Papamoa Beach — Attraction in Bay of Plenty

One of our absolute favorite beaches in New Zealand!! It’s a wide and long beach that is great for relaxing, walking, and swimming. There are multiple beach access points and you can park along the road to walk across the dunes to the beach. We spent almost every day in the beach when we were visiting the Papamoa area. Also, on the northern part of the beach are campgrounds, restaurants, bars, and plenty of shopping. We loved this beach and this area, and can’t...

Came to have some food and watch the sun go down with mount in the distance. Great view, very peaceful and tide was quite low. We didn’t see any benches around the area of the beach we accessed but there were plenty of logs there for you to sit on and watch the waves and the sun go down. We accessed the beach through Taylor road, and parked in the Cul-de-sac. However, I believe there is a car park on the other side...

Beautiful long stretch of white sand along the coast. Lovely for walks or a swim and plenty of kite surfers getting among the action. There are a few roads that lead to car parks along the main road that gets you closer to the beach, otherwise look for the Beach Access signs if parking on...