West Coromandel Day Tour | La Vacanza Travel

West Coromandel Day Tour

Duration: 11 hours
Destination: New Zealand, North Island, Auckland
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  • 11 hours
  • Auckland
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This is the private tour service to Coromandel Peninsula for a day. Coromandel peninsular is the most popular place for Aucklanders for their holiday season. It's not far way from Auckland but it's good place. There are lots of attractions with natures, camping sites. holiday parks and beautiful scenery. Coromandel Peninsular is located in East side of New Zealand, next to the bay of Plenty.
This tour will let you know about New Zealand's Goldmine in Coromandel, and experience of the most popular pottery class.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Thames Goldmine Experience, Tararu Road, Thames 3500, New Zealand

As Coromandel was the gold mining place, you will have an experience of Goldmining.
It takes around 2 hours and you will get some REAL GOLD through this experience.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Driving Creek Pottery, 380 Driving Creek Road, Coromandel 3506 New Zealand

The Coromandel region of New Zealand has a rich history of pottery making. One of the most famous potters in the area was Barry Brickell who created a range of pottery sculptures using clay he dug from his own hilly property. He made New Zealand's first wood-fired stoneware pottery kiln in 1974 with help from students using bricks from a demolished hotel in the nearby town of Coromandel.
You can find out more about the history of pottery in Coromandel by visiting Driving Creek Railway & Potteries. The complex blends into the natural bush setting in the beautiful Coromandel, New Zealand. You can tour their Coromandel pottery shop then spend time in the craft shop viewing the finished works.
You will have an experience of the pottery class for an hour and half.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Driving Creek Railway, 380 Driving Creek Road, Coromandel 3506, New Zealand

Driving Creek Railway is a narrow gauge bush and mountain railway on the outskirts of the provincial town of Coromandel on the northwestern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand's North Island. The railway leads up the mountain to a viewing platform building 165 m high above the surrounding Coromandel west coast country. It is one of Coromandel’s most popular attractions and suitable for all ages - a one hour round trip on a narrow gauge mountain train through a replanted forest up to the Eyeful Tower viewing platform featuring a superb view over the Coromandel Town, harbour and beyond .

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Inclusions
  • GST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • Driver/guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Private tour
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Entrance Fees
  • Entry/Admission - Thames Goldmine Experience
  • Entry/Admission - Driving Creek Railway
  • Entry/Admission - Driving Creek Pottery

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks (Need to prepare you own food, no restaurants near the sites)
  • Personal Expenses
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • A maximum of 6 people per booking
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Pick Up time will be 07:30 am at your hotel lobby. Please let us know your hotel details.

Airports

  • Auckland Intl Airport, Auckland Central, Auckland New Zealand


Ports

  • Auckland Port


Departure Time

07:30 AM

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

11 hours


User's Reviews

James_F

26 Dec, 2022

Our guide Israel was friendly and very accommodating. He gave us the time we wanted at Hot water beach and Cathedral Cove. Amazing views.

aircooledone

05 Nov, 2019

Had a sunny week there, it was glorious! Cathedral Cove was quite busy, but still great. If you intend on going , do it it the summer to see it , and enjoy it in all it's glory

268wendyo

30 Aug, 2019

I’m leery of signing up for activities that do not have any reviews, as I would like to know what to expect. However I took a chance on this trip as it advertised everything that I wanted. My husband and I were in Auckland and wanted to go to the Coromandel, but do not have a car, and also have no idea where to go or what to see. Things started off a bit shaky as I never heard from the tour operator to coordinate the pick up so the day before our trip I called the number listed on the TripAdvisor site, and received a generic voicemail. Luckily someone text me back right away, but they told me my trip was canceled and I should have been notified. Shortly thereafter I got a call apologizing and informed that the trip was not canceled and someone would fetch us the following morning. Sharma showed up on time with a lovely car and a great personality! Sharma also shared that he was not a tour guide, so could not provide a lot of the history about the area, but was our driver. He provided us with an overview of his background as a seasoned driver and his vast experience with traveling around the area, which was actually helpful as we traversed some pretty windy roads along the trip. He outlined the day’s activities, but said as this was our personal trip he would be happy to deviate if we wanted to stop somewhere else or take more time at a particular place. The only appointment was at a Driving Creek Railway/Pottery Store as we had tickets for a train ride. It is a small train which winds up to the top of a hill where you can look over the Coromandel. The train operator told us stories about the man who built the railway which was used to move the supplies he needed for his pottery. There is also a cute gift shop where you can purchase pottery, which we did… Next we went to the Hot Water Beach, which we needed to get to when it was low tide. I have to mention that we took this trip in August and it was cold/rainy and a bit windy out, so not the best experience, but this is not the fault of the tour operator. However, we were able to get out on the beach and watched some locals dig holes and settle in to enjoy the heat. They were very accommodating and let me shimmy down to touch the water and it is indeed hot. If you are lucky to go in nice weather and want to dig your own hole, you will need to rent a shovel from the gift shop (only $5) as the tour operator does not supply one. Next we stopped for lunch where we had some awesome pizza and beer from a local brewery. Then it was back on the road to Cathedral Cove. Since the weather was so bad we did not get to go on the boat ride, but instead hiked down to the beach (about 45 minutes each way). Cathedral Cover is beautiful and worth the hike down to see it, especially for the great photo opportunities which it affords. Lucky for us, Sharma proved to be more than a driver, but also an excellent photographer as he took over 100 photos of my husband and I throughout the trip both candid and posed, which he sent to us at the end of the day, and are honestly probably the only good photos we have of the 2 of us… OK – so overall, it is a lot of driving on really windy roads, so if you get car sick, this is not for you. If you also expect strict schedules and polished narrations of what you are seeing, also not for you. If you want to spend a day with your own personal driver/photographer, who is really nice, fun and will take you around the Coromandel so you can see some of the most interesting sites it has, then I highly recommend this trip.

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