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  • Lake McLaren Glow-worm Kayak Tour

1. Waimarino Adventure Park

710
Water Parks
By mei_soo
We were driven from Waimarino Adventure Park to Lake McLaren where we enjoyed delicious nibbles - cheese, dried kiwis...
  • Reflections

2. McLaren Falls Park

422
Parks • Waterfalls
By PamAnn19
Walks, relaxing, photography, sitting with friends and family, chats , picnics, beautiful bush, bird life, list goes on.
  • View

3. Mount Maunganui Summit Track

2,721
Hiking Trails
By Holenone9399
... easy for beginning older hikers or out of shape youngsters, it is well worth the trek if you would take your time.
  • Kaiate Falls

4. Kaiate Falls

215
Waterfalls
By Migelly
The track is steep at times and I counted a bit over 400 steps from Bottom to top so take your time if you have Heath...
  • Sculpture so life like

5. Hairy Maclary & Friends Tauranga Waterfront Sculpture

236
Monuments & Statues • Educational sites
By tezandvixis
My kids loved seeing the life size characters and the playground next to it was sufficient for them to play for the m...
  • Windows Walk

6. Karangahake Windows Walk

62
Hiking Trails
By shanenz
The views in the gorge from the windows are amazing, and the trek through tunnels are fun (not for the claustrophobic).
  • Maunganui

7. Mt Maunganui Main Beach

1,643
Beaches
By U6162JYkatiel
From the main beach the nearby rock peninsula, Leisure Island, has a neat out and back trail with some blowholes and...
  • views of the surrounding farmland

8. Te Puna Quarry Park

112
Parks
By H1256OBgavinb
Picnic spots with tables all over the place make this the perfect stop for a meal and an adventure.
  • The house at The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga

9. The Elms

124
Speciality Museums • Historic Sites
By 51SandraS51
The old buildings - including the library (this is open), the new garden area - are really worth a visit.
  • The Track around the bluff

10. Mount Maunganui Base Track

958
Hiking Trails
By Happy_Holidays_NZ
Beautiful scenery all the way around with places to stop and admire the view and plenty of opportunities for photogra...
  • Create your own tasting paddle selection from 9 of our ciders

11. The Cider Factorie

93
Wineries & Vineyards • Breweries
By RodneyC1061
The Cider tasting paddle provides a great selection, busy , happy ,friendly staff and a relaxing setting.

12. Minden Lookout

34
Lookouts • Scenic Walking Areas
  • Relaxation

13. Pilot Bay

377
Beaches
By seens_13
... and fun, You can kayak paddle board swim relax an just watch the cruise ships leave or arrive if your an early bird
  • boardwalk over swamp

14. Waikareao Estuary

95
Bodies of Water
By DrKiwiNZ
Went their on my bike, lots of great track from the wide wooden Wood ways to the various gravel and dirt tracks.
  • TRG i-SITE

15. Tauranga i-SITE Visitor Information Centre

73
Visitor Centres
By Sarafinata
They have brochures for everything and helped me pick the exact right adventure trips and companies in all areas of T...
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16. The Lion & Tusk - Museum of the Rhodesian Services Association

37
Military Museums • History Museums
By 208craig
A wide ranging collection of pertinent items that was a trip down memory lane for me and informative for my son that...
  • Seats under the trees

17. Fergusson Park

24
Parks
  • Tauranga Art Gallery, open daily 10am to 4.30pm, cnr Wharf & Willow Street, Tauranga. www.artgallery.org.nz

18. Tauranga Art Gallery

124
Art Galleries
  • Beautiful gardens

19. Yatton Park

43
Parks • Gardens
  • View of the Parade from Moturiki Island

20. Moturiki Island

107
Islands
By raakel-joy
Definitely doing this walk heaps more this year, once Summer rush is over!

21. Tauranga Farmer's Market

39
Farmers Markets
  • canon

22. Monmouth Redoubt

22
Points of Interest & Landmarks
  • Four of our networked VR Military Flight Simulators.

23. The Aviator Experience

130
Character Experiences • Game & Entertainment Centres
By AKMarston
We both had a go at a range of different aircraft from the F-16, WWII Spitfire & the Top Gun Tom Cat F-14.
  • 9 seats plus driver

24. Amazing Day Tours

450
Sightseeing Tours
By Paulynchy
Thanks Bruce and Amazing tours, your informative day trip was fantastic we covered so much more than we expected at R...
  • Rotorua Day Tour

25. Custom Day Tours NZ

157
Cultural Tours • Film & TV Tours
By SCSunset
... knowledgeable guide, on time, personalized, breathtaking geysers & redwoods, along with the beautiful kiwis farms.
  • Bay Explorer Vessel photo credit:Toby Butler

26. Bay Explorer Island & Wildlife Cruise

212
Boat Tours • Eco Tours
By 344dianeb
Highly recommend this trip although a local for many years learnt so much.
  • One of our tour vehicles outside Larnach Castle

27. Shore Trips & Tours

571
Hop-On Hop-Off Tours • Sightseeing Tours
By OdieUK
Our tour guide christine was excellent, giving plenty of local knowledge as we journeyed on this busy day tour.
  • Pohutu Geyser at Te Puia

28. Cruise Tours Tauranga

263
Sightseeing Tours • Private Tours
By KD7152
A very enjoyable trip - thank you
  • Mount Maunganui Kayaking Experience

29. NZ Kayaker

139
Kayaking & Canoeing
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30. Cruise Tauranga

110
Nature & Wildlife Tours
By sherrisms
... along with 3 other couples, they recommended that we contact Learning Journeys/Cruise Tauranga for a private tour.
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