DOC’s best campgrounds

October 2020

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Getting to Whakahoa Bay, inaccessible by car, is half the adventure. Photo: Matthew Cattin
DOC rangers help Wilderness rank the best conservation campgrounds in the country. Waikahoa Bay, Northland Located right on the water’s edge, campers can enjoy the secluded beach by day and fall asleep surrounded by kiwi calls at night. “It’s a picture-perfect calm beach with very limited camping numbers, surrounded by some of the best coastline […]

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