Auckland Tourism & Travel Guide - Places to see in Auckland

Auckland Tour & Travel Guide - Places to See in Auckland

Kelly Tarlton's SEA LIFE Aquarium

A transparent tunnel runs along the centre ofold stormwater and sewage holding tanks, through which you travel on a conveyor belt, with the fish, including sharks and stingrays, swimming around you. You can step off at any time to take a closer look. The Antartic Encounter includes a walk through a replica of Scott’s 1911 Antarctic hut, and a ride aboard a heated Snow Cat through a frozen environment where a colony of king and gentoo penguins lives at sub-zero temperatures.

Auckland Art Gallery

The Toi o Tamaki is New Zealand's oldest established and largest public art gallery.Opening in February 1888, the gallery has increasingly become a focal point of Auckland's rich and diverse cultural fabric, and now lies at the heart of the New Zealand art experience for both the local community and visitors alike.

Civic Theatre

The Auckland Civic Theatre is internationally significant as the largest surviving atmospheric cinema in Australasia (and also one of the only seven of its style remaining in the world) and as the first purpose-built cinema of this type in New Zealand. If at all possible, try to attend a performance here. It’s mainly used for touring musicals, big premieres and Film Festival screenings.

One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie)

Known by Maori as Maungakiekie, or hill of the kiekie vine, One Tree Hill is a 20,000-year-old scoria cone offering exquisite views over central Auckland and surrounding areas. The eponymous pine tree at the summit, however, had to be removed following several attacks on its 105-year-old trunk.

Howick Historical Village

Walk around the 7 acre site, and explore gardens and buildings in a Fencible settlement during the 1840 to 1880 period. There are over thirty original colonial buildings collected on site, including schools, a church, forge and general store.Chat to the costumed staff in this living museum, or take a break to savour the home-style food and real coffee in the cafe

Mount Eden (Maungawhau)

The symmetrical crater (50 metre deep) is known as TeIpu Kai a Mataaho (the Food Bowl of Mataaho, the god of things hidden in the ground) and is highly tapu (sacred); don’t enter it, but feel free to explore the remainder of the mountain.It’s a must to take in the panoramic 360-degree views from the top.

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