I’ve parked my car at the holiday campground and it was a very large walk till there (~12km from the campground, i think about 6-8km from the “city” to the sand “mountain”). The mountain is on the “north” side. I was at the big “mountain” and i would not recommend to slide down there. It is very “high angled”, it is very dangerous, i would not do that and would never let my children do this!!! The way till there was insanely great and the view from the top was absolutely amazing, you need to see this (but be careful, it’s a long walk and dangerous to go up there!) (but i would do this again :-) )

I parked my car on the street and ran from there. Met a nice man in the village who gave us the bodyboards. The sand dune is very steep, it was great fun!

We followed google map and took the road. At some point the road turns into private property, which requires consent to continue. We asked the owner, who was nice and even gave us a piece of gum from the reserve! We parked the car (as you can’t drive on the road down to the sand dunes), and walked instead. Long walk in wicked terrain, but totally worth it, we made it just for a golden sunset, absolutely beautiful view and no one around for miles.

We rented our boggey boards. You have to get to the end of the road on the 90 mile beach by Ahipara and park your car on the beach (unless you have a 4x4). From there it is a beautiful walk of 45 minutes only accessible from 1-2h after high tide. There is a huge dune and a small one. The view from the top of the big dune is super impressive: sea and desert. Our experience was less interesting because there were a lot of motorbikes playing in the dune making the slide more dangerous.

Don’t follow google maps! It brings you to a private property.

Access by road requires consent as it is a separate state. Nobody was there so we did not take the risk. Maybe its better to go by the beach.

A really great spot we had an amazing day there. You walk on low high tide along the beach to access the dunes. About 45 min. After that climb the steep dunes for 15 minutes. It is a great view and then slide down. Really fun! we rent the boards at the only hostel we saw. It is opposite of the public toilets. Park your car there they have cameras so it's safer. If you have a 4wd car you can drive the way along the beach like all the local fisher men. The rental was 10 dollars for 2 boards for the whole day. No private property it's a beach access.

Private Property! May be closed!