Elsthorpe
Table of Contents: Culture and History / Travel to Elsthorpe, visa requirements / Get around / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from Hawkes Bay: Elsthorpe, Napier More from North Island (New Zealand): Greater Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Waikato, Wanganui |
Elsthorpe is a locality in the Hawkes Bay region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It was founded in 1896, by the pioneering locals who were motivated from the recent establishing of Mangatainoka (world famous for the Tui beer) in 1889.
Culture and History
Elsthorpe is a small town located in eastern Hawkes Bay. It has a population of roughly 200.
Travel to Elsthorpe, visa requirements
Due to the secluded nature of Elsthorpe, the only way to reach it is by car.
Directions: Drive south from Hastings and Havelock North. Head down Waimarama Road. Go straight ahead at the second intersection where the road to Waimarama splits to the left (after bridge). You should then be on Kahuranaki Road. Stick to the main road and you can't miss it after about 30km (20 min drive).
Get around
Elsthorpe is small enough to walk around in a few minutes, or you can drive.
City tours
Shopping in Elsthorpe is pretty terrible, unless you want to buy petrol, then its just really really bad, actually its unlikely you can actually buy petrol, better take a full tank.
Kairakau Beach - About 5-10 km from Elsthorpe. This is a magnificent beach with stunning views of the ocean and surrounding cliffs. There are a small number of baches and a camping ground if you want to stay.
Elsthorpe Scenic Reserve - There is a beautiful scenic reserve on the outskirts of the main village centre. The 35ha reserve is one of the best remnants of podocarp forest remaining in the district. The larger trees are mainly kahikatea, rimu, matai, and totara and the second tier is made up of tawa, titoki and mahoe. This awe-inspiring trek has been keeping locals, and tourists alike, mystified and entertained since 1896.
Good restaurants and cheap meals
- Pack a picnic and make a day of it
- Catch your own. -As the slogan says: "if you can catch it you can eat it..."
Hotels, youth hostels, lodging
- In your car
- Under the stars
- In a tent on the side of the main road. They have lovely wide grass verges
Get out
- By car at either end of the town.
- Out and in aren't especially hard to find. You can stand anywhere between the two and see both.
- Why would you want to leave? You could settle down and raise a family.
More from Hawkes Bay: Elsthorpe, Napier More from North Island (New Zealand): Greater Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Waikato, Wanganui |
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