Paihia Resorts - Reviews and Rates

In an attempt to see at least a little of the North Island, Bridget and I went on a road trip up to the area called Northland. Before we left, she handed me a book called 101 things for Kiwis to do in New Zealand and I saw that seeing the public toilets in Kawakere is something that has to be done, fortuanately it was on our way up to Kerikeri s...

We kept today clear to have a 2nd attempt at swimming with dolphins. A quiet morning, an early lunch and ready to go to sea at lunchtime. Sadly, the tour company decided to forgo any attempts at customer service and cancelled it because there were only 2 paying customers (as 're-sits' we went for free). So, instead we walked to one of the local ...

PAIHIA, Northland, Feb. 13 to 17 -- I'm as far North as I can be, which on the opposite Hemisphere is the same as going as far South as I can. Those Hemispheres will trip you up every time. For my last adventure, I've come to Paihia, up in Northland at the lovely Bay of Islands. Paihia is about 3 1/2 hours north of Auckland and is full of histor...

Morning all! Cayeron unas gotitas hace una hora! Por suerte paro, aunque las nubes aun cubren el cielo! Paihia esta llenisimo de gente, todos vinieron a celebrar los 4 dias del festival de Waitangi! Voy a aprovechar esta entrada para hacer algunas aclaraciones respecto a mi situacion laboral y de vida desde mi llegada a NZ. En principio, como al...

After a few days chillin and thinking about sticking around, I decided to do it. I am now an official sea kayak guide for New Zealand Sea Kayak Adventures. I even have a T-shirt that says "GUIDE"! There are two trips planned for the end of April and beginning of May. In the mean time there is time for relaxing and maybe even some little adventur...

Lou Lou and I decided to explore the Bay of Islands by taking a 2 day kayaking trip with a guide to teach us all about the area. We had both sea Kayaked before but the wind was really strong and the swell was 1m high and so it was tough going. We set off with our enthusiastic guide, Kylie, and headed north towards Tapeka Point. The sea was rough...

Glad tidings, I am a foreigner. I arrived safely in Auckland at 2:30 pm the 23rd. The flight was horrific as I had no sleep (not to mention all the gremlins on the wings). I stayed in a pretty good hostel in Auckland for a couple nights so I could attend to some buisiness there. Luckily for me the first day I was there a tropical storm decided t...

Up at stupid o'clock this morning as Will and Clare are off diving at Tutukaka a good hour or so down the coast. After dropping Will and Clare off at the dive centre i took the car and set off exploring the local area for the day. Headed from Tutukaka down towards the city of Whangarei. Stopped on the way at Whangarei Falls a 26m waterfall on th...