Mount Maunganui is a peninsula east of Tauranga overlooked by an ancient 232m volcano. It is a pretty “surfer” seaside place.<\/span><\/p>\n Leaving Auckland on a Friday after work I preferred to make a first stop at Tauranga. Indeed, my Intercity bus initially had a scheduled arrival at 9:15 p.m. And with the trafic I arrived 1 hour later! Even if the backpacks are generally quite flexible on the arrival time I did not want to add the 15-20 min that separate Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. I therefore reserved a room at ArtHouse backpackers<\/a>. Good location, close to the center and the bus stop but I do not recommend it if you want to spend a quiet night! Indeed it is at the edge of the busiest road which makes the room very noisy, even late.<\/span><\/p>\n The next morning after having my breakfast at Starbuck I took the local bus towards Mount Manganui. Two bus lines make the connection, a direct (bus 1) and one with a small detour (bus 2). Please note on weekends there is only one bus per hour on both lines. And the schedules of the two buses are only a few minutes apart, New Zealand logic! This means that there is no bus for 45-50 minutes! The trip costs $ 3.40 to pay on the bus and is taken around the corner from the i-site (perpendicular to the Intercity \/ Naked bus stop).<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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