| Drive your motorhome on your next holiday to | | | | laundry mat and some variety stalls. The main |
| Ahipara's hotspot. Located in the Northern half of | | | | shopping center is located in Kaitaia, 14 kilometers |
| New Zealand's North Island. Or 15 kilometres west of | | | | down the road, but this is not like the shopping |
| Kaitaia. Ahipara is infrequently visited by tourist but | | | | experience you get in Wellington or Auckland. |
| has the quality of a peaceful holiday, its is often | | | | However shopping there can be as cute as |
| visited for its beauty and spirit. Not really a good | | | | discovering products. |
| place for shopping or scenic drives but a perfect | | | | The fishing grounds off Ahipara are relatively |
| destination for exploring the Ahipara's culture and | | | | untapped, enjoy fishing and grill them while camping |
| sand dunes. Including travel activities and adventure | | | | with your motorhome. Also take time to ride on the |
| pastimes like golfing, surfing, trekking, fishing, safari | | | | sand dunes (Ahipara is known for its massive sand |
| adventures and camping. | | | | dunes around Tauroa Point) and gumfields in a quad |
| Ahipara means "sacred fire", which in times gone by | | | | bike guided tour. The tours vary from a one and a |
| was kept burning for the community on the current | | | | half hour ride to a three hour safari that also includes |
| site of the local school. It came to exist because of | | | | sand boarding. Or you can venture out quad biking on |
| the Ahipara gum fields, but today is better known | | | | your own by hiring quad bikes. You can also hire |
| for Shipwreck Bay, a beautiful golden-sand swimming | | | | surfboards, mountainbikes, blokarts and kayaks. |
| and surfing beach. Ahipara is far from | | | | If you have heard about the famous ninety mile |
| commercialization making it friendly to the lungs. Fine | | | | beach, Ahipara offers the gateway. 90- Mile beach |
| coffees? Forget it. But locals are really very generous | | | | is perfect for walking and compact enough for |
| and warm. There are a few shops to find,as well as | | | | running and bicycling. One can gather tua tua’s, |
| a few licensed restaurants, liquor, petrol, groceries, | | | | surf cast or fish off the rocks at Shippies. |