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90 miles of pure fun in Northland!
It’s not really 90 miles long, nor is it New Zealand’s longest beach (that would be Ripiro Beach a little further south), however - when talking of the famous 90 Mile Beach in the Top of the North , you would be forgiven for thinking so as you set sail and blast down the beach on a Land Yacht.
If wind power is not your thing, then perhaps a 4W bike would be better- complete with a tour around famous Shipwreck Bay reef-point and onto old Kauri Gum fields where pioneers came to make their fortune with this buried gold. Panoramic views of an endless coast will include a lone fisherman casting his line off the beach, a local digging for Tuatua (shellfish) for a feed, or a surfer testing his skills against a perfect lefthand surf break. But the best fun of all has to be surfing of another kind particular to this part of paradise - Sand Dune Surfing. The legs and heart are pumping to get you up giant golden dunes in order to experience that few seconds of sheer exhilaration. Relive childhood memories of tobogganing in the snow, but, there’s no snow here - all activities are under the sub-tropical sun in New Zealands warmest region - Northland!
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