{"id":599,"date":"2017-03-28T05:25:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T05:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/waiheke-island-guide\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T01:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T01:38:05","slug":"waiheke-island-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/waiheke-island-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waiheke Island Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How lucky are people who live in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/Auckland.d178233.Destination-Travel-Guides?brandcid=blog.waiheke.sophiechan_300317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auckland<\/a>? A 40-minute ferry ride from downtown and you\u2019re on Waiheke Island. Just 93.2 square kilometres, Waiheke is known as a little Mediterranean jewel nestled in the Hauraki Gulf. A jewel that has 128 km of coastline and is famous for its wineries. What more could you ask for? Whether you\u2019ve got a few hours or a couple of days, here\u2019s our guide to island life:<\/p>\n<h2>Getting there<\/h2>\n<p>Purchase your tickets at the Downtown ferry terminal in the city, where boats leave every hour. If you aren\u2019t hiring a car over on the island, grab a hop-on, hop-off bus ticket here so that you can get around and explore easily.<\/p>\n<h2>Beaches<\/h2>\n<p>Waiheke is home to more than 100 beaches, with two of the most popular being Oneroa and Onetangi. They\u2019re both favourite spots for city dwellers and visitors alike, with white sands, safe swimming, great fishing and coastal walking tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How lucky are people who live in Auckland? A 40-minute ferry ride from downtown and you\u2019re on Waiheke Island. Just 93.2 square kilometres, Waiheke is known as a little Mediterranean jewel nestled in the Hauraki Gulf. A jewel that has 128 km of coastline and is famous for its wineries. What more could you ask&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/waiheke-island-guide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Waiheke Island Guide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,462],"tags":[49,464,200],"authors":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-sophie-chan","tag-waiheke-island","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Waiheke Island Guide | Expedia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/waiheke-island-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Waiheke Island Guide | Expedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How lucky are people who live in Auckland? 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