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New Zealand's northern most mailbox
eMeReS Says: Just before the lighthouse you'll find the northern most mailbox in the country. Cards posted here receive a special Cape Reinga postal mark (see second picture).Don't forget to buy cards and stamps beforehand and bring them, there are no shops at the Cape.
didgeridorien Says: This place shows the history of the gum diggers and the kauri forest. There's a gumdiggers hut and holes where kauri trees are buried and gum was dugged up. There's a shop where you can buy products and the walk around the park is really nice.
didgeridorien Says: Except for enjoying the great view, you can do several walks from this place. You can walk to Cape maria from Diemen along Te Werahi Beach, it's 5 hours return. There's a two hour walk to Tapotupotu Bay, east of Cape Reinga. From there you can walk to Kapowairua at the...
Robdaz Says: If you have time, there are plenty of great tracks to walk to view the amazing sceneries at the top of New Zealand.
Robdaz Says: It is always fun to drive along the beach but check with your insurance company and be very careful not only about the tides but also other vehicles and also beach goers. You drive along the beach you will come across warning signs of the hazards of driving on the sands,...
Lunch and have a swim at Tapotupotu Bay.
Robdaz Says: A short drive down some pretty steep gravel road from Cape Reinga you will find Tapotupotu Bay . Their is a nice grassy park area with good toilet facility for you to rest , have lunch and go for a swim. If it has been raining, I imagine it will be quite a challenge getting...
White sands adventures at Parengarenga Harbour.
Robdaz Says: The white silica sands of the harbour are as smooth as flour. You can take the barge at Paua to cross the harbour for a closer look.
Waitiki Landing Restaurant & Takeaways: Northern Most Restaurant
kotitihaere Says: Situated at Waitiki Landing, 20ks south of Cape Reinga, this restaurant & takeaways is part of the Waitiki Landing complex and the most northern one you will find in Aotearoa (New Zealand).Map Location The seafood is great :-)
How to Drive on the Metal Roads
kotitihaere Says: From Te Paki Stream to Cape Reinga the road is unsealed. Also the road down to Tapotupotu as well as the road from Waitiki Landing to Kapo Wairua - Spirits Bay is unsealed. There are others, but these are the main ones that tourists travel on.DO NOT SPEED on these roads,...
Relax, Enjoy the scenery and let someone drive you
Robdaz Says: The drive to Cape Reinga is a long one especially if you like thousands of visitors based yourself in Pahia and Kerikeri. Most of the major tour companies charged about $95.00 for a full day tour to the Cape and that operate out of Pahia. If you join the tour at Kataia with...
Waitiki Landing Complex: Northern Most (Petrol) Pump
kotitihaere Says: This is the last pump north, so check your tank before going further north to make sure you do not run out of petrol. Expect the prices here per litre to be anything up to .15c dearer than in Kaitaia.
kotitihaere Says: Cape Reinga, also known as Rerenga Wairua (the departing place of the spirts) is a spiritual and sacred place to Maori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand).Don't climb the hill on the left at the start of the main path just past the toilets.Keep to the main path...
kotitihaere Says: Mozzies spend about 8 months of the year living on a plain diet of locals blood, but come summer time they know they can have a change and they go for it! Just as we may have something special to eat at Xmas, like a ham, the mozzies have tourists blood!They wait until dusk...
kotitihaere Says: If you have your own car, the best way to see the cape is to aviod all of the tourist buses.Decide what day you are going to go up and ring any tour company that does trips to the cape. Ask them if they are going UP to the cape via the road. If they are going up via the...
kotitihaere Says: Cloths that cover most of your skin at night if you want to sit outside or walk around when the mossies are out. Calamine or an anti itching cream in case you get bitten. If you are allergic to mozzies, a supply of the creams to deal with it. Tents with mozzie nets....
Kayak the Parengarenga Harbour
kotitihaere Says: When you are heading north and have passed through Te Kao, you will notice on your right spectacular white sand dunes sparkling in the sun. The water in front of there is the Parengarenga Harbour.Kayaking out there is spectacular - and you can kayak over to the white sands....
Hiking To / From the Tohe (90 Mile Beach)
kotitihaere Says: Here is a tip for doing the walk between the Tohe (90 mile beach) and Cape Reinga. It is written from the Tohe to the Cape, but can easily be done in the other direction.Here is a map of the area showing you the route.
kotitihaere Says: This is the northern most tip of Aotearoa (NZ). Remote and difficult to access unless you are a local as roads do not go out there.This does not mean that you can just hike out there - you need special permission to cross the Maori Land.The Waitiki Landing Complex may be...
Hiking Te Werahi Gate to Te Werahi
kotitihaere Says: On the road north of Waitiki Landing, on the left hand side you will see a sign saying "Te Werahi". Te Werahi is the beach that you can see when at the Cape and looking to the west. While there is a track from the Cape and from the top of the Tohe (90Mile Beach) the Te...
kotitihaere Says: Here is a map of the Cape Reinga area and surrounds, with the sealed road, metal roads and walking tracks marked. To get the full view of the map, click on it.
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On the road to Cape Reinga you will find this Kauri timber sales depot.....This is a photo of a staircase carved out of a very large Kauri tree that is at least...
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Cape Reinga is considered to be New Zealands northernmost point, in much the same way that John O' Groats is considered to be Great Britains Northernmost point. Neither of them are (New Zealands is......
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Cape Reinga - Top of New Zealand
Cape Reinga is the top of New Zealand. Well its not really. It is the Northern most point which is easily reachable. The views from Cape Reinga are breath-taking with steep cliffs that fall into the...
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This photo was taken while standing at the lighthouse looking down to the Pohutukawa tree. This pohutukawa tree is the only one in Aotearoa (NZ) that never flowers.
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Cape Reinga , the top end of NZ.
We couldn't have picked a more perfect day to go up the cape. Perfect blue sky. We woke up early in the morning to drive about an hour from Matauri Bay ,where we have camped the night before, to...
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