It stretches from the Mahia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers in the southwest, a distance of some 100 kilometres.

Homes in the elevated hill areas to the west of the town centre have views of Hawke's Bay, Cape Kidnappers and the Heretaunga plains.

Cape Kidnappers commemorates a Māori attempt to kidnap one of Cook's crew members.

And Cape Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay is simply wonderful.

It takes its name from the nearby headland of Cape Kidnappers.

In 2007, Golf Digest magazine rated Cape Kidnappers the 10th best course outside of the United States.

It is ten kilometres west of Cape Kidnappers.

There is a large protected colony on the mainland at Cape Kidnappers (6,500 pairs).

The walk gives excellent views over Hawke's Bay, from Mahia Peninsula to Cape Kidnappers.

Birds that can be seen are: gannets from the gannetry at Cape Kidnappers), gulls, terns, oystercatchers and shags.