B,L,D Sunday, Jan 7. Spending the morning with your host family, you will return to the Sky City Hotel by afternoon and be free to independently explore Auckland in more detail, especially the things that have caught your interest over the past weekend. B One Tree Hill, Auckland Monday, Jan 8. After we visit Mount Eden, an extinct volcano which was used for hundreds of years by Maori as an agricultural area as well as a fortified village site, we will leave Auckland for the historic Bay of Islands. Monday evening will find us checking into the Copthorne Waitangi Resort, nestled in the surrounds of Paihia and Russell.
Today offers a free day to pursue personal areas of interest and leisure.
The Bay of Islands offers many options that are available for all tastes. Some of the most interesting are sea kayaking , deep sea fishing, a trip to Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach or a day spent leisurely exploring the beautiful surrounds of Russell and Paihia. For those interested in a more structured day, we will be offering a group site seeing tour around the inland Bay of Islands. B Kiwifruit Blueberries ready to be picked Wednesday, Jan 10. Departing our hotel, we make our last call in the Bay of Islands, the Waitangi National Reserve , where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840.