Golf
Waihi Golf Club is an 18-hole course with mature trees, groomed fairways and excellent greens in park-like surroundings. Green fees are $25 for affiliated players and $30 for others with summer and country memberships available. The course is located at the corner of Old Tauranga and Woodlands Roads, Waihi.
Phone: (+64) 7 863 8678
Cycling
Waihi Beach Top 10 Holiday Resort rents mountain bikes (including helmets and locks) and are able to recommend suitable rides depending on your fitness level and available time. The ride from Waihi Beach Top 10 Holiday Park to Bowentown Heads is reasonably flat and about 11 kilometres long. Waihi Township is around 10 kilometres away, from where you can take your bike on the scenic heritage railway to Karangahake Gorge and ride the many walking tracks found there.
Horse Riding
Gordon Lucas offers guided horse treks and riding lessons to suit your experience and needs. Treks are between one and two hours in length, either through native bush or over lush, green farmland.
Gordon’s horses are well trained and reliable, ensuring you feel comfortable and relaxed, particularly if riding for the first time. During summer, horse treks and riding lessons are available from 8.30am to 5.00pm and in the winter months from 9.00am to 3.00pm.
Horse Treks and Riding Lessons
Gordon Lucas
Phone: (+64) 7 863 7943
Bullswool Farm Park
Experience one of New Zealand's most unique and interesting working farms. Explore beautiful farmland set in a secluded, bush-clad valley. Get up close to our huge variety of unusual rarebreed farm animals. All are friendly and can be handfed.
Great day for the family with several picnic areas. Enjoy refreshments, freshly roasted organic coffee. Possum and alpaca fibre toys and gifts for sale.
Bullswool Farm Park, 240 Rahu Rd, Karangahake
Phone: (07) 862 8843
info@bullswoolfarm.co.nz
www.bullswoolfarm.co.nz
Tennis
Waihi Beach Tennis Club offers a variety of tournaments over the summer months for those who like to play competitive tennis. For those who just want a casual game, court hire is $5 per half hour. Contact:
Martin Raply (+64) 7 863 7936
Robert Hope (+64) 7 863 5251
Yvonne Wicks (+64) 7 863 5964