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The Lost Gypsy Gallery Bus

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25 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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Alex McKenzie Arboretum, Otautau

Overnight Campervan Parking

Alex McKenzie Arboretum, Otautau

Overnight Campervan Parking

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2 reviews

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Papatowai Walks

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

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Foveaux Walkway

Time: 2 hr round trip

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Hayes Shop

The Worlds Fastest Indian Legend

Hayes Shop

The Worlds Fastest Indian Legend

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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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Catlins Visitor Information Centre

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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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Last Light Lodge

Tuatapere

Last Light Lodge

Tuatapere

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10 reviews

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McLean Falls Walk

Time: 40 min return, Distance: 2km return

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42 reviews

30 face-to-face

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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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62 reviews

60 face-to-face

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Roaring Bay Penguin Hide

Time: 20 minutes return

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4 reviews

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Basic Facility Camping

River Ridge Retreat

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2 reviews

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Jet Boating

Humpridge Jet

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5 reviews

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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

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Basic Facility Camping

Lignite Pit Cafe and Secret Garden

A secret garden hidden from view of the passing traffic. So call in and sit back and enjoy the views over the pond watching the wildlife.

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Save money and have fun pitching your tent (or parking your camper, of course!) in these glorious garden surrounds. No snakes in this Eden!

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21 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.

Dusky Track

Fiordland National Park

Dusky Track

Fiordland National Park

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

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Camping Grounds / Holiday Parks

Winton Golf Course and Camp

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9 reviews

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Nugget Point Walk

Time: 10 - 30 min return depending on walk taken

Easy walk

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114 reviews

102 face-to-face

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Balclutha Motor Camp

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27 reviews

10 face-to-face

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Camping Grounds / Holiday Parks

Catlins Newhaven Holiday Park

Owner Operated Campsite

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47 reviews

18 face-to-face

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Mossburn Country Park

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

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57 reviews

15 face-to-face

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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.