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Maximum 40 vehicles allowed
Self contained vehicles only
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Organisation |
Tasman District CouncilCouncil organisation |
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Location |
South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Motueka |
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Overnight Camping Site Cost |
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Overnight Camping Site CostWhat is the approximate per-person cost to camp or park your vehicle overnight? Free Camping It costs nothing to stay overnight. In general this means that you should not expect any facilities. |
Overnight Stay Rules |
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Overnight Stay RulesWhat are the accommodation rules for overnight stays at this campsite? Self-contained motorhomes only Overnight stays are only permitted if your vehicle is certified as being 'self-contained'. The vehicle must display the "Responsible Camper" sticker. |
Payment Requirement |
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Payment RequirementIs there a cost for this experience or is it free? Free access/participation The experience costs no money to access or take part in. |
Booking Required |
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Booking RequiredIs it necessary to book a campsite in advance in order to stay overnight? First Come, First Served Sites are allocated in a first come, first served basis. Get in early for the best spot. |
✓ Free overnight parking
✓ Scenic river location
✓ Quiet road
✓ Roosters add entertainment
✓ Space for 20 campers
𐄂 Noisy overnight with music
𐄂 Smelly toilets
Big free place close to Motueka.
Very busy place.
Arrived after dark, no signs or other campers.
Packed to the brim with people.
Arrived at around 8pm, plenty of space.
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10/10 | 1 |
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7% |
9/10 | 1 |
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7% |
8/10 | 2 |
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13% |
7/10 | 1 |
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7% |
6/10 | 3 |
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20% |
5/10 | 2 |
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13% |
4/10 | 1 |
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7% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 1 |
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7% |
1/10 | 3 |
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20% |
2.5/5
It’s free… That’s the only cool thing about this place.
Bunch of hooligans living out of their cars blasting shitty EDM music into the wee hours of the night.
Reviewed 9 months ago
3.5/5
7th December 2023.
Nice location, road is pretty quiet and very scenic beside a river. Big car park, space for around 20 campers. No fees and allows non self contained. The toilets are very smelly, most people were avoiding them because of the smell. The rooster was good entertainment and will wake you up early in the morning
Reviewed 12 months ago
3.0/5
Nice spot with a long drop next to the river unfortunately the parking area is a mess seems to be a place to store supplies for roading and if you don't mind getting woken up at 5 by the 2 roosters that
wander around
Reviewed about 1 year ago
0.5/5
Arrived after dark, no signs or other campers.
Seems to be just a road depot now, no place to camp.
Reviewed about 2 years ago
4.0/5
Arrived at around 8pm, plenty of space.
Very chilled and hippy-ish area. Bins and long drop toilet.
Reviewed almost 5 years ago
4.5/5
Plenty of space, very close to Motueka, toliets, plenty of garbage bins, very nice view on the river, no water, very nice place to stay the night
Reviewed about 5 years ago
4.0/5
Big free place close to Motueka.
Close to the river so Nice site.
You have to be there before 6pm if you want a grassy place (during high season)
Thanks NZ for this campsite ! We love you !
Reviewed almost 6 years ago
5.0/5
Rebuild after severe flood damage, its a large area with patches of grass and a gravel road in the middle.
Hopefully the grass will grow over time as its bare soil mostly now. They also put the new toilet in today.
Lovely quiet spot, river is beautiful in the evening and nice to cool down. Shade from the trees surrounding the area. Lots of sandflies unfortunatly though...
Also not busy at all, but possibly cause it just reopened and its not high season.
Reviewed about 6 years ago
2.5/5
It’s free… That’s the only cool thing about this place.
Bunch of hooligans living out of their cars blasting shitty EDM music into the wee hours of the night.
Reviewed 9 months ago
3.5/5
7th December 2023.
Nice location, road is pretty quiet and very scenic beside a river. Big car park, space for around 20 campers. No fees and allows non self contained. The toilets are very smelly, most people were avoiding them because of the smell. The rooster was good entertainment and will wake you up early in the morning
Reviewed 12 months ago
3.0/5
Nice spot with a long drop next to the river unfortunately the parking area is a mess seems to be a place to store supplies for roading and if you don't mind getting woken up at 5 by the 2 roosters that
wander around
Reviewed about 1 year ago
0.5/5
Arrived after dark, no signs or other campers.
Seems to be just a road depot now, no place to camp.
Reviewed about 2 years ago
0.5/5
When we arrived it was dark so couldnt see too much.
There were about 50 vehicles (no campervans) just people in their cars. We found a small area near the end to park our small camper. We hadn't even stopped the vehicle when a drunk sounding man started yelling at us to F... off & that 'clampers' were not welcome here. We paused for a moment unsure if he was joking or even speaking to us but he then started stumbling toward us, still yelling obscenities so we made the wise decision to leave. This so called campsite is full of homeless drunks living in their cars & I would advise Rankers to remove from their site. I was actually quite shaken by this experience & hope it doesn't happen to any other fellow campers.
Reviewed almost 4 years ago
4.0/5
Arrived at around 8pm, plenty of space.
Very chilled and hippy-ish area. Bins and long drop toilet.
Reviewed almost 5 years ago
4.5/5
Plenty of space, very close to Motueka, toliets, plenty of garbage bins, very nice view on the river, no water, very nice place to stay the night
Reviewed about 5 years ago
3.0/5
+ Calm place near by the road,but really low traffic during night.
+ At river
+ Trash bins
+ Plenty places for vehicles.
- It could be more tidy
- No drinking or untreated water
Reviewed over 5 years ago
2.5/5
ABSOLUTELY NO FIRES TO BE LIT AT THIS TIME DUE TO EXTREME FIRE RISK IN THE REGION.
Reviewed almost 6 years ago
4.0/5
Big free place close to Motueka.
Close to the river so Nice site.
You have to be there before 6pm if you want a grassy place (during high season)
Thanks NZ for this campsite ! We love you !
Reviewed almost 6 years ago
3.0/5
Seems like work has been done since the floods.
6 or so gravelled spots, with room on grass for more. Only 7 campers on this night for us which was great. Was quiet, with river in background. Sand flies were plentiful but had worse else where. Big negative was that toilets were locked and unusable. This meant campers were going toilet in bushes. Not ideal.
Reviewed almost 6 years ago
0.5/5
This site is closed until further notice due to flooding
Reviewed about 6 years ago
5.0/5
Rebuild after severe flood damage, its a large area with patches of grass and a gravel road in the middle.
Hopefully the grass will grow over time as its bare soil mostly now. They also put the new toilet in today.
Lovely quiet spot, river is beautiful in the evening and nice to cool down. Shade from the trees surrounding the area. Lots of sandflies unfortunatly though...
Also not busy at all, but possibly cause it just reopened and its not high season.
Reviewed about 6 years ago
2.0/5
Very busy place.
We arrived very late and didn't even leave or mobilhome. Lucky that we had our own toilet as the one of the site looked already dirty.
Reviewed over 6 years ago
1.0/5
Packed to the brim with people.
People definitely extending their stays there. One toilet on the top of the hill. Not a pleasant place to spend the night. It felt like a quarantine zone. On plus side, it’s free?
Reviewed over 6 years ago