The Guesthouse Location

Northland’s Pacific Coast

The Guesthouse is located on the Northland East Coast a comfortable 2.5 hours drive from Auckland, 20 minutes drive from Whangarei airport or land on site at the helipad. The location is ideal for exploring the Northland areas many attractions most of which are within one to two hours drive.

ATTRACTIONS ON LOCATION
  • Swimming and snorkelling from your secluded cove below The Guesthouse.
  • Rock fishing or low tide exploring the foreshore
  • Walks across the farm and nearby trails
  • Kayak and paddle boarding
  • Tennis
AREA ATTRACTIONS
  • Bay of Islands
  • Waipoua Kauri Forest
  • Tutukaka (Poor Knights Islands/diving/snorkling and Game Fishing)
  • Whangarei Heads area
  • Local beaches (swimming and surfing)
  • Mt Manaia walk and Bream Head Reserve.

History

With its natural fortifications and abundant food sources Whangarei Heads was an important area from Maori from earliest times and rich in history. The area was one of the earliest to be settled by Europeans (Read more)

Environment

The Whangarei Heads peninsula and its surrounding waters are  rich in biodiversity. The area contains one of only five Kiwi sanctuaries in New Zealand and the offshore islands are marine reserves (Read more)