Attractions


90-Mile Beach

Experience the solitude and magnificence as we drive along the beach. When time and tide permit, we can gather tuatua shellfish for a tasty evening meal.



The unforgiving tide Ninety Mile Beach can be treacherous, so take a "Sand Safaris" Cape Reinga Tour instead and don't end up like this.


Te Paki Sand Dunes

For the adventurous there is the chance to toboggan down the Te Paki sand dunes.Nature lovers will be fascinated by the converging dune and wetland flora.
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The Te Paki Sand Dunes are the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and the climb to the top will build an appetite for Lunch

Te Paki Quicksand Stream

Yes, this is real quicksand - in the old days they lost horses here. These days, you'll be fine if you walk across it, but if the bus stops, it'll sink into the sand up to its axles in no time at all.

Cape Reinga
(Te Rerenga Wairua).

A short walk leads to the lighthouse and the famous signpost pointing to cities around the world.
Enjoy the spectacular views where the two oceans meet - the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean. Cape Reinga is known to the Maori as "Te Rerenga Wairua", the departure place for the spirits of the recently deceased.
While you are there, post a card from the top of
New Zealand.


Rarawa Beach.

Take a stroll upon the amazing white silica sands of "Great Exhibition Bay" at Rarawa Beach.

Gumdiggers Park & Ancient Buried Kauri Forest.

Experience Northland as it was in the early 1900s. This unique attraction gives the visitor a detailed look into the everyday life of the gumdiggers. Discover the history of the Far North gumdigging revolution that shaped the landscape, the people and the local industries of our past and present-day lives.



Gumdiggers Park is an authentic gumdigging site with gum holes dating from the early 1900s. Discover the mystery of the demise of the 42,000-year-old kauri forest.

Ancient Kauri Kingdom

Famous Staircase.See the massive kauri logs and stumps extracted from local swampland and admire the craftsmanship of the products manufactured here.

Aupouri Forest

Enjoy the breathtaking expanse of this pine plantation. Once a great kauri forest, this is now the second-largest man-made forest in the Southern Hemisphere.


Tapotupotu Bay.

We provide a picnic lunch for you with tea, coffee or cold drinks at this delightful little bay nestling among the hills around Cape Reinga

Nobody does it better!