Kohaihai is as far north as you can drive on the South Island’s West Coast from Karamea. There is a camping ground and a nice beach but with some sandflies.
It is also the southern access point to the multi-day Heaphy Track Great Walk that terminates in the Golden Bay region. The two-hour return to Scotts Beach on the Heaphy is a recommended short walk.
This walk has it all in one neat package – a gorgeous lagoon and river mouth with a swing bridge, a nikau forest walk, a hike to a high point above Scotts Beach through varied native forests, then a walk down to the beach, and probably more sandflies!
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