day 006 – km 23602

waipapakauri – cape reinga – waitiki

98,96km 1244 alti meter

i wasn´t sure if the sand along the “90 mile beach” is solid enough to ride there on a heavy loaded bike. some locals told me that sometimes vehicles get stuck there and the timewindow between the tides so just a couple hours, so decided to stay on the road. some people warned me about the last part which is supposed to be on bad gravel road – well, it´s only 9km on solid pressed gravel – so not bad at all! (i guess with just the carretera austral behind, i might have a different perspective on that subject)

cape reinga is really nice with the lighthouse, the sand dunes and the 2 oceans which come together there (the pacific and the tasman sea) the maori mythology says that the spirits of the dead travel there on their way into afterlife.