Nugget Point is advertised as a side trip from the Southern Scenic Route, with the main attractions being two easy 20-minute return walks, one to the viewing platform next to the lighthouse, the other to Roaring Bay.
The closest village is Kaka Point, which has traveller accommodation. The Nuggets Road is unsealed from Willsher Bay onwards (20 km) and climbs the bluff towards two car parks at Nugget Point. The walk to Roaring Bay starts at the lower car park and leads to a bird hide. Yellow-eyed penguins may be observed here, as well as fur seals and sometimes sea lions and elephant seals (one of few places in the nation with regular occurrences of this species). Cetaceans such as migrating southern right whaleshttps://www.panoramio.com/photo/18808971 and humpback whales, orca, and dolphins such as endemic Hector's dolphins can be seen from the shore.