Distance: 3.5 km (1.8 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 2m to 182m. Gain: 233m. Loss: 225m . Gradient: 7 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

From western end of beach the track climbs steeply,towards the top is a junction, don't take the track that leads to the north.After 1.5km the track descends steeply to Sandy Beach.