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Tolaga Bay, East Cape Subscribe to our free newsletter Your personal information will not be sold, given away or shared with anyone else. View previous newsletters Accredited member (Landscape Design) of The Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand (Landscaping New Zealand)			EAST CAPE Over New Year 2010 I travelled around the East Cape of New Zealand with two friends. The weather here was superb. We were told in Ruatoria that the East Cape is a trip New Zealanders leave until they have seen everything else in New Zealand. It seems a shame to me that we leave exploring this part of New Zealand until last. Backpackers don’t make this mistake. A trip around the East Cape is a wonderfully refreshing step back in time, where horseback is a common mode of transport, fishing a popular past-time, restaurants and takeaway stores close early, and petrol pumps and ATM’s are rare. The scenery, however, is stunning, the people friendly, there are some lovely walks, and the sunrises and sunsets are fantastic (yes, the northern part of this trip in fact faces west). Tokomaru Bay On a beautiful morning on the 3^rd of January we got up at 3.30am to drive 43kms, then climb 770 steps to the East Cape lighthouse to watch the sunrise, which was a really magical experience. There were 22 other people watching this spectacle with us, most of them young backpackers. East Cape sunrise
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