Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A to Z Diving
( 09-408 3336;
www.atozdiving.co.nz
;
13-15 Whatuwhiwhi Rd; 2 dives incl equipment $160-230)
Offers PADI
courses and dive trips in Doubtless Bay and to the
Rainbow Warrior
.
DIVING
Sleeping
Whatuwhiwhi Top 10 Holiday Park
HOLIDAY PARK
$
( 09-408 7202;
www.whatuwhiwhitop10.co.nz
;
17 Whatuwhiwhi Rd; sites from $62, units $82-385)
Sheltered by hills and overlooking the beach, this friendly complex has a great location,
good facilities, free barbecues and kayaks for hire. It also offers dive fills and PADI diving
instruction.
Maitai Bay DOC Campsite
(
www.doc.govt.nz
;
Maitai Bay Rd; sites per adult/child $10/5)
A large first-in, first-served (no book-
ings) camping ground at the peninsula's most beautiful beach, with chemical toilets,
drinking water and cold showers.
CAMPSITE
$
Pepper's Carrington Resort
( 09-408 7222;
www.peppers.co.nz
;
r from $245; )
There's something very Australian-
looking about this hilltop lodge with its wide verandahs and gum trees, tempered by
Maori and Pacific design in the spacious rooms and villas. The view over the golf course
to the dazzling white beach is exquisite.
RESORT
$$$
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Cape Reinga & Ninety Mile Beach
Maori consider Cape Reinga (Te Rerenga-Wairua) the jumping-off point for souls as they
depart on the journey to their spiritual homeland. That makes the Aupouri Peninsula a gi-
ant diving board, and it even resembles one - long and thin, it reaches 108km to form
NZ's northern extremity. On its west coast Ninety Mile Beach (Ninety Kilometre Beach
would be more accurate) is a continuous stretch lined with high sand dunes, flanked by
the Aupouri Forest.
