Loredo Motel offers comfortable superior accommodation located within easy walking distance of Kaitaia town centre, New Zealand

Loredo Motel

25 North Road, Kaitaia, New Zealand - Reservation Freephone 0800 456 733

Cape Reinga

Waves wash onto the long and beautiful Ninety Mile Beach More about this image Email this image

Ninety Mile Beach is the fabled strip of sand that stretches from Ahipara to Scott Point, five kilometres south of Cape Maria van Diemen. Truth be told, it is actually 88 kilometres long.

This beach is officially a highway, but is really only suitable for 4WD vehicles. Rental companies won‚t allow their cars on the sand, mostly for safety reasons. The easy way to drive along the beach is to catch a coach tour from Kaitaia.

Beach activities range from surfcasting and swimming to bodyboarding down the sand dunes. A special treat is digging for tuatua (a native shellfish) in the sand at low tide. Flanking the beach is the Aupouri Forest, which provides a green escape from the hot sun.

Once a year, usually during the last week of February, 90 Mile Beach hosts a five day fishing competition. Hundreds of anglers surf cast from the beach, hoping to catch the biggest snapper.