Trounson Kauri Park Campground
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Trounson Kauri Park Campground
A serviced campground in the Kauri Coast area. Camp beside a small but beautiful kauri stand. There are many walking tracks nearby.
The Trounson Kauri Park was New Zealand's first 'mainland island', an intensively managed area which helps to protect and restore New Zealand's native flora and fauna from introduced pests. The camping ground is situated right at the edge of the park and a 40min walk gets you right in amongst giant kauri trees.
DOC Campsite Pricing
Trounson Kauri Park Campground is categorised as a DOC Serviced Campsite. The following pricing indicates usual pricing.
DOC Serviced Campsite
Serviced campsites have a wide range of facilities and services. Flush toilets, tap water that could be treated or untreated, kitchen/cooking bench, hot showers, rubbish collection and road access for all types of vehicles. Untreated water should be boiled before use to ensure it's safe. Serviced campsites may have laundry facilities, barbecues, fireplaces, cookers and picnic tables.
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| Unpowered Site | Adult | $20.00 per night |
| Unpowered Site | Child | $10.00 per night |
| Unpowered Site | Infant | $0.00 per night |
| Powered Site | Adult | $23.00 per night |
| Powered Site | Child | $11.50 per night |
| Powered Site | Infant | $0.00 per night |
Adults are 18+ years, children are 5-17 years, infants are 0-4 years.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Dargaville |
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Basic Camping
Reviews
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4.5/5
26May24.
2 adults on powered pitch. $46 one night.
Can’t add much to previous reviews. Powered sites a bit tight for bigger motorhomes, not much manoeuvring room.
I suppose that compared to commercial sites its a bit expensive but you do get hot water and showers and a kitchen.
A few little niggles but nothing serious.
Kauri stand worth the walk. Such a shame about die back.
A good place to go
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5.0/5
Amazing place to stay & one of the best campsites I’ve experienced in the north island!
But it’s at risk of closing down after 5 decades because people are NOT paying. Please donate or at least make sure you pay so it can stay open. People are taking advantage of a beautiful site with kiwis, kitchen and hot shower. Like where else do you find that!
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5.0/5
Highly recommend this place to stay.
Well equipped kitchen and quiet atmosphere. Showers are hot
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4.5/5
Great place to stay!
All the facilities (e.g. hot shower and kitchen) were super. Also the location is nice, which allows you to walk a short loop track into the Kauri forest.
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4.0/5
Kitchen, showers and toilets where clean.
The meadow was a little bit muddy but we found a place to put up our tent near tongue parking lots.
Traveling with car + tent.
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3.5/5
A nice spot, but expensive for what is there.
Nice to have a hot shower. The toilet was quite far away from our camper spot...but showers were close...kinda weird. The loop track was a nice walk. We were sad not to hear or see Kiwi, but that's nobody's fault.
Was so quiet luckily...our large camper only just fit on the tar-sealed site. Was nice to have a toaster to use. A bit run down and expensive, but nice for 1 night
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2.5/5
Found this rather disappointing after reading the other reviews.
The place seemed run down. No toilet paper, no soap in the toilets either. Needed a good clean. Not worth $46 for two people on a powered site, so we moved on.
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4.0/5
Good spot, but a bit over priced for the facilities available.
Hot showers, kitchen is functional. You can hear the kiwis at night :)
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4.5/5
Winter review: Here at the beginning of July one cold eve, sealed roads in, super easy to access Limited space for campervans were it busy (powered & unpowered) but we had it all to ourselves Stars
blanketed the sky
Lush thick neighbouring forest, Bird song at dusk & dawn, lovely walk through Kauri forest in the morning
Spacious kitchen & great amenities
Didn’t use showers but they were available
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3.0/5
Nice location, OK facilities but not $20 per person worth.
We did have hot showers and there was a reasonable number of people camping. Only let down was some outside group slashed a tent and stole some back packs. They also raided the camp fridge and stole everything out of it. Should have a couple of cameras installed.
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5.0/5
Beautiful place we had the whole camp grounds to ourselves for the night very peaceful.
The walking track through the bush was lovey trees where impressive, Didn't see any kiwis but did hear a male calling in the distance. Facilities where great, clean and tidy and nice hot shower after a cold rainy day. Great place to stop on the way up to Waipoua forest.
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4.0/5
Great site.
Big kitchen, sinks, fridge/freezer on site toilets and cold showers. Is a DOC campsite, so pay on honor system, was $20/person in an unpowered site, which seemed a bit expensive. Powdered sites available. Close to a great walk through the forest. Looked for kiwis, no luck for us but others did. Glow worms all over. Nice site overall
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4.5/5
26May24.
2 adults on powered pitch. $46 one night.
Can’t add much to previous reviews. Powered sites a bit tight for bigger motorhomes, not much manoeuvring room.
I suppose that compared to commercial sites its a bit expensive but you do get hot water and showers and a kitchen.
A few little niggles but nothing serious.
Kauri stand worth the walk. Such a shame about die back.
A good place to go
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5.0/5
Amazing place to stay & one of the best campsites I’ve experienced in the north island!
But it’s at risk of closing down after 5 decades because people are NOT paying. Please donate or at least make sure you pay so it can stay open. People are taking advantage of a beautiful site with kiwis, kitchen and hot shower. Like where else do you find that!
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5.0/5
Highly recommend this place to stay.
Well equipped kitchen and quiet atmosphere. Showers are hot
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4.5/5
Great place to stay!
All the facilities (e.g. hot shower and kitchen) were super. Also the location is nice, which allows you to walk a short loop track into the Kauri forest.
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4.0/5
Kitchen, showers and toilets where clean.
The meadow was a little bit muddy but we found a place to put up our tent near tongue parking lots.
Traveling with car + tent.
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3.5/5
A nice spot, but expensive for what is there.
Nice to have a hot shower. The toilet was quite far away from our camper spot...but showers were close...kinda weird. The loop track was a nice walk. We were sad not to hear or see Kiwi, but that's nobody's fault.
Was so quiet luckily...our large camper only just fit on the tar-sealed site. Was nice to have a toaster to use. A bit run down and expensive, but nice for 1 night
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2.5/5
Found this rather disappointing after reading the other reviews.
The place seemed run down. No toilet paper, no soap in the toilets either. Needed a good clean. Not worth $46 for two people on a powered site, so we moved on.
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4.0/5
Good spot, but a bit over priced for the facilities available.
Hot showers, kitchen is functional. You can hear the kiwis at night :)
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4.5/5
Winter review: Here at the beginning of July one cold eve, sealed roads in, super easy to access Limited space for campervans were it busy (powered & unpowered) but we had it all to ourselves Stars
blanketed the sky
Lush thick neighbouring forest, Bird song at dusk & dawn, lovely walk through Kauri forest in the morning
Spacious kitchen & great amenities
Didn’t use showers but they were available
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3.0/5
Nice location, OK facilities but not $20 per person worth.
We did have hot showers and there was a reasonable number of people camping. Only let down was some outside group slashed a tent and stole some back packs. They also raided the camp fridge and stole everything out of it. Should have a couple of cameras installed.
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5.0/5
Beautiful place we had the whole camp grounds to ourselves for the night very peaceful.
The walking track through the bush was lovey trees where impressive, Didn't see any kiwis but did hear a male calling in the distance. Facilities where great, clean and tidy and nice hot shower after a cold rainy day. Great place to stop on the way up to Waipoua forest.
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2.5/5
Beautiful spot, next to Kauri walk with possibility of seeing Kiwi.
We weren't so lucky but we sure heard them! Unfortunately we also heard fellow camper's music, including that of the camp host, a large part of the day! Birdsong is what we wanted to experience.
Don't expect hot showers if you go peak season - with approx 60 campers, hot water runs out pretty quick. I think for $20 a night, drinking water should be possible- you get at some other doc sites.
Also 3 toilets between 60 people cannot cope. They were clean, and miraculously no queues, but backed up on 4th day of our stay, at which point we packed up and left.
Camp host was pleasant and kept everything pretty clean, but I don't get staying in a place to see nature and then imposing a background of pop music on everyone.
TLDR: OK for one night, not for long family holiday. Bring solar showers!
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2.5/5
Beautiful spot, possibility to see Kiwi.
We were unlucky but we sure heard them! Unfortunately we also heard the camp host's and other's background music a good portion of the day.
Don't expect the much vaunted hot showers in peak season. With approx 60 people onsite, hot water runs out pretty quick. Flush toilets are not a plus either- clean enough but 3 toilets could not cope with 60 visitors and backed up on 3rd day, at which point we left early.
TLDR: OK for a night, not for longer.
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4.0/5
Great site.
Big kitchen, sinks, fridge/freezer on site toilets and cold showers. Is a DOC campsite, so pay on honor system, was $20/person in an unpowered site, which seemed a bit expensive. Powdered sites available. Close to a great walk through the forest. Looked for kiwis, no luck for us but others did. Glow worms all over. Nice site overall
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4.0/5
Great place to stay with a little chance to see Kiwi, fore sure you see many Gloworms by nightwalk.
Sorry only "8" because the shower was cold.
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4.0/5
So glad I went down the west coast, and this was a lovely spot.
As others mentioned, some road noise, but not too bad. Facilities (kitchen! Power! Showers! Flush toilets!) really up there for a DOC site. Even had red cellophane to borrow to cover your torches for kiwi spotting... although prior visitors took it all and didn't return it :-(
Confusing info at time re: site price. One sign and DOC website had price as unpowered $15 pp/night, another had price as above, but with minimum occupancy of 2.
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4.5/5
For a DOC site this excellent.
Delightful setting (apart from the logging trucks rolling by now & then). Hot water, fridge, cooking facilities, hot shower & fab forest walk next door. Best DOC site I have been to.
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1.5/5
I don't know why the rankings are so good: no drinking water, facilities were disgusting, nobody around (so why serviced?), in the middle of nowhere and not nice at all.
Very expensive for nothing more than a hot shower.
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5.0/5
We expected less from a DOC camp but in reality we found hot free showers, powered sites, and an organized kitchen.
Close to the toilet you can find the entrance of a park walk, we did it in the dark trying to spot a kiwi without success but we saw a small possum. Cover your lamp with a red plastic or the kiwi will never show.
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3.5/5
A decent place to stay.
Off season so only three other camper vans there. We were all in powered sites. Only a little off the road so some road noise. Showers and toilets were clean. Hot water! Not much else in the area so you take what you can get! :)
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3.0/5
Good forest location, approach it fron the south for sealed road rather than gravel road.
$18 pp for power
One free hot shower
Kitchen area
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4.0/5
Really cool little DOC campsite, good facilities especially powerful showers.
Kiwi and kauri forest is fun, entrance right on campsite.
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5.0/5
Brilliant site!
Our favourite so far! Excellent kitchen with power!!! Clean toilets and showers. Great walks and we saw kiwi, kauri snails and glow worms. Great place for kids to run and explore. Safe and quiet. Do not miss out on this experience!
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3.5/5
We've never been at a DOC campsite with power, hot showers and a kitchen so that's very positive.
Doc campsite with power
Nevertheless, quite expensive if compared to normal campgrounds. It's more a carpark than a campground but the cheapest you can get in that area. Would stay there again.
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4.5/5
Great camping!!
Really hot shower with high pressure! Pans and tools to cook on the kitchen, plates, mugs. Really quiet place.
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5.0/5
Nice little campsite with hot shower, kitchen and a nice Kauri Track.
Unfortunately we didn't see kiwis. So quiet at night. Be careful from which direction you arrive. We had 40 km of gravel road. $15 per person.
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4.5/5
Hot showers with great water pressure!
Make sure to bring a red light or some sort of red plastic to put over a flashlight, otherwise you won't get to see any kiwis ):
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4.0/5
Small camping area for vehicles (including power), medium sized grass area for tents, decent looking kitchen, 2 very hot showers with strong water pressure, OK bathrooms, good location near Tane Mahuta
and for travelling north of Auckland. Has nice, easy 40-minute Kauri track on site.
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