Best places: Nature preserves in Devonport-Takapuna, New Zealand

Site of Auckland's highest volcano, with spectacular city & harbour views & a large crater.

Leafy coastal area featuring facilities such as trails, a campground, a boat ramp & beaches.

Tour agency providing educational rides aboard a marine research vessel to see whales & dolphins.

👍👍 This place has beautiful views of Auckland city and Hauraki Gulf. It's one of the best place to go for picnic with family or friends. If you are fan of doing fishing there's a spot down the rock where you can (make sure you come back before water level rises, you can lose the track of land). Also yo...

👍👍 Love Arkles small piece of a paradise to live in

👍👍 Beautiful place and very peaceful. Great walk from Browns Bay to Rothesay Bay.

👍👍 Glad I stumbled upon this reserve! So close to Botany and Manukau city, its an easy walk down to the beach or via the top on the grass lawn. Amazing views all round especially of the east coast! Its also a good reserve to go for a run or walk your dog. To see the various tracks, distance and walk ti...

👍👍 Beautiful park area with a nice playground. Plenty of space and a huge beach at low tide. Really nice atmosphere.

👍👍 One of Auckland’s most underrated maunga. A gorgeous walk, and one that is getting better with ongoing improvement works to the pathways - both making it a more comfortable walk and also preserving the cones themselves. Great views out over the Manukau Harbour.

👍👍 I am coming to the end of a 2 day solo getaway and I cannot begin to describe how incredible this place is and how much it has helped me to heal. The hospitality, food, seclusion, bath tubs, bushwalks, bed, pillows, coffee and beauty of the wider property were all highlights. I feel so good knowing...

👍👍 Didn't even know these walks existed! We enjoyed our lockdown walks here. Nice and quiet and close to the ocean. Simply beautiful!

👍👍 Perfect for biking and jogging, wide open football field, benches along the pathways. Great playground for kids and families can go picnic. Toilet is also on site.

👍 We loved the walking trails in this wetlands park area and all of the singing birds! One of the best places in the area for birdwatchers or for wildlife enthusiasts. We also liked the easy access from the trails to multiple starting points from the parking area and streets, and that the paved walkwa...

👍 The entrance is right next to Takapuna District Cricket Club. It's a short 20 minutes loop bush walk.

👍👍 It's a lovely beach with a boat launch. It offers shade and parking all along the shoreline

👍👍 It's really nice place. Really good for summer. We went there during matariki kite festival. It was fabulous.

👍👍 Love this place, you could see lots of different mushrooms in winter.

👍👍 Quiet little tucked away beach until high tide.....then it becomes a social highlight!

👍👍 Great place to walk the dogs and get some fresh air.

👍 A beautiful natural quiet place for taking pictures but quite small. Just a small walk and you have reached the other side. Would not recommend bringing cars here as it is very confusing to find a parking spot.