Mid-range · 6-hour walk · Auckland
The museum, the gallery and Devonport in six hours
The Māori treasures of the War Memorial Museum, the Domain's glasshouses, the art gallery, and the ferry to a volcano.
The Auckland Domain is the crater of one of the city's oldest volcanoes, with the museum on its rim. This route starts there, walks back into town through Albert Park to the art gallery, and finishes with the short ferry to Devonport and the climb up Mount Victoria.
The route, stop by stop
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Auckland War Memorial Museum
Its Māori court holds Te Toki a Tapiri, the last of the great war canoes, and a carved meeting house. There is a cultural performance several times a day.
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Wintergardens
Two glasshouses either side of a courtyard pond, one tropical and one temperate, built in the 1910s and 1920s. Free.
25 min here Walk here → -
Albert Park
A Victorian park on the site of a fort built in the 1840s, with a floral clock and old fig trees.
15 min here Walk here → -
Auckland Art Gallery
The country's largest collection of art, including the portraits of Māori chiefs by Gottfried Lindauer and Charles Goldie.
60 min here Walk here → -
Mount Victoria
Arrive by ferry from the previous stop
Takarunga, a small volcano behind Devonport's main street, with views straight back across the harbour to the city.
40 min here Walk here →
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