Sheltered coves and long surf beaches
Around Coromandel you'll find sheltered coves and long surf beaches. Ask your guide about heritage strolls — it's the kind of thing that turns a transfer into a day you remember.
Hawke's Bay → Coromandel
Set out from Havelock North towards Paeroa and the landscape starts telling its own story well before you arrive.
Paeroa sits in Coromandel — a rugged peninsula of pōhutukawa-fringed coves, hot sand and old gold towns. With your own vehicle and a local guide you can shape the day around what you actually want to see, rather than a timetable.
Coromandel
A taste of what a day around Paeroa can hold.
Around Coromandel you'll find sheltered coves and long surf beaches. Ask your guide about heritage strolls — it's the kind of thing that turns a transfer into a day you remember.
Around Coromandel you'll find hot water bubbling up through the sand. Ask your guide about kayaking — it's the kind of thing that turns a transfer into a day you remember.
Around Coromandel you'll find gold-rush history and artisan townships. Ask your guide about coastal walking — it's the kind of thing that turns a transfer into a day you remember.
Around Coromandel you'll find coastal walks to sea-carved arches. Ask your guide about beach days — it's the kind of thing that turns a transfer into a day you remember.
Ways to travel between Havelock North and Paeroa.
A whole day with your own driver-guide — the classic way to see the highlights without watching the clock or reading a map.
A shorter loop for arrival days, cruise stops or when you want the afternoon back. Fewer stops, same local knowledge.
Travelling anyway? Turn the journey itself into the sightseeing, pausing wherever the view, the coffee or the photo is worth it.
Families, friends and small groups in one private vehicle, with an itinerary written around what your group actually wants to do.
Your driver-guide is a local. They know which lookout is clear in the morning, which café is worth the stop and which short walk is worth the shoes.
The road between Havelock North and Paeroa threads through the kind of country people fly across the world to see — a rugged peninsula of pōhutukawa-fringed coves, hot sand and old gold towns.
Going private means the day belongs to you: no fixed departure times, no coach-load of strangers, and no rushing past something you wanted to photograph.
Make the most of both ends of your journey.
Before you set out, Havelock North is a good place to slow down — Hawke's Bay is known for a clifftop gannet colony and orchard country and long sunny days.
Once you arrive, Paeroa opens up beach days, coastal walking and kayaking in and around the wider Coromandel area.
Tell us what you'd like to do and we'll come back with a private itinerary and a clear quote.