Distance: 1.3 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 8m to 195m. Gain: 193m. Loss: 9m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Track starts from western end of beach,climbs steeply though low scrub to meet the end of Cape Reinga Road. Leave early enough to catch the sunrise

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Cape Reinga