Local Features

Vineyards and Restaurants

Award winning Italian restaurant Poderi Crisci is just down the road. The small boutique Awaroa Organic Winery is a 5 minute drive away, and Passage Rock Wines and Man O' War Vineyards are only short, scenic drives away.

Awaawaroa Bay Eco Village

A proudly sustainability focused community, caretakers of 85 hectares of covenanted wetland, regenerating forest and foreshore.

Awaawaroa Bay

A beautiful bay with calm waters and sandy shores ideal for swimming, kayaking, and paddleboarding. For nature enthusiasts there a plenty of opportunities for hiking the surrounding countryside, including the Te Ara Hura trail.

Stony Batter

A Heritage 1 Listed WWII Coastal Defence Fortress featuring 1.2km of subterranean passages, chambers and stairwells all tunnelled by hand.

Waiheke Beaches

Only a 10 minute drive to the popular swimming beach at Onetangi.

Accessibility

It is only 25 minutes to the Waiheke ferry, 40 minutes to get off the boat in Auckland City.

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View out to the Hauraki Gulf from the top of the land

Valley and surrounds from the top of the land.

There are plenty of scenic day hikes in the area.

The Te Ara Hura (which means "Discover the Way") is a continuous route around the island.