Waipoua Kauri Forest & Ninety Mile Beach

(Which, coincidently, is nearer to 52 miles!)

"The journeys we take are often more rewarding than the destinations themselves"
This is certainly true for the day we drove to Ninety Mile Beach. Although the beach was lovely our journey through the Waipoua Kauri Forest was amazing. This superb forest sanctuary is the largest remnant of the once-extensive Kauri forests of Northern NZ and definitely had the WOW factor. We took the opportunity to do a few short walks in the forest.
The first took us to the 'Four Sisters'- a graceful stand of 4 tall trees clumped together.
The second walk was to 'Te Matua Ngahere' (The Father of the Forest). This Kauri tree has a trunk girth of over 5m in diameter- the widest in NZ. It had to be seen to be believed!
Our final walk was to 'Tane Mahuta' (Lord of the Forest). This Kauri tree is the largest in NZ boasting an incredible height of 51.5m!!!

We drove on past Hokianga Harbour and the spectacular sand dunes and onto Rawene to get the car ferry across to Kohukohu.
Cooked a wonderful snapper fish dinner on the bbq. :-)

L & R x