Weekend getaways from Auckland
5 places within about 3 hours of Auckland, closest first. Locals go to get out of town, and visitors can add one to a city trip. Get there by car or by ferry.
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5 getaways, closest first
- 40 minby ferry Waiheke Island Vineyards, olive groves and beaches a 40-minute ferry ride across the gulf.
- 2 hr 30 minby car Coromandel Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach, where you dig your own hot spring pool at low tide.
- 2 hr 30 minby car Raglan A laid-back surf town with famous long left-hand breaks and black sand beaches.
- 3 hrby car Rotorua Erupting geysers, bubbling mud pools, Māori culture and lakeside hot pools.
- 3 hrby car Bay of Islands 144 islands, dolphins and the Waitangi Treaty Grounds where New Zealand's founding document was signed.
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