A navigation apparatus and arrival detection method detect a current
location of a vehicle and searches for a route to a set destination. The
apparatus and method provide guidance to the destination along the
searched route and determine whether the destination is set within a
car-free area. If it is determined that the destination is set within the
car-free area, the apparatus and method expand an arrival detection area
for the destination, and terminate the guidance to the destination when
it is determined that the vehicle is within the expanded arrival
detection area. Alternatively, even if the destination is not within a
car-free area, after an engine of a vehicle is shut off and restarts, the
navigation apparatus and method expand an arrival detection area for the
destination, and terminate the guidance to the destination when the
vehicle is within the expanded arrival detection area.