Board your private vessel straight from Waitangi Wharf where you will be served your choice of fish, lamb or venison. Cruise out into the bay and head to Opua and Okiato. After lunch enjoy a stop in Russell, once known as the ‘hell hole of the Pacific’ by whalers, traders and sealers. Russell was the original port in the north before the larger port in Auckland became more popular. Russell is now a picturesque waterfront village full of old homesteads, historic churches and wooden cottages.