Travel & Accommodation

Famous for it’s gold mining – both past and present - the township of Waihi is located at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, approx 1 hr 45 min drive from Auckland International airport, An hour from Hamilton and 45 minutes from Tauranga. The town has a resident population of approx 4,500 people and is known as New Zealand’s Heart of Gold – for reasons that will become plainly obvious when you arrive!

There are many accommodation options in the area.

Regional websites offering accomodation and other local information

•  Waihi Town regional website: www.waihi.org.nz/businesses/accommodation/stay-in-waihi.aspx   - This is where the race finishes!
• Approx 10km away is the seaside resort of Waihi Beach which also has a whole range of accommodaiton options.  Waihi Beach regional website:  www.waihibeachinfo.co.nz/accommodation_waihi_beach.html
• On the Western side of the Karangahake Gorge 21km away from Waihi you can stay in Paeroa. Paeros regional website: www.paeroa.org.nz/Directory/Accommodation.html
• Or you can contact the Waihi Information Centre on 07 863 6715 or email Ollie at waihi.info@gmail.com

Waihi Region map

Waihi township map

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