Beach
Three Sisters and Elephant Rock
Tongāporutu, Taranaki
Sea stacks on a beach at the mouth of the Tongāporutu River, walkable at low tide.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 75 min
A short walk from the Tongāporutu bridge leads to a beach with tall sea-eroded stacks. The Three Sisters and a rock shaped like an elephant are the main sights, and erosion has changed them over the years. You can only walk the beach safely at low tide.
Good to know
- Check tide times and go on a falling tide
- Keep away from the cliffs, rockfall happens
- Follow signs, some access crosses private land
- Best time
- Low tide
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Short walk from the car park on SH3
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
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