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

Cape Reinga

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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