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WALKS RICH IN GOOD FOOD, BEST COASTLINE AND ACTIVE PURSUITS, THERE’S PLENTY SWIMS TO KEEP EVERYONE HAPPY HERE.
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our hundred years after Māori first arrived, Captain Cook named this huge stretch of shoreline the Bay of Plenty, namely for its abundance of natural resources, including food. You certainly won’t have to look far for delicious kiwifruit, avocados and mānuka honey.
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It is also a region that offers plenty of excuses to get outdoors, from twilight kayaking to see glowworms in Lake McLaren’s canyons or exploring Moutohorā/Whale Island to swimming with dolphins or braving the mountain bike trails.
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If you’re not exploring then you should be indulging. Succumb to Mt Maunganui’s sophisticated café scene; in Papamoa, note the Dinner in the Domain with food trucks option.
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Families can’t get enough of Waimarino Adventure Park, home to water trampolines, giant inflatables and New Zealand’s only kayak slide. For smaller children, the much-loved Hairy Maclary sculptures on Tauranga’s waterfront and McLaren Falls is a gorgeous spot for bush walks, picnics and kayaking, with Marshalls Animal Park situated adjacent and full of fun.
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• Whirinaki Forest Park, Whakatāne – soak up pure tranquillity on the Whirinaki Forest Walk, an easy 11km amble through dense podocarp trees.
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• Classic Flyers Aviation Museum, Tauranga Airport – dedicated to all-things aviation, including the opportunity to fly over Tauranga in an open cockpit plane.
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• Katikati Bird Gardens – a small, family-run garden on Katikati Harbour. Nonchalant herons stalk the lawns, there are ponds, wetlands and aviaries, and the bantams roam free.
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