Eu estacionei meu carro no acampamento de férias e foi uma caminhada muito grande até lá (~ 12km do acampamento, eu acho cerca de 6-8km da "cidade" para a areia "montanha"). A montanha está no lado "norte". Eu estava no grande "montanha" e eu não recomendaria deslizar para baixo lá. É muito "alto ângulo", é muito perigoso, eu não faria isso e nunca deixaria meus filhos fazer isso!!! O caminho até lá era loucamente grande e a vista do topo era absolutamente incrível, você precisa ver isso (mas tenha cuidado, é uma caminhada longa e perigoso para subir lá!) (mas eu faria isso novamente :-) )

Eu estacionei meu carro na rua e correu de lá. Conheci um homem bom na aldeia que nos deu os bodyboards.A duna de areia é muito íngreme, foi muito divertido!

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!