Whangarei New Zealand
New Zealand

9 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Seabourn Cruise Line (9 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

At Northport, the deep-water terminal at Marsden Point, at the harbour entrance and about thirty kilometres from the city centre. Transfers run by shuttle or excursion along Bream Bay.
A building designed without a single straight line by the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who settled in the region late in life. The city built it after his death, faithful to his plans: undulating floors, irregular columns, mosaics, a gilded dome and a forest roof you can walk on.
The Hundertwasser Centre and the Town Basin, the Hātea Loop walkway, then Whangarei Falls five kilometres away. Counting the drive from Marsden Point, the day fills up.
The gallery within the Hundertwasser Centre devoted to contemporary Māori art — a first for a public institution in the country.
The marina turned public square: former sheds now hold cafes, craft workshops and shops around visiting yachts. The Claphams museum there lines up hundreds of clocks and eccentric mechanisms gathered by a local collector.
A four-kilometre walking loop following the river and crossing Te Matau ā Pohe, a lifting bridge whose profile evokes a Māori fish hook. Outdoor sculpture and rest areas punctuate the route, which takes under an hour.
About 26 metres in a single curtain, where the Hātea River drops over a basalt ledge. You view them from walkways shaded by tree ferns, five kilometres from the Town Basin.
One of the largest former Māori fortified sites in the country, above the city rooftops. You reach it by car or forest tracks; from the summit the eye follows the river down to the harbour and the Marsden Point facilities where your ship waits.
About thirty kilometres, along Bream Bay with its mudflats and volcanic hills. Better to treat the drive as the first chapter of the day than as a chore.
The New Zealand dollar, and English — Māori is also an official language and very present in Northland. Cards are accepted everywhere.