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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Greymouth ▷
Kumara Carpark Freedom Camping
Nice place on the side of the road.
With a rugby field behind the gravel parking place. Some books in a old fridge and a
Non drinking water was available but infortunately all 6 toilets was out of order. They placed 2 portaloo to save the day. The next morning 2 of the toilets was back in order
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Banks Peninsula ▷
Okains Bay Camping Ground
Great camping ground, a hidden gem!
really cheap (34$ for 2 adults and 1 child)
No powered site, wifi and drink water available. Kitchen was simple ( juste cooking plates, fridge and sinks. No oven and no tools) but clean. Facilities was fine ( quite old but not dirty)
Playground for the kids was great
Beach and river only few meter away.
The mountain road is not easy, but it is worth the travel. Wonderfull view of the peninsula.
Amazing spot, we would love to come back again!
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Waihora Park Domain Camping Ground
A big grass field with a small playground on one end and toilets (+bins) on the other.
Great for the price (10$/vehicle)
Kids could also look out a the horse riding training in the morning.
Toilets was not great but ok. No shower no kitchen. But for 10$ its not expected.
It was a peacefull night.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Christchurch Tasman Holiday Parks
Great accomodation for kids.
Unpowersite was fine ( with the rain on the first day. The staff told us to park where ever we want)
Toilets was not great but ok. Kitchen had just few tools available but nice room to meet peoples. Laundry was fine (5$).
Really nice free and warm pool ( 9am to 8:30pm). Trampoline, playground and green field was great for the kids. They also have a playroom for rainy days. ( Also a game room).
They have free pensils, coloring pages and few nice scavenger hunts for Childrens.
Price was okaish ( around 70$/ for unpowersite for 2 adults and 1 child)
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Hanmer Springs ▷
Glenmark Reserve
Nice quiet free camping place.
Only 10 emplacement, so you have to come early ( we saw some peoples putting their tent in a small forest near by even if it was strictly forbidden)
The flush toilets was old but ok. The green space in front of us and the sheep in the field near by was nice.
Small playground for the kids. And the tennis court was open, so bring your stuff with you.
We heard from our neighbors that the 30min to 3hours walk through the vinyard was great.
We heard 1 train at night but nothing bad.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Tuatapere ▷
Last Light Lodge
The best place for our camper van so far (already 1 week on the road).
Its a 10/10!!
The bathrooms are new and perfectly clean. The big kitchen and community room give a feeling like home.
We didn't tried the restaurant but its looked nice.
The owner and family are really nice and gave us a lot of advices. They allowed the kids to pets the cats and dog. It was also a big garden with chickens and ducks ( they told us that they will have sheep soon)
The emplacement was very green and well maintened.
Perfect for kids!
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Greymouth ▷
Blaketown Tiphead
Amazing spot!
2 Clean flush toilets. The cold shower outside didn't seems to work for a long time.
A little windy but no sandflies. Not much place there, so better to come early!
But the sunset view there, the driftwood house and the beach make this spot incredible. Would move to come back!
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Queenstown Township ▷
Moke Lake Campsite
Great view, enough space for everyone.
Wc are ok.
The 2hourd walk around the lake is amazing.
The gravelroad is not so bad when you are used to it.
Would love to come back again
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Owaka ▷
Catlins Newhaven Holiday Park
Amazing spot to walk to the sea lion colonie on the beach.
The facilities are fine ( the laundry was a little expensive and due to water shortage, you have to pay 2$ for a warm shower)
( Just few minutes walk away)
Sadly it was rainy for us but no sandflies
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South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Dunedin ▷
Harwood Domain
Great flush toilets there.
Plenty of place to parc the van on green or gravel ( a little bit uneven, but biutiful park).
Kids could look at the horses on the other side of the road.
A little bit far from dunedin center but great if you want to see the albatros sanctuary.
We had no sandflies/mosquitos there, but it was windy and rainy for us.
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Twizel ▷
Lake Pukaki Overnight Campervan Parking
Amazing view of the lake!.
Gravel parc place near the road. A lot of vans parc there. No sandflies.
The toilets could be really far from the entrance if you choose the wrong one. Better to check the whole area before settle down.
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South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township ▷
Hampshire Holiday Park Wanaka
Great camping ground with all you need around ( except kitchen tools but you can rent a set at the reception).
The location is great as you can walk to the lake and to the city center. Hot and clean shower and Kitchen. The playground was great for the kids ( with a lot of then running around and playing together)
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Timaru ▷
O'Neills Reserve
Nice free green place.
Almost no sandflies and enough place for a lot of campervans. It was quiet.
The long drop toilets are old and not great.
You have to pass a closed gate and go through a not long ( but also full of holes!) gravel road.
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Te Anau ▷
Cascade Creek Campsite
Biutiful place to stay between two rivers.
Infortunately it was really windy and also we was attacked by a swarm of sandfly.
Drop Toilets was really simple but ok ( without water to wash the hands).
We stayed almost all the time in our closed camper van
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Owaka ▷
Waikawa Recreation Reserve
Just a small parking near the road.
But the flush toilets was clean and it was quiet. Almost no sandflies.
Perfect to stay a night on the road.
We saw few rabbits in the field nearby and did the 15min forest walk, start, when you look at the sea, left.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Invercargill ▷
Beach Road Holiday Park
Old facilities and playground.
It seems to be a lot of long time caravan there.
But the team there was friendly and the price was ok.
The facilities was clean and we could use some kitchen tools to cook.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Fox Glacier ▷
Fox Glacier TOP 10 Holiday Park
Nice facilities with a big central kitchen were you can meet other traveller.
No kitchen tools, you have to rent them at the reception.
The camp has maybe too much gravel spot for our taste but its fine. A bit expensive also.
Behind the dump station you can see the entrance of a glowworm forêt. We would have loved to know that before we slep there
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Te Anau ▷
Henry Creek Campsite
Amazing place where you can sleep few meters from a biutiful stone beach of the lake.
We had a great time there.
Infortunately the toilets are a mess. Dirty drop toilets, amost full and full of flies and moskitos. They was also some moskitos there but almost no sandflies
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Twizel ▷
Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park
Old facilities but clean.
Free Kitchen set available at the reception. Hot shower and no sandflies. We didn't went to the lake but its just few meters away.
The camping site is quite a maze with a lot of long time caravans. The playground was really old and rosty.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Haast ▷
Pleasant Flat Campsite
The sandfly swarm was terrible!!!
One of the few camping ground before the west coast.
The fluff toilets was ok. Just on the side of the road and only few places to settle for the night. We just stayed on the parking in front of the facilities.
I know a lot of free camping slot that are better than this one...
Nice 5min walk to the small river.