Lashed by winds, pounded by surf and sand or soothed by the calm of sunlit days, the whole area of the northern tip of New Zealand has a wild and unpredictable nature.
Ancient Kauri Kingdom have been pioneers for everything Ancient Kauri since 1992. They undertake the entire process - extract the logs from Northland swamps, mill, then manufacture and sell Ancient Kauri products. Just north of Kaitaia at Awanui it is a MUST visit.
Gumdiggers Park is an authentic Kauri Gum digging site over 100 years old. Maori, European and Dalmatian people formed this now forgotten gum digging culture and provided the basis for one of the biggest industrial booms in New Zealand's history.
A trip up Ninety Mile Beach to Cape Reinga is a highlight of a trip to the Far North of New Zealand. The beach is a designated roadway and various tourist buses shuttle visitors along the windswept, moody stretch of coast to the dramatic rocky cape.
Take a bush walk through Kaitaia's broadleaf and podocarp forest along an old formed roadway. In summer, the lush forest canopy provides cooling shade and look at a kauri tree grove up close.
A land of ancient forests, people and legends. Beautiful beaches and sunsets too beautiful for words. This is New Zealand’s real Far North, the country’s warmest region, the home of New Zealand's northern most wineries and a unique and challenging location for winemaking. We do it well!
Located a few kilometres west of Taipa, off State Highway 10, experience a unique opportunity to view a privately-owned collection of vintage cars and machinery used in farming dating back to the early 1900s. Accumulated and restored by an avid vintage enthusiast over the last 40 years and covering over 1100 square metres of display area, there is a wide range of tractors, stationary engines, vintage cars and pioneer farm and domestic equipment.