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    Henderson Bay

    Scenic SpotsNorthland, Northland New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Henderson Bay

    Scenic SpotsNorthland, Northland New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Updated Jul 2026

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    10 Reviews

    🇫🇷
    Anonymous
    Sep 17, 2024
    Positive

    Stunning view! Gravel road like everywhere in NZ don’t be scared by the comments just be careful and drive slowly and it will be perfectly fine

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    Anonymous
    Oct 20, 2023
    Neutral

    road is not so bad as said, but the sand is absolutely not pink. still a nice beach tho

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    Anonymous
    Jan 13, 2021
    Neutral

    Dreadful road! Take out your dentures and buckle up first! Stunning empty beach but not really worth the detour IMHO.

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    Anonymous
    Jul 29, 2020
    Positive

    Worth a detour! You don't see it every day.

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    Anonymous
    Jun 18, 2020
    Positive

    Beautifully tinged with pink after some rain. Well worth walking along the beach and getting a close up view of the pink ripples on the sand.

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    Anonymous
    Dec 29, 2019
    Positive

    Beautiful!!

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    Anonymous
    Aug 5, 2019
    Neutral

    Beautiful. But NOT PINK

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    Anonymous
    Apr 29, 2019
    Positive

    What a beautiful beach. There also is a good fishing spot on the rocks at low tide (be really careful!!!) . I caught 2 Snapper in 20min.

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    Anonymous
    Feb 24, 2019
    Positive

    Wonderful beache with those light pink tons, really nice place. We were alone!

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    Anonymous
    Nov 5, 2018
    Positive

    Stunning beach great for swimming, lots of rock pools to explore.

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