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A true blue, quirky mix of heartland and bogan, add a dash of the gay in Gore and gregarious local penguins on lonely beaches.

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Owaka

Otautau

Lumsden

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Gore

Waikawa

Tuatapere

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The Lost Gypsy Gallery Bus

Random Goodness

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25 reviews

18 face-to-face

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Waipapa Point Lighthouse

1 km return | 20 minutes return

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3 reviews

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Cannibal Bay Seal Watching

20 minutes return

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9 reviews

5 face-to-face

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Hayes Shop

The Worlds Fastest Indian Legend

Hayes Shop

The Worlds Fastest Indian Legend

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2 reviews

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Alex McKenzie Arboretum, Otautau

Overnight Campervan Parking

Alex McKenzie Arboretum, Otautau

Overnight Campervan Parking

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2 reviews

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Foveaux Walkway / Millennium Track / Topuni Track

Bluff Hill

Foveaux Walkway / Millennium Track / Topuni Track

Bluff Hill

6.2 km return | 2 hours return

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1 review

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Papatowai Walks

Time: 40 min – I hr return depending on walk taken

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Catlins Visitor Information Centre

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Willow Creek

Please leave the site as you found it, especially take rubbish away and no toilet paper in the bushes.

Owner Operated Campsite

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Yellow eyed penguins waddling through the petrified forest

Curio Bay Penguin Watch

Watch penguins return to their nesting grounds.

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63 reviews

60 face-to-face

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Curio Bay Dolphin Watch

See dolphins in their natural habitat from the beach at Curio Bay

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51 reviews

47 face-to-face

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McLean Falls Walk

Catlins

McLean Falls Walk

Catlins

1.5 km return | 40 minutes return

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42 reviews

30 face-to-face

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Balclutha Motor Camp

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28 reviews

10 face-to-face

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Last Light Lodge

Tuatapere

Last Light Lodge

Tuatapere

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10 reviews

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Mossburn Country Park

We are closed from the start of May to mid September.

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59 reviews

15 face-to-face

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Basic Facility Camping

River Ridge Retreat

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2 reviews

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Nugget Point / Tokata, Roaring Bay Penguin Hide and Walk

500 m return | 20 minutes return

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4 reviews

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Jet Boating

Humpridge Jet

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5 reviews

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Becca1

United Kingdom

South of South Island, Southern Coastal Drive: Great drive, lots of lookouts, walks, views, great sight seeing, nice to see the real New Zealand, e.g. towns not commercialised for tourists. Starts at Owaka.

Clifden Historic Bridge Conservation Campsite

Clifden

Clifden Historic Bridge Conservation Campsite

Clifden

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14 reviews

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Surat Bay

Seal Watching

Surat Bay

Seal Watching

Time: 10 - 20 minute walk to view large Sea Lions

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10 reviews

10 face-to-face

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Dusky Track

Fiordland National Park

Dusky Track

Fiordland National Park

Time: Up to 8 - 9 days, Distance: 84 km

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4 reviews

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Nugget Point / Tokata

500 m return | 10 - 20 minutes return

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114 reviews

102 face-to-face

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Camping Grounds / Holiday Parks

Riverton Longwood Holiday Park and Camping Ground

15 reviews

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Lumsden Information Centre

Overnight Campervan Parking

Lumsden Information Centre

Overnight Campervan Parking

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39 reviews

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Victoria Slater

United Kingdom

Curio and Porpoise Bays: We saw fur seals, hectors dolphins, yellow eyed penguins and a petrified tree forest, all for free. Fantastic given that you usually have to pay to see penguins and dolphins elsewhere. Great motorcamp on the cliff above the bays.