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Private Auckland Best Spots + Piha Beach & Karekare Falls Tour

A private full-day tour combining Auckland's city highlights with the real West Coast — Piha Beach and Karekare Falls.

Private tour — just your group 8 hours Up to 20 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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  • Private — your group only
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Overview

A private tour for your group only, from Mount Eden and Westhaven to the genuine Piha Beach and Karekare Falls.

This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include Mount Eden, Westhaven Marina, Mission Bay, Piha Beach, and Karekare Falls.

Highlights

  • City & West Coast Combined Real Auckland highlights plus genuine West Coast beaches.
  • Piha's Real Black Sand Genuine, dramatic coastline.
  • Private, Full Day 8 hours, just your group.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

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Pickup

Hotel pickup in central Auckland.

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City & West Coast Combined

Real Auckland highlights plus genuine West Coast beaches.

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Piha's Real Black Sand

Genuine, dramatic coastline.

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Private, Full Day

8 hours, just your group.

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Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 20 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, for your group only.
Piha Beach and Karekare Falls.
The name comes from Te Piha, the original Māori name for the rock now known as Lion Rock, meaning roughly "the divided ripple at the bow of the canoe" — a description of how waves split around it.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private tour for your group only, from Mount Eden and Westhaven to the genuine Piha Beach and Karekare Falls. This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include Mount Eden, Westhaven Marina, Mission Bay, Piha Beach, and Karekare Falls.

Piha's name traces directly back to Lion Rock, the dramatic outcrop sitting in the middle of the beach. Its original Māori name, used by Te Kawerau ā Maki, was Te Piha, meaning roughly "the divided ripple at the bow of the canoe" — a description of how waves break and split around it. Lion Rock itself was once a fortified pā, and terracing and midden deposits are still visible on it despite centuries of coastal erosion.

The beach's modern identity is just as tied to the Piha Surf Life Saving Club, founded in January 1934 by Frank Ross, Cliff Holt, Bert Holt, Stan Holt, and Laurie Wilson, making it the oldest surf club on Auckland's west coast. Its patrols became genuinely nationally known after being featured in the long-running TVNZ series Piha Rescue, which turned both the club and Piha's notoriously powerful rips into something most New Zealanders already recognise before they ever visit.

Karekare, the second real stop on this route, has its own claim to fame: it's where Jane Campion filmed the beach scenes for her Oscar-winning 1993 film The Piano, shot over May and June 1992 with local surf lifesavers drafted in to help haul the 150-kilogram prop piano across the dunes between tides. Karekare Falls itself, a 30-metre waterfall reached by a short walking track within Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, is a separate and equally real stop just a short walk from the beach.

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