Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Frolicking with dolphins and claiming your own island paradise among the many
in the
Bay of Islands
(
Click here
)
Surfing the sand dunes at
Ninety Mile Beach
(
Click here
)
or Hokianga's
North
Head
(
Click here
)
Delving into history and culture at the
Waitangi Treaty Grounds
(
Click here
)
Getting There & Around
AIR
to Whangarei, Kerikeri and Kaitaia, and from Wellington to Whangarei.
and Sunday flights from November to March that link Whangarei to Great Barrier Island.
BUS
head from Auckland to Kerikeri via Waipu, Whangarei and Paihia; and from Paihia to
Kaitaia via Kerikeri, Mangonui and Coopers Beach.
(3¾ hours), via Warkworth, Waipu, Whangarei and Kawakawa. Note that calls to this
number cost $1.99 per minute.
West Coaster
(
021 380 187)
Weekday shuttles linking Whangarei and Dargaville.
WHANGAREI DISTRICT
To truly experience this area you'll need to get wet, and scores of beaches offer oppor-
tunities for swimming, surfing or just splashing about. The hot spots heave with Kiwi
holidaymakers at peak times, but even then it's possible to find isolated stretches of sand
where your footprints are the only ones.
North of Whangarei, the Tutukaka Coast is one of the planet's top three coastlines, ac-
cording to
National Geographic Traveler
magazine, and the late Jacques Cousteau rated
the neighbouring Poor Knights Islands as one of the world's best dive sites.
Online, see
www.whangareinz.com
.
