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The Rock Adventure Cruise Our overnight cruise in the Bay of Islands is perfect for the traveller who doesn't mind getting the
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Some holidays you come home needing a holiday. This isn't one of those. You come home salty and sunburnt in the good pla...
21/10/2026

Some holidays you come home needing a holiday. This isn't one of those.

You come home salty and sunburnt in the good places, with a phone full of average photos of an above-average view, a few new friends, and a face that aches from grinning.

That's the out of your ordinary we're on about.

Comment below and we'll share the way to get 20% off doing it all again.

See you out there.

Let's clear something up. This is not a cruise.Cruises have buffets the size of small countries, 3,000 strangers, and a ...
19/10/2026

Let's clear something up. This is not a cruise.

Cruises have buffets the size of small countries, 3,000 strangers, and a bloke called Gary doing karaoke at the pool bar.

We've got a converted car ferry, a fireplace, a piano, and about 30 people who are all about to become your friends whether they planned on it or not.

No queues. No lanyards. No "muster stations."

Just the real Bay of Islands, the bits the big boats motor straight past.
Simple, done really well. That's the whole trick.

See you out there.

Every now and then someone messages us before booking, doing the sensible thing, weighing it up, wondering if it's worth...
15/10/2026

Every now and then someone messages us before booking, doing the sensible thing, weighing it up, wondering if it's worth the money.

So we'll answer that here, except we won't, because our guests already have.

Have a scroll. "100% worth it" is basically its own genre in our reviews at this point. Turns out 22 hours out here does something to people that a spreadsheet can't quite capture.

See you out there.

Out here it's just you, the water, and 144 islands.No emails. No notifications. No phone buzzing every four minutes with...
14/10/2026

Out here it's just you, the water, and 144 islands.

No emails. No notifications. No phone buzzing every four minutes with something that could absolutely wait until Monday.

(Full disclosure: we do actually have service. But we won't tell anyone if you leave the phone in the cabin. In fact, we'll be a bit proud of you.)

Do everything you want. Or nothing at all. Nobody's keeping score.

See you out there.

Somewhere out there right now, someone's on the bow with a cold drink, no plans, no notifications, watching the sun drop...
12/10/2026

Somewhere out there right now, someone's on the bow with a cold drink, no plans, no notifications, watching the sun drop behind an island that doesn't have a name on most maps.

It could genuinely be you. That's not a metaphor, there are actual dates and actual cabins. This is the out of your ordinary you keep saying you never make time for.

See you out there.

We'll let you in on our marketing strategy. We don't really have one. We just take good care of people, show them the re...
08/10/2026

We'll let you in on our marketing strategy.

We don't really have one.

We just take good care of people, show them the real Bay of Islands, feed them well, and let them go home and tell everyone.

These quotes are the whole plan.

Read them and you'll understand why we've never needed a better one. 27 seasons, thousands of guests, and they keep saying the same thing.

Best thing they did.

See you out there.

There's a moment that our guests talk about and our crew love to see happening, usually around sunset, where the whole b...
07/10/2026

There's a moment that our guests talk about and our crew love to see happening, usually around sunset, where the whole boat just goes still.

Someone's on the couch watching the sky through the open window, someone's dangling their legs off the back, the light's doing something ridiculous over the islands, and nobody says anything for a while.

You can't book that moment specifically. But it comes free with every trip, and it's usually the bit people tell us they remember years later.

See you out there.

We're a little bit feral out here and we've made our peace with it. The good feral, mind you. Barefoot, salty, laughing ...
05/10/2026

We're a little bit feral out here and we've made our peace with it. The good feral, mind you.

Barefoot, salty, laughing too loud, eating dinner you caught an hour ago. If your idea of a holiday is a spotless resort and a cocktail menu, we might not be your people.

If it's this, though, you're going to fit right in.

Comment below and we'll whisper the trick to getting 20% off your next trip.

See you out there.

There's something a bit primal about catching your own dinner. You drop a line off the back as the sun's going down, you...
02/10/2026

There's something a bit primal about catching your own dinner.

You drop a line off the back as the sun's going down, you actually catch the thing, and a couple of hours later you're eating it.

That's the whole journey.

No supermarket, no plastic wrap, no idea how long it sat in a truck.

Just water to plate in an evening. It taps into something old in people, and you can see it on their faces at dinner. Feral little grins all round.

We'll even provide the rest for you.

See you out there.

One of the things people don't quite expect is how much they'll actually learn out here. Yes, you'll kayak and snorkel a...
29/09/2026

One of the things people don't quite expect is how much they'll actually learn out here.

Yes, you'll kayak and snorkel and fish and jump off the boat until your arms ache. But somewhere in among all that, our crew are quietly filling you in on the place you're floating through. The history of these islands, the Māori pā sites, the wildlife, the stories most people motor straight past without ever knowing.

The guests who've been out with us get it. You come for the adventure and you leave knowing the bay properly, not just as a pretty backdrop but as somewhere with a real story.
See you out there.

Address

69 Marsden Road
Paihia
0200

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

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+64800762527

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