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Attractions

  • Paihia

    Address:
    164 Marsden Road, Paihia 0200, New Zealand .

    Home to a wide selection of restaurants and bars and picturesque views, Paihia is a popular spot that hums with activity. Enjoy strolling through the shops or take a trip out into the bay to spot dolphins, visit the hole in the rock or just explore the many islands in the bay. A selection of land and sea-based tours and water sports are offered from Paihia including sea kayaking and parasailing. If you're feeling energetic, stretch your legs with a scenic walk or take bike ride along the beachfront or cycle trail. For more information about the activities offered, visit the information center. Put Paihia Harbour and other Paihia attractions into our Paihia travel tool , and watch your holiday take shape.

  • Opua Forest Paihia Lookout Track

    Address:
    School Road, Paihia, New Zealand .

    Just behind Paihia, this regenerating forest has walking trails ranging from 10 minutes to five hours. A few large trees have escaped axe and fire, including some big kauri. Information on Opua Forest walks is available from the i-SITE, including the 1.5km Paihia School Road Track (about 30 minutes each way) leading to a lookout. You can also drive into the forest by taking Oromahoe Rd west from Opua.

  • Russell Historic Township

    Address:
    The Strand, Russell, New Zealand .

    As you stroll round Russell, Bay of Islands you’re walking back in time. The town’s original street plan and names from 1843 are still intact and feature some of New Zealand’s oldest and most significant historic buildings. Russell Kororareka was developed initially as a shore station for shipping. The European population grew, with a mixture of deserting seamen, runaway convicts, and grog sellers, as well as settlers and traders. The township thus gained a reputation as a lawless and rowdy port and the unflattering nickname “Hell Hole of the Pacific”. Many of the buildings seen in Russell Township now are dated back to these times, and during your visit you will be able to discover more about the amazing stories that these buildings hold.

    Russell is just a short ferry ride across the bay from either Water's Edge (car ferry) or Paihia (passenger ferry) and a pleasant place to visit be it for a hike on one of the many walkways, cycle or just to relax on the breach or in one of the restaurants or bars. For further information go to www.russellnz.co.nz

  • Waitangi Treaty Grounds

    Address:
    Tau Henare Drive, Waitangi 0293 .

    Waitangi Treaty Grounds welcomes you on a journey of discovery through Aotearoa New Zealand’s most important historic site.
    An absolute must-do for all visitors to New Zealand and to Northland, Waitangi offers an authentic and interactive cultural experience. Discover the story of New Zealand’s history and the story of two peoples coming together as one under the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, at this award-winning national attraction.

  • Waitangi Mountain Bike Park

    Address:
    33 Bayly Road, Waitangi 0293, New Zealand .

    The Waitangi Mountain Bike Park in the Waitangi Endowment Forest is located in one of the most beautiful places in the world, the Bay of Islands.

    With over 40km complete and a further 30km of trails to be developed in the next few years the Park is an exciting new facility for the region.

    Waitangi Mountain Bike Park provides the perfect introduction to mountain biking with lots of easy, scenic trails that you can take at your own pace. It offers 30 trails of varying difficulty with great flow and features, from introductory downhill riding, jump trails, cross country and beginner trails.

    There are plenty of fast, flowing berms, rollers and jumps. Grade 2 and 3 runs are so well built, they’re still fun for more advanced riders. The downhill trails milk the most out of the vertical elevation available providing a lot of fun for a small amount of climbing.

    All up there are five zones to be developed so there’s plenty more trail development planned in the years to come.

  • Opua to Paihia Coastal Walking Track

    Address:
    Beechy Street, Opua, New Zealand .

    A relatively gentle coastal walk that is well-trodden and very pretty.  

    The full walk is just under 6 km, taking you from the end of Beechy Strteet in Opua to the centre of Paihia along the coastline and rising gently into the bush at times. The track is mostly natural shell and gravel with some board walk areas that meander through the mangrove estuaries.

    This walkway can be completed on its own in either direction or as part of The Full Circle Day Walk - Opua to Paihia to Russell to Okiato to Opua.