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Experience
New Zealand’s best kept travel secret – Great Barrier island –
remote and spectacular. Named
by Captain Cook, Great Barrier Island lies at the edge of the Hauraki
Gulf, only 55 miles and 25 minutes by air from Auckland.
Great
Barrier Island offers
stunning beaches, hiking trails, hot springs, horse riding, fishing,
kayaking, swimming and snorkelling, as well as historic sites that go back
to the pioneering days.
Seventy percent of the island is managed by the
Department of Conservation as the gem of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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Great
Barrier Island is a microcosm of New Zealand the way it was 50 years ago
– plentiful birdlife (including kaka parrots and the rare brown teal),
the chevron skink found nowhere else in the world, and – at Mount Saint
Paul Lodge on the island’s east coast – the luxury of a new lodge
lovingly designed in the style of a 19th Century colonial manor
house.
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Mount St Paul Estate and Lodge, viewed
from across the bay
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to the Island
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There
are regular flights from Auckland Airport and periodic services from the North Shore, Waiheke Island, Whangarei and
Coromandel airports. Claris
Airport on Great Barrier Island is five minutes drive from the Lodge.
Please contact us to arrange your travel requirements. |
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