What a wonderful country we have. Over Easter Melva, myself and our friends, Bridget and Jakub hiked and camped on the Cape Reinga Coastal Walkway. We dropped a car at the end of Te Paki Stream Road then drove on to the Tapotupotu Bay DOC camp where we camped the first night.
We walked from the yellow dot in the North to the one in the south between the massive Te Paki dunes. This is the first section of Te Araroa to Bluff. We enjoy hiking sections but no plan to hike to Bluff
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| Melva at our Tapotupotu camp |
The next day we hiked over the hills and Sandy Bay to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Reinga) - and then on to Te Werahi. The views down to Te Werahi and over Cape Maria van Dieman to Motuopao are stunning. At the West end of Te Werahi we climbed over the ancient dunes and down through scrub land to Twilight beach where we camped the second night at a small DOC camp near the South end of the beach. Total 20.25Km We had walked far enough for one day in the sun with full packs.
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| Climbing from Tapotupotu Bay |
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| View over Tapotupotu to Serville Cliffs. New Zealand's most Northern point |
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| Sandy bay to Te Rerenga Wairua |
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| Te Rerenga Wairua |
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| Tewerahi beach to Cape Meria van Dieman |
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| From left Melva, Hilton, Jakub and Bridget |
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| The trail to Te Werahi |
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| Te Werahi |
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| Te Werahi reflections |
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| View from Herangi Hill to Te Werahi to Te Rerenga Wairua |
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| Herangi Hill |
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| Melva and Bridget striding over Herangi Hill |
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| Cape Meria van Dieman and Motuopao from Herangi Hill |
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| Twilight Beach |
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| Twilight Beach |
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| Twilight Beach sunset |
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| Twilight Beach DOC camp |
Easter Sunday had us completing the hike over Scott Point, along Ninety Mile Beach to and up the Te Paki Stream to the carpark. We drove back to Tapotupotu, pitched our tents again, had a swim and collapsed all proud of how well we had done with our loaded packs. Another 15Km completed
All up it was a 35Km Hike.
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| Twilight Beach |
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| Ninety Mile Beach |
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| Ninety Mile Beach |
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| Ninety Mile Beach |
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| Te Paki Stream |
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| Te Paki Stream and our Easter trail end. |
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