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When the first thing you do in the morning is roll your eyes at your alarm clock, it’s time to admit that a relaxing retreat is in order. Whitianga, New Zealand welcomes travellers like you all the time. Join them and soon you’ll be skipping along beautiful beachfront and racing across Mercury Bay in a speedboat with the best of them. Whitianga is just the spot for a fantastic spa experience too—you know, in case you’re into that. Once you’ve put local anglers to shame with an epic catch and sufficiently captured the coast with your camera, Whitianga hotels are here to help you relax in style.

Things to Do in Whitianga

While Whitianga used to be one of the North Island’s best-kept secrets, the rumours of its excellent cruises, diving spots and fabulous food are quickly making the rounds. Hotels in Whitianga are booking up! On top of exploring the great outdoors while you’re visiting, get your culture on for a little while and visit the Mercury Bay Museum. Feel like getting a little wet? The Whanganui A Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve should be at the top of your list. This is the spot to explore protected caves and underwater sponge gardens…and maybe re-enact your favourite scenes from Finding Nemo. We don’t judge.

Getting To & Around Whitianga

Lots of Whitianga holidays begin with a flight into Auckland Airport (AKL), which receives daily flights from around the world. Once you’ve landed, a 38-km journey to Ardmore means you can hop a flight from the Ardmore Airport (AMZ) right to the Whitianga Airport (WTZ). You can also take a bus from Auckland to your Whitianga accommodation. Once you’re all settled in, it’s easy to navigate Whitianga via taxi or one of lastminute.co.nz’s car hire deals.

Ready to explore the Coromandel Peninsula? Darn right you are. Save big on airfares and hotels with lastminute.co.nz Whitianga packages and kick off your holiday the right way—with cash in your pockets on the shores of Mercury Bay!