Places to Visit in Napier

Hawke's Bay Trails is one of New Zealand's 22x Great Rides. Located on the east coast of New Zealand, situated in the world renown wine region of Hawke's Bay. Its well known for it sunny, seaside climate, with nearly 200km of easy (mostly) off-road trails, allowing you to ride or walk through beautiful scenery and enjoy it's local hospitality. Take a few days to come explore all this region has to offer.

Prepare to embark on an electrifying adventure at the Faraday Museum of Technology in Hawkes Bay, where science, technology, and history come to life. It's not just any old museum; it's Napiers original Power Station transformed into a fun Hands-On interactive journey of discovery. Ditch your modern gadgets for a while and take a nostalgic trip down memory lane by calling a friend the old-fashioned way, play at the penny arcade, step inside an infinity box that will boggle your mind, and brace yourself as the Tesla Coil electrifies the atmosphere with dazzling light displays. Gather your friends and family, and don't forget your camera, because this is one adventure to a Museum that you won't want to forget!

Make the Art Deco Centre your first stop to find out more about the devastating 1931 earthquake and the rebuild of Napier city in the style of the times - Art Deco. We have guided walks starting at $31 per person, vintage car tours starting at $270 for 4 people, and our Art Deco Centre has fabulous Deco inspired homewares and giftware's for sale. Each year we host two Art Deco festivals - our biggest and brightest in February, is world-famous where thousands of people arrive dressed in Deco and take part in five fabulous days of Art Deco festival fun. For the more intimate and indulgent, we host our Winter Deco Weekend each July. All sales from our events, daily tours and shop sales, go back into the preservation of our Art Deco heritage.

Once the site of an artillery battery, this historic lookout provides sweeping views of the ocean.

Discover an exciting world above and below the water at the National Aquarium of New Zealand. Visit Penguin Cove to watch the Little Penguins feed and play. See stingrays, kingfish, hapuku, snapper, and other majestic native species swimming over you in the oceanarium tunnel. Spot New Zealand's native wildlife - the Tuatara and Kiwi. If you'd like to get up close to our Little Penguins, book a Close Encounter and experience what goes on behind the scenes, learning about the day-to-day care of these character-filled birds and feeding them in their habitat. Terrapin Encounters can also be booked for a unique experience for the whole family. Daily feeding times: 10.00am - reef fish, 2pm - oceanarium, 9.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm Little Penguins.