Guidebook for Makarau

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Guidebook for Makarau

Drinks & Nightlife

Kaukapakapa Pub offers good food and drink. Recently under new ownership/management. Darts, pool. Some evenings they have themed entertainment.
Kaukapakapa
Kaukapakapa Pub offers good food and drink. Recently under new ownership/management. Darts, pool. Some evenings they have themed entertainment.

Food Scene

Great food, ambiance, iced coffee and Turkish delight!
31 recommandé par les habitants
Casablanca
336 Hibiscus Coast Hwy
31 recommandé par les habitants
Great food, ambiance, iced coffee and Turkish delight!
Best Tavern location - on the Ranitopuni Creek. Great food, great service. Eat at the Landing Restaurant but call to book just in case. One of John Key's spots.
56 recommandé par les habitants
The Riverhead
33 York Terrace
56 recommandé par les habitants
Best Tavern location - on the Ranitopuni Creek. Great food, great service. Eat at the Landing Restaurant but call to book just in case. One of John Key's spots.
Puhoi Pub may not be the greatest food you'll eat but you will find some interest in the memorabilia inside the pub. There are also some cute local boutique style shops. Puhoi is steeped in hisroty.
22 recommandé par les habitants
The Puhoi Pub Hotel & Stables...Est 1879
5 Saleyards Rd
22 recommandé par les habitants
Puhoi Pub may not be the greatest food you'll eat but you will find some interest in the memorabilia inside the pub. There are also some cute local boutique style shops. Puhoi is steeped in hisroty.

Entertainment & Activities

Go cycle the Orewa Reserve track. Only 8km's easy rode. Lots of fun an end it off with a smoothie at the local cafe at the end.
Orewa Reserve
Hibiscus Coast Highway
Go cycle the Orewa Reserve track. Only 8km's easy rode. Lots of fun an end it off with a smoothie at the local cafe at the end.
Great surfing beach.
47 recommandé par les habitants
Destination Orewa Beach
350 Hibiscus Coast Hwy
47 recommandé par les habitants
Great surfing beach.
A lovely beach to swim and picnic.
11 recommandé par les habitants
Red Beach
11 recommandé par les habitants
A lovely beach to swim and picnic.
Great place to unwind.
37 recommandé par les habitants
Waiwera Thermal Resort
21 Waiwera Rd
37 recommandé par les habitants
Great place to unwind.
If you're into mountain biking this is the place!
48 recommandé par les habitants
Woodhill Mountain Bike Park
Restall Road
48 recommandé par les habitants
If you're into mountain biking this is the place!

Parks & Nature

Great place to have a picnic. Take a walk down to the waterfall and jump into the natural pool. Or jump from the rocks. Not for the faint hearted.
Omeru Reserve
1849 Kaipara Coast Hwy
Great place to have a picnic. Take a walk down to the waterfall and jump into the natural pool. Or jump from the rocks. Not for the faint hearted.
This is a beautiful plant centre with a cafe. The treat here is to pay the $10 per person to do the walk through the Sculpture Gardens. These gardens were initiated and implemented by the owners and our local Art Curator, Sally Lush. They change the sculptures annually so every year is a refreshing new look.
9 recommandé par les habitants
Kaipara Coast Plant Centre & Sculpture Gardens
1481 Kaipara Coast Hwy
9 recommandé par les habitants
This is a beautiful plant centre with a cafe. The treat here is to pay the $10 per person to do the walk through the Sculpture Gardens. These gardens were initiated and implemented by the owners and our local Art Curator, Sally Lush. They change the sculptures annually so every year is a refreshing new look.

Everything Else

It's a rough surfing beach with black sand. It has a caravan park, walking trails, a cafe and a Gannet Colony. It's quite unique!
115 recommandé par les habitants
Muriwai
115 recommandé par les habitants
It's a rough surfing beach with black sand. It has a caravan park, walking trails, a cafe and a Gannet Colony. It's quite unique!
Helensville is a small town with down to earth people. It has your usual shops, one bank, post office, some take-away places, a medical centre, plunkett, library, art centre. It has an old railway station whcih has been converted into galleries and cafes. This is where you will really meet a true local.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Helensville
7 recommandé par les habitants
Helensville is a small town with down to earth people. It has your usual shops, one bank, post office, some take-away places, a medical centre, plunkett, library, art centre. It has an old railway station whcih has been converted into galleries and cafes. This is where you will really meet a true local.
This is quite a unique little spot. The Kaipara harbour is the largest natural harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. The harbour is also a Fisherman's paradise. If no boat, then just take a drive out there, have a meal at the local cafe (good fish and chips), and go for a walk up the hill and over the other side.
Shelly Beach
This is quite a unique little spot. The Kaipara harbour is the largest natural harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. The harbour is also a Fisherman's paradise. If no boat, then just take a drive out there, have a meal at the local cafe (good fish and chips), and go for a walk up the hill and over the other side.