This beautiful black sand beach, set against the backdrop of the ... a wilderness area on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, about 20 miles southwest of Auckland. This remote and ...

Video / Carson Bluck The Herald Travel’s annual search for New Zealand ... at this black sand oasis during the summer, so take precautions. North of Auckland lies Ōrewa, a beach that nabbed ...

Punalu’u Beach is one of the most famous black sand beaches in Hawaii, just as stunning as Piha Beach in New Zealand. The ...

New Zealand’s Muriwai Black Sand Beach, in Auckland, offers 37 miles of sparkling back sands that are the result of the island’s volcanic past. The color comes form a mixture of iron ...

What makes a beach? You need only four ingredients - sea, sand, sun and shade ... This piece originally appeared in New Zealand Herald Travel here.