Route 04 of this tour of the North Island of New Zealand reaches the most northerly point accessible via a metalled road, Cape Reinga.
From the start point at Pukenui, the cape is about 1½ hours ride through pleasant countryside on the Far North Road. If you plan to ride the full length of the beach on your return, top up with fuel at Waitiki Landing, 49 kms from the start. The cape is already a favourite tourist attraction, with over 120,000 visitors a year and around 1,300 cars arriving per day during peak season. For this reason I suggest an early start from Pukenui.

Cape Reinga offers the ultimate northern New Zealand experience. See two oceans collide and discover the 'Place of Leaping', where Māori spirits begin their final journey.
At the Cape, the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean in a spectacular swirl of currents. Watch the division line of Tasman Sea’s turquoise waters clashing with the Pacific Ocean’s darker blue waves. On a clear day, the Three Kings islands and Cape Maria Van Diemen can also be seen.
At the northernmost tip of the Cape is a gnarled Pohutukawa tree, believed to be over 800 years old. According to Māori oral history, the spirits of deceased Māori leap from this tree into the ocean to return to their ancestral homeland of Hawaiki. The 'Reinga' part of the name is the Māori language word meaning the underworld.
The Lighthouse at Cape Reinga was built in 1941 and first lit during May of that year. Today it is fully automated and stands 165 m above sea level.
While it’s not quite the most northern point of New Zealand (North Cape 30 kms east is further north, but it’s a scientific reserve and not open to the public), Cape Reinga is definitely the end of the road and the end of your journey north.
Head back south on the Far North Rd and after 15 kms you can turn right to visit the Giant Te Paki Sand Dunes. A short 3 km gravel road takes you to the carpark on the edge of the dunes. Here you can hire a sand board for NZ $15. Have cash for this because electronic payments will require a hike to the top of a dune to get a signal for the card machine.
The Te Paki Stream will give the more adventurous access to the beach. You can only use the stream at low water and caution is required as there are some deep spots.
If you make it to the beach (Ninety Mile Beach) you can choose to ride on the beach all the way to RP 14 some 67 kms away. Make sure that you have enough fuel and that you have enough time with the tide. The next fuel stop in this direction is 80 kms away. I would also add that riding for 67 kms on a sandy beach can be very tiring, you will have the opportunity to ride a shorter 17 km section of Ninety Mile Beach further on, on this route.
Back to the Far North Rd and at RP 6 you can ride an 8 km gravel road to Parengarenga Harbour where you can view the white silica sand dunes of the Kokota sandspit across the Te Kao Channel. The sand is so pure and white the dunes look like snow covered hills. The Parengarenga area holds the region's largest silica sand resource by far and the sands high silica content makes it ideal for glass making.
At RP 8 you can take a shorter gravel road of 3.6 kms to visit the pure white sands at Rarawa Beach.
A short ride from here takes you back to Pukenui where I have suggested a lunch stop at Pukenui Pacific Restaurant & Bar.
After lunch you have the opportunity to ride the shorter 17 km section of Ninety Mile Beach by turning right at RP 11 and follow the gravel road to the beach. The same cautions as above are advised. The access road and beach are used by tour coaches making this section of beach less remote and therefore a little safer. If you don't want to ride the beach or the tide times are not favourable, go back to Far North Road and head for Kaitaia to pick the route up again at RP 16.
The end of the route is at Kaitaia where again I have include links below for different types of accommodation. Camping is a further 15 minutes away at Ahipara on the beach.
There is also a link to a youtube video by German traveller Pavlin in his Motorcycle Adventures channel showing Cape Reinga and riding Ninety Mile Beach.
Enjoy.