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Viewpoint
Shakespeare Cliff
A viewpoint on a white cliff above Mercury Bay, near Cooks Beach, overlooking Whitianga, the bay’s islands and the small Lonely Bay beach below.
Waikato · New Zealand
Whitianga
In the destination Coromandel Peninsula.
In the photo: Buffalo Beach, Whitianga
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Whitianga.
Whitianga is the main town of Mercury Bay on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, with about 6,000 residents who increase many times over in summer. Buffalo Beach runs in front of the town center, and the Mercury Bay Museum, next to the wharf, tells the bay’s history. A short passenger boat crosses the harbour to Ferry Landing, from where you can walk to the Shakespeare Cliff viewpoint. It’s the best-served base for visiting Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach.
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The local experience
What to see in Whitianga
Beach
Buffalo Beach
A roughly 4 km beach in front of Whitianga in Mercury Bay, with a promenade, calm water and the name of a British ship that was wrecked there in 1840.
Museum
Mercury Bay Museum
A small museum beside Whitianga wharf covering the history of Mercury Bay: Polynesian navigation, Cook’s 1769 visit, shipwrecks, kauri logging and the lives of early settlers.