Things To Do

Whether you are wanting to relax and unwind or are seeking thrills and adventure, you can do it all while staying at Keri Downs Cottage.

Most activities can be found within 20 minutes drive or just stay home and blob-out on the deck.

We can lend you a kayak or the key to our dinghy in Pilot Bay (due care req'd).

Want to really unwind - book a foot massage with our local reflexologist Martine Bowyer

Here’s just a taste of what’s available near our Tauranga country cottage

• Choice of Hot Mineral Pools 5 – 15 minutes drive
• Mount Hot Saltwater Pools 20 minutes
• Golf courses 10 minutes (click here to visit Renner Park Golf Course) 
• Centre of town 15 minutes
  - excellent selection of cafes and restaurants
  - movies, bars and clubs
• Theatres & Art Galleries
• QE2 Sports Centre 10 minutes
• Beautiful swimming and surf beaches 15 minutes
• Mt Maunganui 20 minutes
• Bayfair Shopping Centre 10 minutes
• Bay Park Stadium / Speedway 10 minutes
• Sping Loaded Fun Park (Longridge Park) Jetboat etc
• Greerton or Fraser Cove shops & supermarkets 10 minutes
• Mill's Reef Winery and Restaurant 15 minutes
• Have a marine adventure - (click here to visit Butler's Swim With Dolphins)
• See New Zealand's largest seaport, the Port of Tauranga
• Classic Flyers aviation museum is just great.
• Glider Flight or try the M.A.S.H. helicopter.
• Tauranga Food & Wine Festival
• Easter Jazz Festival

Take a Daytrip to Hamilton/Cambridge 1 hr,  Rotorua 50 min (try adventure back road) , Whakatane 4 min

Plus there's no shortage of activites and adventure: Fishing | Swimming | Golf | Scenic flights | Swim with dolphins | Wine tasting | Blokarting | Ten pin bowling | Nature walks | Sky diving | Wind, kite and sea surfing | Sailing

If there’s anything specific you’re interested in, please ask us. We’re happy to help with your arrangements. Book Now or Enquire About Availability