Coastal Trail, Central Hawke's Bay

The Central Hawke’s Bay coastal trail leads you through a countryside where once rivers and streams were deep and navigable. Here were swamps, fern, manuka and more bush cover; the hills still rose to well over 300 metres before dropping dramatically to the roar of the sea, with its cliffs, inlets and beaches.

The walk will take visitors to these significant points:

  • Wanstead
  • Wallingford
  • Longest Place Name
  • Cook’s Tooth
  • Whangaehu
  • Pōrangahau
  • Te Paerahi Beach
  • Pōrangahau Station
  • Blackhead Point
  • Blackhead Beach
  • Te Angiangi Marine Reserve
  • Omakere
  • Aramoana
  • Pourerere
  • Mangakuri
  • Kairakau Beach
  • Kahuranaki Road
  • Elsthorpe
  • Silver Range Lookout
  • Horseshoe Lake
  • Patangata

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