Guidebook for Hahei 2020
Food Scene
Café, bakery and a small organic shop. Excellent ciabatta. Great, hearty breakfasts. (note: not open in winter)
52 locals recommend
Eggsentric Cafe And Restaurant
1049 Purangi RdCafé, bakery and a small organic shop. Excellent ciabatta. Great, hearty breakfasts. (note: not open in winter)
The Pour House
7 Grange RdGreat food and pizza, excellent locally brewed Beer.
Serial Griller
Great burgers. Located in the camp ground during summer.
Great pizza and good selection of craft beers. Also this is a nice place to start the Coromandel Food Trail see more information here. https://www.thecoromandel.com/dine/the-coromandel-food-trail/
118 locals recommend
Lukes Kitchen
20 Black Jack RdGreat pizza and good selection of craft beers. Also this is a nice place to start the Coromandel Food Trail see more information here. https://www.thecoromandel.com/dine/the-coromandel-food-trail/
Go Vino
19 Captain Cook RdGood food
Hahei Beach Cafe
3 Grange RdThe Hive
450 Purangi RoadGreat food and drink in a beautiful setting under kiwifruit vines
Little Blue Kitchen
48 Hahei Beach RdDrinks & Nightlife
Mercury Bay Estate
761 Purangi RdBeautiful views, great wine.
Sightseeing
Originally buit by Barry Brickell to get clay to his potteries and wood to fire the kilns, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries is "New Zealand’s only narrow-gauge mountain railway and travels through regenerating native forest with pottery sculptures lining the track." See http://www.drivingcreekrailway.co.nz/
106 locals recommend
Driving Creek
380 Driving Creek RdOriginally buit by Barry Brickell to get clay to his potteries and wood to fire the kilns, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries is "New Zealand’s only narrow-gauge mountain railway and travels through regenerating native forest with pottery sculptures lining the track." See http://www.drivingcreekrailway.co.nz/
Cathedral Cove Kayak Tours
Hahei Explorer Cathedral Cove Boat Tour - Booking Office
48 Hahei Beach RdParks & Nature
Great views, groves of old pohutukawa, grassy picnic areas, and meandering stepped paths down to white sand beaches and sculpted rock formations. Shakespeare Cliff Reserve commemorates Captain Cook’s observations, made nearby, of the transit of Mercury in Nov. 1769. For readers not familiar with NZ's history: Cook was a British explorer, navigator and Naval Captain who, in the late 1700s, made 3 voyages to the Pacific, during which he recorded the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. (though this is a pretty Euro-centric snippet of history and it'd also be worth reading further on the much earlier Maori migrations across the Pacific and discovery and settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand)
34 locals recommend
Shakespeare Cliff Lookout
Great views, groves of old pohutukawa, grassy picnic areas, and meandering stepped paths down to white sand beaches and sculpted rock formations. Shakespeare Cliff Reserve commemorates Captain Cook’s observations, made nearby, of the transit of Mercury in Nov. 1769. For readers not familiar with NZ's history: Cook was a British explorer, navigator and Naval Captain who, in the late 1700s, made 3 voyages to the Pacific, during which he recorded the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. (though this is a pretty Euro-centric snippet of history and it'd also be worth reading further on the much earlier Maori migrations across the Pacific and discovery and settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand)
Accessible only by walking track. See https://www.planitnz.com/blog/hidden-beaches-of-the-coromandel-peninsula
29 locals recommend
Lonely Bay
Accessible only by walking track. See https://www.planitnz.com/blog/hidden-beaches-of-the-coromandel-peninsula
Remote beach community at the end of a dirt road but a gorgeous, gentle beach. (Note: no shops or services here.)
17 locals recommend
Opito Bay
Remote beach community at the end of a dirt road but a gorgeous, gentle beach. (Note: no shops or services here.)
Otama Beach
Beautiful unspoilt beach.
Remnants of the magnificent Kauri forest that once covered the Coromandel Peninsular. Don't forget to take a dip in the pool under the waterfall too.
Waiau Kauri Grove and Waterfalls
540 309 RdRemnants of the magnificent Kauri forest that once covered the Coromandel Peninsular. Don't forget to take a dip in the pool under the waterfall too.
Hahei's own beautiful beach (airbnb's system won't allow me to put this pin on the actual beach). In summer be sure to check out the locals' boat-launching tractors lined up on the sand at the southern end near Wigmore Stream. And some history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahei "The name of the settlement of Hahei is derived from the Māori name for Mercury Bay, Te-Whanganui-A-Hei, or "The Great Bay of Hei". According to tradition, Hei was one of three brothers who arrived in New Zealand with Kupe. With his family he settled in the area of Oahei, which is now Hahei, and they became the ancestors of the Ngati Hei people..
Hahei Beach Road
Hahei Beach RoadHahei's own beautiful beach (airbnb's system won't allow me to put this pin on the actual beach). In summer be sure to check out the locals' boat-launching tractors lined up on the sand at the southern end near Wigmore Stream. And some history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahei "The name of the settlement of Hahei is derived from the Māori name for Mercury Bay, Te-Whanganui-A-Hei, or "The Great Bay of Hei". According to tradition, Hei was one of three brothers who arrived in New Zealand with Kupe. With his family he settled in the area of Oahei, which is now Hahei, and they became the ancestors of the Ngati Hei people..
Beautiful undeveloped beach surrounded by dense native bush. Walk across the stream at the west end of Whangapoua Beach and follow the coast to the marked path over the headland to New Chums. The Whangapoua side is stony and can be hard going but it is totally worth it.
84 locals recommend
New Chums Beach
Beautiful undeveloped beach surrounded by dense native bush. Walk across the stream at the west end of Whangapoua Beach and follow the coast to the marked path over the headland to New Chums. The Whangapoua side is stony and can be hard going but it is totally worth it.
At the end of Pa Road take the short walk to the headland and see the remnants of two old Maori Pa sites (for overseas guests, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81). The lines of the original terraces and defensive moat are still visible on the headland. Steep cliffs here (so take care) but awesome views! (airbnb's system won't allow me to put this pin on the actual headland reserve)
Pa Road
Pa RoadAt the end of Pa Road take the short walk to the headland and see the remnants of two old Maori Pa sites (for overseas guests, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81). The lines of the original terraces and defensive moat are still visible on the headland. Steep cliffs here (so take care) but awesome views! (airbnb's system won't allow me to put this pin on the actual headland reserve)
Dig your own hot pool on the beach, 2 hours either side of low tide. For tide times see https://www.thecoromandel.com/weather-and-tides/
202 locals recommend
Hot Water Beach
Dig your own hot pool on the beach, 2 hours either side of low tide. For tide times see https://www.thecoromandel.com/weather-and-tides/
Stunning natural rock formations, epic landscapes
148 locals recommend
Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve
Stunning natural rock formations, epic landscapes
A short walk up to an ancient Pa site. You can still see holes bored in the rock for the palisades. Great views too.
Whitianga Rock Walk
Whitianga Rock WalkA short walk up to an ancient Pa site. You can still see holes bored in the rock for the palisades. Great views too.
Nice 40 minute walk through pretty native bush to a grove of kauri trees with a boardwalk running through it. (please stay on the path to help protect the kauri from a pathogen that is killing them)
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Nice 40 minute walk through pretty native bush to a grove of kauri trees with a boardwalk running through it. (please stay on the path to help protect the kauri from a pathogen that is killing them)
Shopping
Coroglen Farmers' Market. Local produce and crafts. Open Sunday mornings (except in winter).
13 locals recommend
THE COROGLEN TAVERN
1937 Tairua Whitianga RdCoroglen Farmers' Market. Local produce and crafts. Open Sunday mornings (except in winter).
The BEST Farmers Market in the Coromandel! Every Sunday morning from November through until Easter.
Coroglen Farmers Market
1876 Tairua Whitianga RdThe BEST Farmers Market in the Coromandel! Every Sunday morning from November through until Easter.
Essentials
Whitianga Countdown
24 Joan Gaskell DrSupermarket
New World Whitianga
1 Joan Gaskell DrSupermarket
Entertainment & Activities
Geo-thermal pools, Restaurant and Day spa, beautiful gardens an awesome place to wind down.
122 locals recommend
The Lost Spring
121A Cook DrGeo-thermal pools, Restaurant and Day spa, beautiful gardens an awesome place to wind down.