Purangi Regional Reserve
Visit Purangi Regional Reserve
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![Cooks Beach featuring landscape views and a beach](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/180000/180024-Cooks-Beach.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Cooks Beach
Thick forest leads down to this popular swimming beach in Mercury Bay, where explorer Captain Cook anchored in 1769.
![Lonely Bay Beach showing a bay or harbor, a beach and rocky coastline](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/180000/180290-Lonely-Bay-Beach.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Lonely Bay Beach
Plan for a day of peace and quiet at this secret spot reached by traversing a trail along a cliff face.
![Shakespeare Lookout showing a sunset, rocky coastline and mountains](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/179000/179318-Coromandel-Peninsula.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Shakespeare Cliff Lookout
Surrounded by a nature reserve, this scenic lookout offers picnic areas, walking trails and stunning photo opportunities of beaches with aquamarine water lapping white sand.
![Whitianga which includes a sunset, rocky coastline and a bay or harbor](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/180000/180569-Stingray-Bay.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Stingray Bay
Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Stingray Bay during your travels in Hahei. Wander the beaches and gardens in the area.
![Cathedral Cove Beach featuring general coastal views, rugged coastline and a sunset](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/236000/236078-Waikato.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Cathedral Cove
Enter the white sand beach through a natural rock archway, the perfect frame for your photos of the rocky islands and clear waters of this marine reserve.
![Hahei Beach showing a beach, a bay or harbor and a sunset](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/180000/180088-Hahei-Beach.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
Hahei Beach
Nestled between some of the Bay of Plenty’s most popular attractions, this tiny coastal hamlet is a great base for exploring the North Island.
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![Waterfront Apartments Whitianga](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/10000000/9680000/9679400/9679371/c71df7f7_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)