About | Kai Iwi Lakes Coastal Track
The Kai Iwi Lakes Coastal Track takes you right to the beach. Walk along paddocks, coming across curious cows along the way until you arrive at the beach. If you haven’t grown up close to farm animals it might be nice getting up close to them before they run off, just to come back again and all stare at you. You’ll be walking along a private farm for about 30 long minutes, but then you’ll see it. The beach. And it’ll all be worth it.
You can continue on, walking up the beach and then up the hill to a nice view or just stop there and enjoy the beach – you’ll probably have it to yourself. There’s a little waterfall that the kids will love playing in and if you go for a swim it’ll make the best shower afterwards.
Follow the orange triangle markers along the fence as you walking across the paddocks to find your way.
Nearby
Omamari Beach
Location
Along Kai Iwi Lakes Road, you should come across the DOC sign, park along the road.
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We actually drove past it first time, ended up having a little explore around one of the other lakes, turned back around and found it! There isn’t any parking, just park along the road.
And so we set off and came across lots of different looking cows. All of them seemed so interested in us! They all seemed to stop what they were doing and stare at us. We looked around and saw other cows further away in different paddocks that had all stopped to look at us, too! It was so fascinating.
We walked and we walked until we wondered if we’d ever get there. But finally, there it was, and it looked perfect, having the most amazing sets of waves coming in. We couldn’t wait to get down there.
You can actually walk along the beach, right to the end to where that point is and walk up it for more great views. We hadn’t planned for it, didn’t have enough supplies and didn’t even have sunblock on so were afraid we’d come back sunburnt already so we decided we’d have to put it on the list for next time.
You might find this little waterfall. Perfect for if you want to go for a swim.
