Tolaga Bay (I6)

Tolaga Bay wharf and Cook’s Walkway to Hole in the Rock and Cook’s Cove.  Kayak around Pourewa Island. East Cape New Zealand.

GPS: -38.380133 178.321082

Close-up map inset of Tolaga Bay’s wharf area and Cook’s Walkway.

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Tolaga Bay overview

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The Tolaga Bay wharf, as seen from the photographer’s spot that now is fenced off.

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The Tolaga Wharf, as seen from the beach.

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Tolaga Bay campground

Tolaga Bay campground.

The Tatarahake Viewpoint track is located at the far north end of Tolaga Bay Beach, past the freedom campground and cemetery.  It’s a great short track to a view platform perched on the ridgetop overlooking all of Tolaga Bay.

Tatarahake Cliffs trailhead sign

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Tatarahake Cliffs view platform

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View of Tolaga bay from Tatarahake Cliffs

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Next up is the spectacular Cooks Cove walkway track…with a little bonus ridgetop loop that I like to do past the typical track-end at Cooks Cove.

Tolaga Bay–Cook’s Cove track overview

Cook’s Cove extra loop overview

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Tolaga Bay and campground from Cooks Cove track.

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ALL of Tolaga Wharf from high point of Cooks Cove track.

Looking straight down the cliffs

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View platform and signage along track.

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The famous Hole-in-the-Rock on the Cook’s Walkway at Tolaga Bay.

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Sunshine on Hole in the Rock

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Cook’s Cove extra loop overview

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South end of Pourewa Island.

Emerald channel between island and ridge.

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The ridge farm track above Cooks Cove.

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North Pourewa Island and Mitre Rocks.

Close-up of Mitre Rocks

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And finally, pix from a kayak tour under the Tolaga wharf then around Pourewa Island.

Tolaga Bay Pourewa Island paddle route overview

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Paddling under the rusted and crumbling pillars of the Tolaga Wharf, before the recent cement upgrades.

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Paddling a hire kayak from the Tolaga campground out to the Mitre Rocks Islands.

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This paddle-thrru arch is at the southern tip of Pourewa Island.

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Rock archways on the far side of Pourewa Island, Tolaga Bay.

Rock archways on the far side of Pourewa Island, Tolaga Bay.