The first beach on our East Cape trip was Ohope Beach. We stayed at Maraetotora Reserve, arriving early when there was just one other motorhome and us. We were soon joined by a couple more.
By the time the sun went down, there were about ten or us in there . . . in the spot allocated to motorhomers. Happily, our friends Garth and Helen finally arrived in their bus "Garlen" and managed to fit—our companions for the next couple of weeks.
Ohope Beach is a long beach—11km—so not one that we walked from one end to the other. This is looking one way . . .
. . . then the other.
It's not far from Whakatane (about 12 minutes), and on the trip over the hill we managed to get a peek of the end of the beach through the magnificent pohutukawa trees that are just starting to flower.
There seems to be a lot of driftwood on the beach, which serves to make it more interesting . . . or untidy, depending on how you look at it. Dave describes it as "natural".
Indeed, some of the beach accesses are not as picture-perfect as at other beaches we've visited. But this relaxed charm tends to add to the true "kiwi beach holiday" experience.
Overall, another beautiful NZ beach, with so much space to enjoy. We are incredibly fortunate—it's easy to forget how much so when we have so many spacious, magical places like this. . .
. . . and often just a few people and the seagulls to share them with.
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