Kaihū Must-Dos 2022-23

Twilight Tour with Footprints Waipōua © Northland INC.

Footprints Waipōua Twilight Encounter

Witness the forest come nightfall on this four-hour tour departing at 6pm (5pm in winter). Cast in spellbinding shadow, visit the 3000-year-old Te MatuaNgāhere kauri tree while your guide explains the forest’s great significance to Māori beliefs.

River Tubing

Kaihū River runs through the Kauri Coast TOP 10 Holiday Park, providing swimming holes and river trails. Hire tyre tubes from reception for lazy river rides around the park.

Trounson National Park

Stand before giants in this 586ha reserve, peppered with kauri trees. The Trounson Kauri Park Loop Track provides a 40-minute amble through the best of it.

Nelson’s Kaihū Kauri

The gallery features many beautiful kauri items, a 30-ton ancient kauri log centre-piece and a fascinating showroom that’s often humming with up to 40 busy craftspeople.