Activities

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1. Bird watching:
At the Miranda Shorebird Centre - just 10 minutes away.

2. Sea Kayaking:
Kayaks available for hire on site.

3. Tramping:
The beginning of a vast network of tracks in Waharau Regional Park is just 5 minutes from here.

4. Cycling:
Mountain biking in the park, spectacular scenery for touring along the peaceful Pacific Coast Highway, and a dedicated cycleway evolving around the southern shores of the Firth of Thames to the Coromandel Peninsula.

5. Coastal and forest ecology:
Self-guiding nature trail in the regional park; shellbank and famous Chenier plain at Miranda Sanctuary; estuarine and migratory birds, fishes, shellfish; migratory marine mammals. Check out the Seabird Coast website.

6. Fishing for snapper, kahawai and flounder from small kayaks & trailer boats & charter boats, also around mussel farm; shellfish gathering; surf casting.

7. Miranda Hot Springs:
The largest geothermal outdoor pool in the Southern Hemisphere set in the wide open spaces of the Seabird Coast, not far from the main wader roosts and tramping trails.

8. Swimming & sun bathing on beautiful beaches (Tapapakanga and Tawhitokino, and many little hidden ones)