Auckland to Coromandel
Private Day Tour
Up the peninsula to Cathedral Cove, Hot Water Beach and the coastal road — a full day of beaches, bush and natural hot springs from Auckland.
Drive time from Auckland
≈ 2.5 hrs each way
South-east to the Firth of Thames, then up the Coromandel coast. Tidal timing matters for Hot Water Beach, so we plan around it.
Your vehicle
Private driver, door to door
Collected from your Auckland accommodation, the airport or the cruise terminal, and returned at the end of the day.
The day
Your route, your pace
The itinerary is shaped around your group — stops can be added, shortened or dropped as the day unfolds.
A day on the Coromandel Peninsula
Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach are best worked around the tide and the walking time. We build the day around both, with the drive kept comfortable.
Cathedral Cove
The great white rock arch and its beach on the Coromandel coast, reached by a coastal walk from Hahei.
Hot Water Beach
Dig your own thermal pool in the sand within the two-hour window either side of low tide.
The Coromandel coastal road
The harbour road up the peninsula's western side, with its pohutukawa, small settlements and lookouts.
Whitianga & Mercury Bay
A stop in Whitianga for lunch, the harbour and the short ferry across to Ferry Landing.
A full day, best started early
Around two and a half hours each way from Auckland, so an early departure gives you the most time on the peninsula.
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Plan your Coromandel tour
Tell us the essentials — a specialist will shape a private Coromandel experience around you.