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Luxury Charters of New Zealand

We have the best selection of luxury, crewed charter boats in New Zealand. Yacht charters are available for extended holidays or overnight by the hour. We can find the right charter boat to suit your requirements.


If you are planning a cruising holiday you'll find some tips on our Cruising Guides pages for Auckland & Hauraki Gulf, Bay of Islands, Coromandel & Bay of Plenty, Whangarei, Marlborough Sounds and Abel Tasman.

Each of our boats & yachts has something different to offer and it is our pleasure to find the yacht that best caters to your requirements. Whether you're holidaying with family or friends or entertaining business clients, Luxury Charters of New Zealand has a yacht to suit you.

Cruising Ground: Cruising Guide: Whangarei

Cape Brett to Leigh

Whangarei is a popular stopover for overseas vessels due to a well developed maritime service industry.

The town basin and marina greets traveller's with waterfront cafes and offers a fine opportunity to sit back with a coffee and soak up the right sort of salty demeanour. The few vessels that operate out of the town basin have an 8 or 9 mile cruise up the harbour to get to Marsden Point, the oil refinery that marks the entrance to the harbour.

Heading South along the fairly featureless sweep of Bream Bay takes the sailor past Mangawhai Heads and on to Cape Rodney and Leigh, some 25 miles away. There is a wharf, a store and a pub at Leigh, but the harbour can be subject to swells and is not an ideal place to stay for too long. Leigh's greatest attraction lies under the water around Goat Island - a rocky outcrop on the northern side of Cape Rodney. New Zealand's first marine reserve was established here in 1985 and it has become home to an extraordinary variety of very contented sea life.

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