Auckland — Sights
Yachts in the harbour, volcanoes on every hill
- Sky Tower — Volcanic cones and two harbours from 328 metres up
- Viaduct Harbour & Wynyard Quarter — An evening waterfront walk through a forest of yacht masts
- Maungawhau / Mount Eden — A free lookout where the city spreads out past a grassy crater
- Auckland War Memorial Museum & Auckland Domain — Māori war canoes and a haka show in a hilltop park
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki — Free entry, timber canopies and Māori portraits
- Devonport & Mount Victoria — A 12-minute ferry to see the city from across the water
- Waiheke Island (wineries) — Forty minutes by ferry to vineyards over the sea
- Rangitoto Island — A 600-year-old volcano island, up black lava to the crater
- Piha Beach — Black sand, big surf and a lion-shaped rock
- Muriwai Gannet Colony — Thousands of seabirds nesting right below the cliff-top
- One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie) & Cornwall Park — Past grazing sheep to an obelisk on the summit
- Ponsonby Road — Cafés and boutiques between Victorian villas
- Hobbiton Movie Set (day trip) — Two and a half hours walking the Shire with a guide
- Waitomo Glowworm Caves (day trip) — A silent boat ride under a ceiling of blue lights
- Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium — King penguins on snow and a shark tunnel, perfect for rain
- Auckland Zoo — Kiwi and tuatara in one walk-through zoo
- MOTAT — Old trams, planes and Kiwi inventions in one place
- Auckland Botanic Gardens — A huge free garden full of native plants
- Mission Bay Beach — Ice cream on the sand, Rangitoto across the water
- AJ Hackett Auckland Bridge Climb & Bungy — Walk or bungy off the Harbour Bridge
- Parnell Rose Gardens — Roses above the harbour, free to enter
- Shakespear Regional Park — Sheep hills and beaches north of the city
- Tiritiri Matangi Island — A day with rare birds on a predator-free island
- Hunua Falls — A waterfall steps from the car park