Coromandel Town
Coromandel
A historic gold-rush town on the west coast of the peninsula, lined with Victorian shopfronts and art boutiques, famous for its smoked seafood and oysters.
New Zealand's first gold discovery took place nearby in 1852. The old town's main street preserves wooden shopfronts and an old bank building, and the Coromandel Goldfield Centre keeps a working stamp battery. Green-lipped mussels and oysters farmed in the local bays are fresh and inexpensive, and the smoked seafood from Coromandel Smoking Co. is well known. It is about an hour's drive north from Thames along the coastal road, with beautiful sea views along the way.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Driving Creek Railway
- Castle Rock (Motutere)
- Waiau Falls & Kauri Grove (309 Road)
- New Chums Beach (Wainuiototo)
- Matarangi Beach
- Whitianga
- Shakespeare Cliff Lookout & Lonely Bay
- Square Kauri