andrew_w
North Island ▷ Coromandel ▷ Hahei ▷
3.5/5
Great walk - lovely scenery, but we were very dissappointed to find that the iconic cave entrance to cathedral cove is cordoned off, due to loose and falling rocks.
My advice - take a helmet!
North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
5.0/5
This could not have been a better trip!
We had been on a dolphin tour some years previously in the Bay of Islands, and on that occassion saw only 5 or 6 dolphins. Our expectations therefore were at this level, so imagine our delight when, after some thorough and persistent searching, we encountered a pod of over 250 dolphins! We got to swim with the dolphins 5 or 6 times, and the captain and crew could not have been better.
Ignore the rantings of 'Edwards' review below - I think he must have been on a different boat to the one we were on! My advice - if you are travelling to NZ with the intention of swimming with Dolphins, don't take a risk with anyone else!