Lindis Pass Historic Hotel Campsite...
Lindis Pass Historic Hotel Campsite
Nine Mile Historic Reserve
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A great opportunity to camp amongst historic ruins of a by-gone era at the Lindis Pass Historic Hotel. Enjoy the experience, but please don't remove any of the historical artefacts from the reserve.
From SH 8 take Old Faithful Road (unsealed) opposite Timburn Road. This 6km road is narrow and steep in places - not suitable for large campervans.
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Aaron
Ranking: 10/10
Awesome little spot. Stayed here in winter after it had been raining so the road in was a bit of a mess. Had to put our snow chains on the next day or I don't think we would have got out in our van.
Linda
Ranking: 9/10
Price: free
Location: it's is a beautiful and special place, especially the history
Insects: a view sandflies
Wc’s: one longdrop toilet, it’s okay
Douche: no, but there is a creek you can wash inWhen you have the road, take, (just like another review) always keep to the right.
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Maria
Ranking: 10/10
Really nice place amongst the ruins and close to a river where we saw many people going for a swim in the afternoon and in the morning. The one toilet was clean. All in all a very nice free campsite
Dinda K.
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful free campsite with a clean public toilet. Totally enjoyed the scenery, greeted by cows, bulls, and sheeps :) location is pretty far to reach from the main road, but it's near the river to enjoy and the hotel remains are interesting. It was extremely windy though, went there in January. Bring your earplugs just in case, unless you are able to sleep like a rock.
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Wei
Ranking: 9/10
Cool place. Easy to get to just keep to the right. A 2wd drive car can do it and campers can make it as long as it’s not too long. Went after several days of rain and no issues.
Nearby river is dirty so bring water. Bathroom is clean. There’s a little building with a fire place and table to cook. Watch out for the rat and mice.
Cor Dekker
Ranking: 9/10
What a great spot this is! It takes a 8km gravel road to get there, but that is worth it. Nice and calm although you can hear the cars on the other side of the rivier. One (clean) longdrop toilet.
Nicky Westlake
Ranking: 10/10
Free campsite well hidden off the beaten track. We missed the turning initially, but soon found our way trundling up Old Faithful Road slowly. It is a bumpy gravel track but not too bad. It was bone dry when we ventured up there so can imagine it can be a bit troublesome after rain. It is also a long road, but the campsite is at the end (through two gates), so just keep going until you get there.
Very quiet there, plenty of space to set up with the small ruins on one side (we didn't venture in).
One very clean long drop toilet, hardly any smell at all.
Fantastic views of the milky way on a clear night, great little gem.
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QueeenBeee
Ranking: 9/10
Very basic but overal really nice campground. Note that it is a bit remote - you have to drive about 6km on gravel road to the campground but you are rewarded with a pretty big and really quiet spot by the river near the Lindis Pass hotel ruins.
Boris Clémençon
Ranking: 10/10
Big place With Clean toilets, birds, grass and lovely river. Perfect !
Not So hard to find : follow the gravel road approx 6K before the campsite (on your left hand if you are coming From the south)
Thanks new Zealand for this place. We love you !
Jennifer
Ranking: 10/10
Truly amazing site. We were lucky enough to stay there during a full moon. The moon light brought the hotel ruins to life. A must for any travellers.
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Inna
Ranking: 7/10
We turned around cause we thought we had missed it, but you just have to keep driving till you see the ruins. The ruins were really neat, and the toilet was clean. (No toilet paper, so bring your own) I would give it a higher rating, but the sandflys were horrible! Maybe if we had some sort of repellent it would’ve been manageable, but we had to leave in the morning cause we couldn’t brush our teeth without getting sandflies in our mouths. We had a regular size campervan and it did just fine on the dirt road. There was a larger campervan that also made it. The road was all dried up so there wasn’t any difficulties with mud.
Pierre et Nathalie
Ranking: 3/10
Really not suitable for camper vans. You will meet holes, mud and cows on the (long) gravels road. Not so quiet due to the main road which is just on the other side of the valley.
Charlesbrooksphotographer
Ranking: 7/10
Beautiful spot, but road too muddy for large campervans in May. We got in but left early and were nervous we’d never leave again if it rained. No mobile reception. Beautiful hotel ruins tho. Will return when drier season or in a 4x4.
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