• Wednesday 05 May 2010

Four hours north of Auckland lies Pahia which is the gateway to the Bay of islands. This is northland of New Zealand. A really nice coastal town full of different types of accomodaton starting from hostels up to 5 star hotels. I travelled up with Magic bus a backpacker bus from Auckland arriving into Pahia at late afternoon just in time for a cruise out to the islands which I did with Dolphin discoveries. Its always been a dream of mine to swim alongside dolphins which I was lucky to do and make my dream come true. After my dolphin cruise I cruised around the bay of islands and saw the hole in the rock which is a huge rock in the middle of the sea and then returning back to hostel in time for a bbq which was a great way to meet fellow tourists and great to share stories etc. The following day I went on a day trip up to the very north of the North island cape reinga to the famous 90 mile beach. Here we went on a 4 wheel drive safari and tried some sandboarding. On the way back we visited a really nice seaside town called Mangonui, famous for its fish and chips and headed back to pahia and then back to Auckland. Book Cheap Flights to New Zealand or contact us here for Travel New Zealand