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Ohiwa
Harbour is located between Ohope and Opotiki in the Bay of
Plenty. If you stand on the beach you can see three islands,
Moutoki, Moutohora and White Island. White Island of course is
best known because it is an active volcanic island which smokes
away - but more about that a bit later.
There isn't much at Ohiwa, just a few
holiday homes and the Ohiwa Family Holiday Park. The holiday
park is very family friendly and was where Kids Friendly New
Zealand stayed. We would recommend this park without hesitation.
It is clean with great children's areas including a large
inflatable cushion which was about the size of a large swimming
pool which kept children entertained for hours. |
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The park also runs a children's
holiday programme during the summer school holidays, giving
parents at the camp a chance to relax even more. The park is
located between the Ohiwa Harbour inlet and
the beach. We spoke to several families there and to our
surprise many were locals, with others coming from as far as Auckland
and Wellington.
Around
Ohiwa there isn't much to do except relax. Other activities include
fishing, kayaking and swimming. The beach is an ocean beach
which means that care should be taken and swimming around the
inlet is not recommended. The inlet itself is ideal for kayaking
when the tide is high.
One family we spoke to used
Ohiwa as their base for a week of kayaking and fishing around
the various lakes within the Rotorua region.
Another feature we liked was that
the town of Whakatane was just over thirty minutes |
