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Great Barrier Island FULLY ESCORTED TOUR PACKAGE 4 DAYS – 3 NIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS 24th April – 27th April 2018 Kauri Sawmill & Whaling Station $1,545 Man O’War Passage Per person, Double or Twin Share Port Fitzroy Harbour Glenfern Sanctuary & Sunset Rock $275 Awana Beach Single Supplement Milk, Honey & Grain Museum DEPOSIT Tryphena, Shoal Bay Pottery 20% upon booking Medlands Beach ‘Great Barrier Island Nikau Palm’ grove PAYMENT SCHEDULE Balance due by 23rd February 2018 Coastal Cruise on Sundancer ITINERARY Day 1: Tuesday 24th April | Lunch, Dinner We travel to Auckland Airport for our short but very scenic flight across the Hauraki Gulf to Great Barrier Island. The afternoon is free for you to begin your discovery of this remote island paradise. Day 2: Wednesday 25th April | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Full day tour. We travel up the east coast to Awana Beach and enjoy a short (optional) beach walk before having our picnic lunch beside the Awana Estuary. We continue up through the central forest area with views of Windy Canyon and Rakitu Island then down through Okiwi to Port Fitzroy Harbour and Glenfern Sanctuary (Fitzroy House). We finish the day with a coastal cruise on board the Sundancer and head back down the western side of the island through the Man O’War Passage and the ‘Broken Islands’ to Whangaparapara Harbour. Day 3: Thursday 26th April | Breakfast, Dinner This morning, we enjoy an optional walk along the famous Medlands Beach, visit the Milk, Honey & Grain Museum, the Art Gallery and stop TOUR DESCRIPTION for lunch at the Claris Texas Café. If the weather permits, we have the This tour is a wonderful opportunity to explore the remote and idyllic opportunity to ride the Crazyhorse chopper style trike before heading Great Barrier Island. With unspoilt white sandy beaches, rugged native back to the lodge. bush and unique plant and bird life - it will take you a step back in time Day 4: Friday 27th April | Breakfast, Dinner and will be an experience to remember. After breakfast, we head off to the Hot Springs Track to see the stunning ‘Great Barrier Island Nikau Palm’ grove. We call into Okupu Beach to check out the ancient Pohutukawa trees and tour around to the ‘Forgotten Wharf’ at Blind Bay. We explore the Tryphena area and visit Please note: The order of the itinerary may change to suit local arrangements. the Shoal Bay Pottery before checking in for our flight back to Auckland. 0800 66 44 14 | [email protected] www.scottsdaletours.co.nz.

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AUCKLAND Further information Great Barrier Aotea / Great Barrier Island Base Private Bag 96002 Island/Aotea Great Barrier Island 0961 Hauraki Gulf Marine Park PHONE: 09 429 0044 EMAIL: [email protected] www.doc.govt.nz Published by: Department of Conservation DOC Aotea / Great Barrier Island Base Private Bag 96002 Great Barrier Island October 2019 Editing and design: DOC Creative Services, Conservation House, Wellington Front cover: Aotea Track. Photo: Andris Apse Back cover: Kākā landing in a pōhutukawa tree. Photo: Leon Berard This publication is produced using paper sourced from well-managed, renewable and legally logged forests. R153740 Contents Aotea and Ngāti Rehua Aotea and Ngāti Rehua .................1 The island renown Ridge to reef ..........................2 The west coast ...........................3 Aotea is the ancestral land of the The east coast ............................3 Ngāti Rehua hapū of Ngāti Wai. It is Marine life ................................4 the southeastern outpost of the tribal rohe of the Ngāti Wai iwi. Seabirds ..................................4 Rich history ..........................5 Although each island, islet and rock has its own individual character and identity, Aotea is Mining ...................................5 viewed as a single physical and spiritual entity Whaling ..................................6 over which a ‘spiritual grid’ lies. At its centre Shipwrecks ...............................6 stands Hirakimata (Mt Hobson), the maunga Historic buildings. 6 tapu of Ngāti Rehua. To the
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To Medlands Station To Medlands 1 Station Rock K Rock Road ō w Walkway h a i V a d l Discovering l a e o y R T r Maungatawhiri d a n c a Road k l d Schooner Bay Road e Tryphena Schooner M Bay Road Blackwell Drive Pū ri ri Bay Ro Trouble with Tryphena: if you linger here, a d 3 ad 2 Stonewall Village Bay Ro Rosalie it might make your ordinary life seem Pūriri Bay Pah Te Rangitāwhiri Beach Gooseberry Flat less than perfect. Road Omanawa Lane Miller’s Hill Walk Mountain bike trail grades All you need to know to enjoy exploring this area for a day. Grade 4. Advanced Schooner Bay Shoal Bay Road Te Rangitāwhiri Reserve Mulberry Grove A mixture of long, Road steep climbs, narrow track, 4 poor traction and difficult obstacles to avoid or jump Turi over. Generally exposed at Key (turn over for description of each walk) Motutara Pohutukawa Mulberry Grove the track’s outside edge. Place Most riders will find some Station Rock Road Walkway sections easier to walk. (Access from Medlands Road) Ross Bay Track Waste on Aotea/ Tryphena Harbour Garden Road Great Barrier Te Rangitāwhiri Whanga Mulberry Grove Miller’s Hill walk Dolphin Bay Track Rubbish collection on Aotea School Dog Information Great Barrier has changed Shoal Bay No dogs on DOC reserves, Shoal Bay Shoal Bay Road Island Bay Track in 2019. Residential waste Tryphena Point Wharf campgrounds and tracks, or Ruahine Lookout Track is collected weekly using on Motu Kaikoura. Dogs on supplied bins and bags.
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