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Explore the Giant Te Paki Sand Dunes
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
/ 328.1 ft gain
If you're traveling in the Northland of New Zealand, you must be going to Cape Reinga, the most northern part of New Zealand. So on the drive up and looking west, the view suddenly changes and boom. Massive sand dunes. Like, it's unreal! Where did they come from? How are they are so big?
You know how the signs on the beach usually says, "Please stay off dunes"? Well, you're more than welcome to...
Backpack the Cape Reinga Coastal Track
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
5.0
22 mi
This is a point-to-point trek so you can either begin at Te Paki Stream or the Spirits Bay campsite at Kapowairua. This description starts from the Te Paki Stream. To get here, you need to drive north on SH1/Cape Reigna Road until you reach the tiny village of Te Paki. Turn left onto the Te Paki Stream Road. Take this 2 miles to where it ends at the Giant Te Paki sand dunes parking lot.The trai...
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