Waikoko Campsite
Kaimanawa Forest Park
15 Rankers Reviews
1 Face-to-Face
12 Turangi
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Tyler
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing spot, surrounded by forest covered mountains and a stream running close by.
My favorite freedom camping spot.
Carl Bright
Ranking: 7/10
Nice Spot, kinda hard to find at night.
Tedy
Ranking: 9/10
Nice spot with a little cabin in the middle where u can make a fire. Toillet OK. You can make nice walks in the surrounding :-)
Danielle Johnson
Ranking: 7/10
Pretty decent place for a free camp. Close to the main road, decent drop toilet, kitchen/shelter...it’s basically a big parking lot. Not many tent sites, but do-able. Quiet, no sandflies.
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Gap year
Ranking: 10/10
Good place to stay for the night before doing the alpine crossing.
Andrew Hargreaves
Ranking: 7/10
Very remote and peaceful location. Relatively close to the alpine crossing starts. Room for plenty of vehicles. Big strucure in middle with wood fire and sinks. Drop toilet not great, no loo roll, plenty of bugs and no light. Wife refused to use it. Nice little stream at the bottom. Could see plenty of stars on a clear night. No bins so please take litter with you
Sio
Ranking: 10/10
Stayed Eve before tongariro crossing - less than 20 min drive to the pick up point for the following morn.
Camp had long drop, sheltered area for cooking (let the wind hold back your baked bean dreams no longer) and level areas parking up.
Visited May 2019 and only two other vehicles but guess it’s busier high season
Great spot.
Beaut stars at night 😍
Zoe
Ranking: 9/10
Great overnight spot. Heaps of spots available but it fills up quick because it’s perfect stop over for the alpine crossing. Only one toilet with no light but does have a uncover area where you can have a fire if you have wood.
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Julie
Ranking: 9/10
Campsite was great! We got there around 6:30 and there were still some spots open. The water tasted great, and the toilet was pretty clean. We hiked Tongariro the next day, and it was an easy drive in the morning. Just a few noisy folks, but all was quiet by about 9pm.
JuhuMel Campers
Ranking: 6/10
Before we got there we wished we wouldn't be the only one as it was somewhere in nowhere. The camping was full, the drop toilet smelly. Most people didn't even use it. There was a lot of rubbish in the bush. However, it was close to the tongariro crossing and free. The other campers were silent after 10pm.
Boris Clémençon
Ranking: 10/10
Calm big grassy place ! Perfect.
Clean toilets.
Gravel road ok.
Thanks NZ for this campsite.
We love you !
Marilli
Ranking: 10/10
We stayed here the night before our tongariro crossing!
Perfect place!
Toilet is there and a little shelter.
Easy access
Laura
Ranking: 7/10
We came late and it was PACKED! First stop was the first one on the street on the right (packed and all partying at 9.30pm) we moved on to this one and it was also full. We found a spot, but get there early!
No cooking, dirty sink for dishes (water wasn’t working).
But: great location and free :-)
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