BeachHidden gem
Mimiwhangata Coastal Park
Whangarei, Northland
Farm-park headland with sweeping beach, ponds and a loop walk, at the end of a gravel road.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Mimiwhangata is a coastal park with a long beach, rocky shore, archaeological sites and farmland. A loop walk follows the farm road around the headland and you can join or leave it at many points. Brown teal can be spotted on the ponds, so bring binoculars.
Good to know
- Road is unsealed, narrow and winding after Teal Bay, not for towing caravans
- No dogs, no fires, no overnight campervan stays
- Camping is only at Waikahoa Bay
- Some electric fences, leave gates as you find them
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Webb Road via Helena Bay, 48 km from Whangarei and 52 km from Russell; unsealed, narrow, winding
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
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