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North Island
PAIHIA - HOKIANGA HARBOUR via
Kerikeri
PAIHIA - KERIKERI (26km/16miles, 20mins)
KERIKERI - OMAPERE (96km/60miles, 1hour 30mins)
Continue north to Kerikeri driving your Budget Campers Motor Home Rentals.
Experience this historic place where Maori welcomed the
missionaries in 1819 to establish the framework of New Zealand's
bicultural society.
Activities and attractions include:
- The Stone Store and
Mission House at Kerikeri: see examples of early New
Zealand architecture. www.historic.org.nz
- Art and craft trail:
follow the trail and get to know some of the artisans
- Local orchards: stop
and buy kiwifruit, citrus and avocados
- Bishopswood Estate: enjoy
the Estate's renowned Macadamia liqueur, two wineries and
boutique chocolate factory
- Kauri Cliffs Golf Club and
Lodge: play a round on a course considered one of New
Zealand's most picturesque
- Aroha Ecological Centre: experience
the New Zealand kiwi in its natural environment
- Collins Bros Steam
Sawmill: observe a unique steam-powered sawmill
For more information on
Kerikeri visit www.kerikeri.co.nz
Drive south to Kaikohe in your Budget Campers Motor Home Rentals and through to
Opononi or Omapere in the Hokianga Harbour area. Hokianga has a
wide range of accommodation available, from 'Bed &
Breakfasts', farmstays, backpackers and camping grounds to
motels.
Hokianga Harbour, also known as Te Kohanga o Te Tai Tokerau
('the nest of the northern tribes'), is the central point from
which most Northland Maori trace their ancestry. This sometimes
wild, rugged harbour is also the site of many early New Zealand
shipwrecks.
Attractions in the Hokianga area include:
- Waipoua Forest: see
giant kauri trees (native to New Zealand, growing in
similar stature to redwood/sequoia trees), including
1400-year-old Tane Mahuta and 2000-year-old Te Matua
Ngahere
- Huge sand dunes: take
a trip from the twin settlements of Omapere and Opononi
- Rawene: experience the
mangrove walk
For more information on the
Hokianga area visit www.hokianga.co.nz
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