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Campground in Northland, Northland New Zealand
Puriri Bay (Whangaruru North Head) Campsite - From $15
The campsite overlooks the mouth of Whangaruru Harbour.
Camp hosts are on site from Labour Weekend (fourth Monday in October) to the first Saturday after Easter.
Each campsite is required to pay an additional $2 to assist with the cost of recycling and disposal of residual waste.
Bookings are recommended for the busy summer season. Book online or contact: Puriri Bay camp office
Whangaruru North Head walking tracks start from the campsite.
The sheltered waters are good for swimming, boating, etc.
In Aotearoa New Zealand DOC is focussed on protecting our nature, history and culture. We want to show visitors to public conservation land how to visit the Kiwi way.
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Die Aussicht ist wirklich sehr schön, aber ansonsten war es etwas enttäuschend. Kein Trinkwasser, nur kalte Duschen, kein Klo mit Spülung sondern nur mit Fallgrube und dieses war nachts auch nicht beleuchtet. Wofür zahlt man die 15€? Da waren wir schon auf besseren kostenlosen Campingplätzen.
A very nice campsite in a beautiful location. We stopped for one night and could easily have stayed longer to relax if we had more time. Campsite was quite full with NZ fa milies making up most of the campers, a good chance to meet some locals. Even with the kids playing it was very chill. Recommend the hike, we saw a lovely sunrise from the trig point. Worthwhile and no freedom sites nearby anyway.
We just spent 4 nights here, we were on site 84, away from everyone else which was great, just needed to use the levellers. Such a stunning spot. Toilets and inside cold showers, not as nice as Otamure Bay. Didn’t see any kiwis but did hear them. We did the Whangaruru North Head Track too which was great! Only downside was the host I’m afraid. We pulled up at 12:00, check-in is from 14:00, but our campsite was completely free of anyone, completely dry, yet she made us wait the 2 hours in the carpark, in the sun, literally staring at our campsite. Now we have ran a Holiday Park and worked at DOC campsites, there are rules of course, but you can also be human! Ya know! Such a difference to other DOC hosts we’ve met. Anyway, apart from her highly recommended! Saltyskin. Blog @saltyskin
What a nice spot! We saw 4 kiwis last night!!! Incredible
Has to be one of the best camps North of Auckland, we even got to see a kiwi walking across the access road into the camp
Fab Doc site. We came for one night then decided to stay longer. Caught snapper off the beach, great safe swimming. Good walks but have to be reasonably fit as was harder than expected especially in high humidity. Will be back.
A lovely campsite with the usual DoC facilities. This camp is open all year but may have limited hard parks. The restriction that vehicle access is closed from Easter to Labour weekend appears to be incorrect.
We had three perfect nights here. It was very peaceful and we were lucky to see a kiwi last night. It's a long drive to get there and there are no shops so make sure you stock up. There is tap water only. It's all worthwhile though.
Amazing spot - we just spent the night on our journey south but lovely sheltered bay and great 1-2hr walk over the headland - which despite the campground being busy I saw nobody on! Showers and toilets were clean and good.
Had a lovely couple of days here. Everything is well maintained and the composting toilets didn't smell. Outdoor cold showers to get the salt off. The icing on the cake was seeing a wild brown kiwi on our last night!
Address
Turn off SH1, 15 km north of Whangarei into Russell Rd. After about 30 km (north of Ngaiotonga) turn into Whangaruru North Rd. E1723562-6085659Phone number
+64 9 433 6160Puriri Bay (Whangaruru North Head) Campsite - From $15