Macandrew Bay
Macandrew Bay is located on the Otago Peninsula in the South Island of New Zealand.
Macandrew Bay is located on the Otago Peninsula in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Otago Harbour, and is named for pioneer Scottish settler James Macandrew who lived here during his later life. The Te Reo Māori name for the bay, Te Roto Pāteke, refers to the Brown teal formerly prevalent in the area. Early European residents of the area called the bay "The Hundreds", due to the large number of boulders which covered the foreshore.
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Worth seeing in and around Macandrew Bay
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Larnach Castle
Larnach Castle is a mock castle on the ridge of the Otago Peninsula within the limits of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, close to the small settlement of Pukehiki. It is one of a few houses of this scale in New Zealand.
2.2 km · New Zealand mansion · Wikipedia - 02Signal Hill
Signal Hill is a prominent landform in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located close to, and due north of, the head of the Otago Harbour and reaches an elevation of 393 m.
3.7 km · hill in Dunedin, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03Boulder Beach
Boulder Beach is a rocky beach on the Pacific Ocean, located on the south side of Otago Peninsula, some 15.7 kilometres by road east from central Dunedin, New Zealand. In addition to being relatively difficult to access physically due to the steepness of the surrounding country, it is closed to the public in the summer months to protect the yellow-eyed penguins that nest on it.
3.5 km · New Zealand beach · Wikipedia - 04Fletcher House
Fletcher House is a historic house at Broad Bay on Otago Peninsula, part of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. The house was one of the first to be built by Sir James Fletcher, the founder of one of New Zealand's biggest companies, Fletcher Construction.
3.2 km · historic building in New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Macandrew Bay
- Airports
- Queenstown (ZQN), 173 km
- Stations
- Victoria Channel, 3.6 km
- Queenstown → Macandrew BayTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Christchurch → Macandrew Bay305 km · quickest by road, 6h 38m · NZ$50–70
- Wellington → Macandrew Bay610 km · quickest by road, 16h 58m · NZ$115–150
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No local-transport research exists yet for Macandrew Bay
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Macandrew Bay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also use the Port to Port ferry service to ride along Otago Peninsula from Dunedin, cross the harbour and return via Port Chalmers.
- Get inThere is also the option of taking the bus to Port Chalmers and after exploring the town taking the ferry across to Portobello and from there take a bus back to Dunedin.
- Get inDuring the season there is ferry and water taxi services operated by Port to Port which can take you between Portobello, Port Chalmers, Carey's Bay and Quarantine Island.
From Wikivoyage: Port Chalmers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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