Karangahake Gorge

 
 

The common pronunciation for this gorge is car+rang+a+ha+kay (not correct te reo).

 

So where do you find it – it's on the route between Auckland and Tauranga.  A spectacular piece of road. It is at the southern end of the Coromandel peninsula and is between the Coromandel and Kaimai ranges.

 

You can do a range of bush walks in the Karangahake.  But just driving through it is fab.