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Whananaki North Reserve
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Whananaki North Reserve is a stunning location for motor caravanners to enjoy. You can park overlooking the Whananaki Inlet and stay overnight for a maximum stay of 1 night.
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Whananaki North Boat Ramp
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Whananaki North Boat Ramp has a stunning view over the Whananaki Estuary, and include a sealed parking area were self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
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Whangaumu Bay
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Whangaumu Bay has a large beachfront reserve where overnight camping is allowed in motorhomes.
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Whananaki Beach Store
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The small community in Whananaki North includes a country store with an outdoor cafe, and is also well known for providing access to the longest footbridge in the southern hemisphere.
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Kauakarangi Bay & PDS
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Kauakarangi Bay is a stunningly pretty bay just off the main road at the northern end of Ngunguru. There is a small parking area with a public dump station.
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Matapouri Beach Car Park
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Matapouri Beach is a popular Summer location in a small beach-side town. Beautiful beach with some stunningly beautiful walk over the cliffs to Whale bay.
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Pataua North Reserve
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Pataua North has a small reserve overlooking the harbour inlet where certified self-contained motor caravanners can freedom camp.
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Kowharewa Bay
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Kowharewa Bay has a public reserve in a small community just south of Tutukaka.
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Pacific Bay
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Pacific Bay is the next bay past Kowharewa Bay just south of Tutukaka. It's a small beachfront community where self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
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Whangaumu Bay Carpark
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Whangaumu Bay is also known as Wellingtons Bay, is a quiet beachfront community with a reserve at both ends of the bay.
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Whangaruru Beachfront Camp
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Whangaruru Beachfront Camp is in the next bay north of Oakura, and provides a large level grass camping area directly on the beachfront.
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Sandy Bay
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Sandy Bay, just north of Matapouri, is a stunning beach location where you can park overnight in self-contained vans looking out over the bay.
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Woolleys Bay Reserve
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Woolleys Bay Reserve is a large beach front car park with new public toilets and is available for freedom camping. Access to the golden sand beach is through tracks in the sand dunes.
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Whananaki North Motels & Holiday Park
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The holiday park is a nice place to stay, with the general store/cafe next door and some walks around the estuary.
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Otamure Bay - DOC Campsite
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Otamuri Bay is one of those truly special places - a peaceful, sheltered, and stunningly beautiful beach location. The campsite is basic, but very well maintained, with clean shower and toilets.
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Mimiha Recreation Reserve
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Mimiha Recreation Reserve is next to a tiny community of 5 homes at the end of Helena Bay. It has a more rugged beach that Teal Bay, which is the next bay along.
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Shoebridge Reserve
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Shoebridge Reserve is in the residential area of Ngunguru and has a large grass parking are that self-contained motor caravanners can use for freedom camping
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Whananaki School Summer Holidays Campsite
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Whananaki School is in a prime waterside location and offers campsite facilities during the Summer school holidays.
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Ngunguru Library
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T'he Ngunguru Library is beachfront parking area where freedom parking is allowed in the designated site or marked parking spaces. It's close to a busy road, with public toilets across the road.
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Tutukaka Holiday Park
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Tutukaka Holiday Park is a quiet location just a short walk from the Tutukaka village - renown for its diving and fishing.
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Elliot Bay Campground
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Elliot Bay Campground is really just a farm paddock with an area for parking and access to the beach. Very quiet and about as country as you can get.
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Tutukaka Lookout
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There is a lookout with off road parking about halfway between Tutukaka and Ngungaru.
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Ngahau Bay Reserve
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Ngahau Bay Reserve is just south of Helena Bay. While self-contained motor caravanners can stay overnight, the road there is really not suitable for large vans.
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Whananaki North Reserve is a stunning location for motor caravanners to enjoy. You can park overlooking the Whananaki Inlet and stay overnight for a maximum stay of 1 night.
Whananaki North Boat Ramp has a stunning view over the Whananaki Estuary, and include a sealed parking area were self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
Whangaumu Bay has a large beachfront reserve where overnight camping is allowed in motorhomes.
The small community in Whananaki North includes a country store with an outdoor cafe, and is also well known for providing access to the longest footbridge in the southern hemisphere.
Kauakarangi Bay is a stunningly pretty bay just off the main road at the northern end of Ngunguru. There is a small parking area with a public dump station.
Matapouri Beach is a popular Summer location in a small beach-side town. Beautiful beach with some stunningly beautiful walk over the cliffs to Whale bay.
Pataua North has a small reserve overlooking the harbour inlet where certified self-contained motor caravanners can freedom camp.
Kowharewa Bay has a public reserve in a small community just south of Tutukaka.
Pacific Bay is the next bay past Kowharewa Bay just south of Tutukaka. It's a small beachfront community where self-contained motor caravanners can park overnight.
Whangaumu Bay is also known as Wellingtons Bay, is a quiet beachfront community with a reserve at both ends of the bay.
Whangaruru Beachfront Camp is in the next bay north of Oakura, and provides a large level grass camping area directly on the beachfront.
Sandy Bay, just north of Matapouri, is a stunning beach location where you can park overnight in self-contained vans looking out over the bay.
Woolleys Bay Reserve is a large beach front car park with new public toilets and is available for freedom camping. Access to the golden sand beach is through tracks in the sand dunes.
The holiday park is a nice place to stay, with the general store/cafe next door and some walks around the estuary.
Otamuri Bay is one of those truly special places - a peaceful, sheltered, and stunningly beautiful beach location. The campsite is basic, but very well maintained, with clean shower and toilets.
Mimiha Recreation Reserve is next to a tiny community of 5 homes at the end of Helena Bay. It has a more rugged beach that Teal Bay, which is the next bay along.
Shoebridge Reserve is in the residential area of Ngunguru and has a large grass parking are that self-contained motor caravanners can use for freedom camping
Whananaki School is in a prime waterside location and offers campsite facilities during the Summer school holidays.
T'he Ngunguru Library is beachfront parking area where freedom parking is allowed in the designated site or marked parking spaces. It's close to a busy road, with public toilets across the road.
Tutukaka Holiday Park is a quiet location just a short walk from the Tutukaka village - renown for its diving and fishing.
Elliot Bay Campground is really just a farm paddock with an area for parking and access to the beach. Very quiet and about as country as you can get.
There is a lookout with off road parking about halfway between Tutukaka and Ngungaru.
Ngahau Bay Reserve is just south of Helena Bay. While self-contained motor caravanners can stay overnight, the road there is really not suitable for large vans.