Coromandel — Top New Zealand Holiday Destination
The Coromandel Peninsula is a top New Zealand holiday destination with awesome scenery, white sandy beaches, hot pools, boating and fishing, art and craft, campsites and bush walks, historic towns, all types of laid back Coromandel accommodation and activities, and a friendly welcome. The Coromandel Peninsula is only 1 hour’s drive (see map) from Auckland International Airport. See the slide show at right.

Plenty of Coromandel Accommodation and Activities
Enjoy relaxed and friendly Coromandel accommodation: old pubs, B&Bs, motels, backpackers, hotels, campgrounds, holiday parks, remote lodges and even campsites on the beach where you can cook on an open fire. Coromandel activities abound – Go boating, surfing, fishing, diving, kayaking, horse trekking, windsurfing or bush walking in the vast Coromandel Forest Park and DOC scenic reserves. Enjoy the Coromandel art and craft studios and ornamental gardens. Do the awesome Cathedral Cove walk, dig a natural spa bath in the sand on Hot Water Beach, ride the amazing Driving Creek Train and try the Coromandel cafes and restaurants which often specialise in delicious, freshly caught local seafood!

Experience the Coromandel Lifestyle
Sample the unique local culture formed over the years by the early Maori, the colonial settlers, the hippy communities of the seventies, farmers and fishermen and generations of holidaymakers. Explore historic Thames, enjoy the art and cafes in Coromandel Town, stay in Whitianga or Hahei for activities on the water and relax on the beach at Whangamata.

The Coromandel Peninsula - How to Find Us
The Thames Region is just over one hour's easy drive from Auckland Airport with a hire car, campervan or bus. A ferry service runs from downtown Auckland to Coromandel Town, passing through the most scenic part of the Hauraki Gulf. The ferry also stops at Orapiu Wharf on the eastern end of Waiheke Island. Hire cars and vans are available at
Coromandel Town, Whitianga and Thames. Refer to the advertisements in those sections. Some companies allow pick up and/or drop off at Auckland Airport.

Downloadable Fun Maps
More information is available from the Tait's Fun Maps which are FREE from the information centres and also downloadable from this site. The Peninsula divides into four Fun Map sub regions: Coromandel Town and the North, Whitianga and Mercury Bay, Whangamata, Tairua and Pauanui, Thames and District.