
Papamoa Beach Top 10 Holiday Resort
( 07-572 0816, 0800 232 243;
www.papamoabeach.co.nz
;
535 Papamoa Beach Rd; campsites from $40, villas & units $98-275; )
is a spot-
less, modern park, primed and priced beyond its caravan-park origins, with fab self-con-
tained villas behind the dunes (
shhhh,
listen to the surf).
With its angular corrugated-iron exterior and tasteful caneware furnishings,
Beach House
Motel
(
07-572 1424, 0800 429 999;
www.beachhousemotel.co.nz
; 224 Papamoa Beach Rd; d from $130;
)
