Whangaroa Harbour North Island

... Year's cheer too! The following day we returned to the water, hiring some of the farm's sea kayaks for a paddle around Whangaroa Harbour. This is a huge natural harbour, surrounded by hills covered in lush greenery, more bizarre and beautiful rocks ...

... got some bites but they got away except one undersized snapper. Nevertheless that night we rewarded ourselves with a soak in the jacuzzi overlooking the harbour and supper at the local pub (one of two). An awesome day all in all, one of the best so ...

... with seaviews and extraordinary modern construction. Some of them wouldn’t look out of place on Grand Designs. When we got to Whangaroa Harbour we stopped to St Paul’s Rock, a 600 odd metre hill that dominates the landscape here. We climbed ...

...  cheerios for brekki and started off towards the Karikari Peninsula. Following the SH10 for 30 mins we arrived at whangaroa harbour, Whangaroa itself is a quaint harbour town, where we stopped for a toilet break. Following the road ...

... Thanks to the Lonely Planet, we were able to find a small town called Whangaroa on our way. It was just a small harbour town, but like most of New Zealand, it came complete with an awesome view. The whole point of our stop was to take the short 30 minute ...

... Next morning we took Highway 10 down the East Coast taking in the gorgeous Doubtless Bay and then just after the equally gorgeous Whangaroa Harbour, where we stopped the car and watched the world go by for an hour or so.  We then got ...

... boat was given its final resting place after being blown up by the French in Auckland Harbour) then on to Whangaroa Harbour for coffee and up the SH10 to Manganoui a lovely little coastal resort with colonial style houses, cafes, the best fish and chips ...

... coast (The Pacific, which is so bizarre being a Canadian to say the Pacific is east!)  Along the way, we stopped at Whangaroa Harbour & got to watch a black shag diving beneath the surface to catch fish. Headed to Kerikeri (not anywhere near the ...

... surrounded by mangroves. We walked around the island, then covered some more miles in the car and ended up at the beautiful Whangaroa harbour at a place called Summertime Lodge. Helen went and asked for a pitch and the lady refused and insisted we stayed ...

... from there as well as the delicious fish and chips!  Spent time looking at various spots further on at Totara North, Whangaroa Harbour, Kaeo and also Cable Bay, Taipa Bay, Tauranga Bay, et al - some beautiful spots. This Saturday past was ...