Activities in Pacific
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Takaro Trails
Fully geared-up, self-guided tours around the bay including winery routes and mountain-bike adventures at Eskdale. Also does multi-day trips. Based in Napier.
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Sounds Connection
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Peninsula Bike & Kayak
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Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve
Eighteen kilometres west of Havelock is Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve, a pretty forest remnant and riverside recreation area. Explore its many tracks, take a dip in the limpid (but chilly) Pelorus River, or indulge in some home-baking at the cafe. Lucky campers can stay overnight in the wonderful DOC campsite, managed by the cafe owners.
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Pandora Kayaks
Situated on the shore of Pandora Pond, these folks hire out kayaks, surfboards, windsurfers, stand-up paddle boards, small yachts and bikes. Windsurfing and sailing lessons available.
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Packard Promenade
Offers deco and wine tours, in a 1939 Packard Six vintage car.
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Nydia Track
The Nydia Track (27km, 10 hours) starts at Kaiuma Bay and ends at Duncan Bay (or vice versa). Around halfway is beautiful Nydia Bay, where there’s a DOC campsite and Nydia Lodge, an unhosted 50-bed lodge (four-person minimum). You’ll need water and road transport to complete the journey; Havelock's Blue Moon lodge runs a shuttle to Duncan Bay. On the Track Lodge offers alternative accommodation at Nydia Bay in a tranquil, ecofocused lodge offering everything from packed lunches to evening meals and a hot tub.
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Na Clachan Wine Tours
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Molesworth Tours
New Zealand’s largest high-country station – complete with cob cottages and vistas galore – can be discovered in depth with Molesworth Tours. It offers one- to four-day all-inclusive heritage and 4WD trips ($190 to $1655), as well as four-day fully supported (and catered) mountain-bike adventures ($1295).
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Marlborough Wine Tours
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Mangamaunu Beach
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Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
A foray along this walkway is a must-do if humanly possible. Starting from the town, this three- to four-hour loop heads out to Point Kean, along the cliffs to South Bay, then back to town over the isthmus (or in reverse, of course). En route you’ll see fur seals and red-billed seagull and shearwater (aka mutton bird) colonies. Lookouts and interesting interpretive panels abound. Collect a map at the i-SITE or follow your nose.
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Highlight Wine Tours
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Hawke’s Bay Wine Country Duck
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Grape Escape
To explore the area’s boutique vineyards in a restored retro school bus, contact the Grape Escape.
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Goldfields Jet
Zip around the Kawarau River on a 40-minute jetboat ride with Goldfields Jet.
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Ferg’s Fantastic Tours
Tours from two to seven hours, exploring Napier and surrounding areas.
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Cycle Surgery
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Canoe & Kayak Taranaki
Paddle out to the Sugar Loaf Islands or over the gentle Waitara River rapids.
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Bubbly Grape Wine Tours
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Back to Nature Tours
Good value peninsula tours getting you up close and personal with yellow-eyed penguins, NZ fur seals and sea lions. From November to March they also offer a tour including a spectacular coastal hike (adult/child $85/45).
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Absolute de Tours
Runs the ‘Deco Tour’ of the city, Marewa and Bluff Hill ($38, 75 minutes) in conjunction with the Deco Centre, as well as half-day tours of Napier and Hastings ($60).
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Wet ‘n’ Wild
Runs trips on the Kaituna ($99), Wairoa ($110) and Mokau ($160), as well as easy-going Rangitaiki trips (adult/child $125/90) and longer trips to remote parts of the Motu and Mohaka (two to five days, $595 to $975).
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Trout Man
Learn to fish with experienced angler Harvey Clark, from a couple of hours to multiday trips.
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Silver Hilton Trout Fishing
Boat and fly-fishing with gear and lunch supplied.
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