Okarito Camping Ground
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Okarito Camping Ground
An amazing place with a friendly vibe, there are lots of little alcoves to put your tent up in. Designated BBQ areas and a short walk to the beach. So well worth the visit!
There are some great walks to do here to the trig and further on to Three and Five mile bay. There are interpretation panels at the top of the trig where it explains the history of the area in the midst of the gold rush when this place was pumping - hard to imaging now.... The walk over the top can be turned into a loopwalk when the tide is low to make it back to Okarito. Check out the white herons.
Camping Fees
Adult $18; Child free
Shower $2/ 4mins
BBQ $2/ 20 mins
Note: Option of paying by cash or EFTPOS
Bookings
No advance bookings taken for the campground and in the busy holiday season (especially Christmas to 15 January) we suggest arrival by mid-afternoon to ensure you find a camping site. If demand is high an adjacent overflow camping area will be set up.
Registration
Please self-register on arrival prior to establishing your campsite. Deposit registration slip and cash in honesty box. If you prefer to pay by EFTPOS and/or require change (for camping, shower, BBQ) please see campground host. If host is not available write message on registration slip and they will follow up with you. During summer months campground hosts are resident on site and in winter they visit several times a day.
Okarito village uses revenue generated to support a predator control programme on Okarito Lagoon & forest.
Protecting our beautiful bird life.
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Reviews
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4.5/5
Lovely clean, flat site, very quiet.
Toilets, showers ($2), washing up facilities, no cooking stoves but nice shelter to cook in if you have a stove. Short walk to Kayak hire centre for Okarito Lagoon and to a wild and beautiful beach for sunset views. No powered sites for campervans. Some sand flies but it is the West Coast, you can but natural repellent in town that seems to work OK.
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5.0/5
Great place to stay.
Wonderfully friendly hosts. You can hear the soothing sounds of the sea and there’s a swimming lagoon just a minute walk away. The trig point walk was a highlight - stunning views from the top up and down the coast. Basic, but clean facilities.
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5.0/5
Great place!
Very friendly host, very clean facilities (toilet, hot shower for 2 dollars, kitchen), free wifi. Kayak at the lagoon at three minutes and nice walks! Sandflies: not too bad. Recommended!
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4.0/5
Sandflies en masse!
18$ per person plus 2$ for 4 minutes shower
But only at dusk and in the mornings, afternoons are ok.
2 minutes walk to the beach and you can hear the waves from the campsite. Great staff, small sink and BBQ area, communal area.
Spots are very sheltered, facilities are spotless!
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4.5/5
Beautiful spot.
Has clean toilets and showers($2 extra) BBQ( $2)
Shelter for cooking, a room with boardgames, charching Station
Be prepared for the sandflys😱
$ 18 per night for adults
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5.0/5
Awesome, quiet spot!
We stayed for one night (Tuesday night) and there were only a few other campers. Could have been that the weather was torrential, but anyways! Friendly camp host $15pp/per night. $2 for a 4 minute hot shower. Sweet little kitchen space with fridge and some charging outlets/lounges. Outside sink area and bbq. Sites had a picnic table too. Everything super clean. We woke up to glorious sunshine and a view of some snow capped mountains, sunrise over the lagoon and lots of bird life. A special spot - would recommend!
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5.0/5
Loved the ethos of this place lovely community site , warm welcoming hosts and great sunset Just be prepared for sandflies
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4.0/5
Okarito is a quaint town.
The camp hosts very friendly, good facilities which weren’t overused or crowded, camp is a short walk to a lagoon and Wild West Coast beach beyond. Fires were permitted so I enjoyed a wonderful camp fire and watched the sunset on the beach. Kayak trip on the lagoon a must do!
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5.0/5
Great campsite!
$15 each to stay and then $2 for a coin for showers (4 mins hot water). Only non powered sites which was fine. Very quiet and 2 mins walk from the beach (can hear the ocean at night). Clean toilets, common area with fridge and plug sockets (phones only). Host available on site during summer. For the same price we stayed in a DOC site previously that was no where near as nice as this!
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5.0/5
A wonderful camping ground with $2 showers, kept immaculately clean by tje current hosts.
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5.0/5
We have stayed at Okarito Campground for 2 nights and loved it.
The facilities are spotless, the hosts extremely friendly and helpful and Okarito has much to offer for such a small place. You can kayak, go on a boat ride, visit kiwis and go on a variety of walks without leaving the village. This is a hidden gem with a very interesting past. The present inhabitants are passionate about protecting the stunning lagoon and we are so pleased we have finally visited here.
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3.0/5
Gorgeous location but oh my god sandflies like you wouldn’t believe.
Truly unpleasant to be outside.
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4.5/5
Lovely clean, flat site, very quiet.
Toilets, showers ($2), washing up facilities, no cooking stoves but nice shelter to cook in if you have a stove. Short walk to Kayak hire centre for Okarito Lagoon and to a wild and beautiful beach for sunset views. No powered sites for campervans. Some sand flies but it is the West Coast, you can but natural repellent in town that seems to work OK.
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5.0/5
Great place to stay.
Wonderfully friendly hosts. You can hear the soothing sounds of the sea and there’s a swimming lagoon just a minute walk away. The trig point walk was a highlight - stunning views from the top up and down the coast. Basic, but clean facilities.
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5.0/5
Great place!
Very friendly host, very clean facilities (toilet, hot shower for 2 dollars, kitchen), free wifi. Kayak at the lagoon at three minutes and nice walks! Sandflies: not too bad. Recommended!
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4.0/5
Sandflies en masse!
18$ per person plus 2$ for 4 minutes shower
But only at dusk and in the mornings, afternoons are ok.
2 minutes walk to the beach and you can hear the waves from the campsite. Great staff, small sink and BBQ area, communal area.
Spots are very sheltered, facilities are spotless!
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4.5/5
Beautiful spot.
Has clean toilets and showers($2 extra) BBQ( $2)
Shelter for cooking, a room with boardgames, charching Station
Be prepared for the sandflys😱
$ 18 per night for adults
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5.0/5
Awesome, quiet spot!
We stayed for one night (Tuesday night) and there were only a few other campers. Could have been that the weather was torrential, but anyways! Friendly camp host $15pp/per night. $2 for a 4 minute hot shower. Sweet little kitchen space with fridge and some charging outlets/lounges. Outside sink area and bbq. Sites had a picnic table too. Everything super clean. We woke up to glorious sunshine and a view of some snow capped mountains, sunrise over the lagoon and lots of bird life. A special spot - would recommend!
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5.0/5
Loved the ethos of this place lovely community site , warm welcoming hosts and great sunset Just be prepared for sandflies
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4.0/5
Okarito is a quaint town.
The camp hosts very friendly, good facilities which weren’t overused or crowded, camp is a short walk to a lagoon and Wild West Coast beach beyond. Fires were permitted so I enjoyed a wonderful camp fire and watched the sunset on the beach. Kayak trip on the lagoon a must do!
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5.0/5
Great campsite!
$15 each to stay and then $2 for a coin for showers (4 mins hot water). Only non powered sites which was fine. Very quiet and 2 mins walk from the beach (can hear the ocean at night). Clean toilets, common area with fridge and plug sockets (phones only). Host available on site during summer. For the same price we stayed in a DOC site previously that was no where near as nice as this!
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5.0/5
A wonderful camping ground with $2 showers, kept immaculately clean by tje current hosts.
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5.0/5
We have stayed at Okarito Campground for 2 nights and loved it.
The facilities are spotless, the hosts extremely friendly and helpful and Okarito has much to offer for such a small place. You can kayak, go on a boat ride, visit kiwis and go on a variety of walks without leaving the village. This is a hidden gem with a very interesting past. The present inhabitants are passionate about protecting the stunning lagoon and we are so pleased we have finally visited here.
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3.0/5
Gorgeous location but oh my god sandflies like you wouldn’t believe.
Truly unpleasant to be outside.
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4.0/5
Great little camp site, close to the beach and immaculate facilities a to use.
The hosts had eftpos and allowed use to get coins out for the showers. Allowed our dogs which was awesome!
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5.0/5
Would endorse everything written in the reviews over the past year!
We were here in July 2020 and although its a bit off the main highway that makes the camp ground so much more attractive. Love the community run aspect and the person we met was very friendly and helpful. Facilities clean and monitored daily. Wild West Coast beach within easy walk and sites protected by mainly large flax plants
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4.5/5
Fantastic community run camp ground a paddock from the beach.
Recommend trig walk and Okarito kayak hire on lagoon. $2 for a shower. No powered sites here so very cold night when you have no heat.
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4.0/5
Douche: $2,00 for four minutes hot water.
Price: $15,00 one night p.p
Location: good, for us perfect because we do the kiwi tour
Insects: a little bit sandflies around 17.00 o’clock
Wc’s: very clean
The camphost a very friendly
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4.5/5
Good place to stop for a couple of nights.
Very good facilities and free WiFi they worked perfectly! Charging point and water point. Good value for money. There’s a nice walk up to a lookout to the mountains and you can also continue on the walk to the lagoon. If the tide is right you can walk back along the beach - but do check the tide.
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4.5/5
Lovely site, plenty of space, and (I think) run by the local community, so well worth supporting.
Fresh water available on site. Good clean facilities.
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4.5/5
Fantastic coastline with planting all around camp area.
Great walking tracks to enjoy the birdlife.
Nice showers, good shelter but no stove ring.
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4.5/5
Fantastic coastline with planting all around camp area.
Great walking tracks to enjoy the birdlife.
Nice showers, good shelter but no stove ring.
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4.5/5
Yes it is kind of a parking lot, but sweet hosts and awesome beach fully compensate dir that.
Try the ice cream...
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4.0/5
Stayed here in May, such lovely hosts!
Facilities nice and clean, and such great location. The beach, lagoon and village are so beautiful. Great location for the walks. Fave place on West Coast!
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4.0/5
Great camping !
Right between the sea and the mountains, it’s a wonderful spot to admire the sunset. There’s a cooking shelter with a fridge and a barbecue (+$2). You can have a shower for $2 as well for 4min. The owners are lovely
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3.5/5
Nothing special - simple site.
Quiet location at the end of a long winding road. Showers were $2. There is a kitchen but didn’t use it. It rained all night as per normal for west coast. Short walk to the beach.
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5.0/5
Excellent value campground, nice spot by the beach, hot showers $2 and free WiFi.
Camp hosts were so welcoming and kind, even let us cook our dinner on their caravan’s cooker as we’d run out of gas.
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3.5/5
Okarito Camping ground is a (really) basic campsite.
Friendly host, but 15$ per person is really exaggerated. Facilities and amenities are outdated and not enough. WiFi is still not working.... this time the excuse was: the latest storm! At the income of the village there was internet 😂 (they better say: no WiFi zone 😉) BUT: if you like walking: the tracks are great, nature is amazing and you have to use this campground🥴so you can start early in the morning for the Three mile lagoon walk, depending the tidal you can make the loop.
We had beautiful weather..... what do you need more 💪
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5.0/5
Only $2 more then most DOC Campsites and you get your moneys worth- free wifi, showers ($2), power points etc
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5.0/5
Great simple camp site between the sea and the mountains.
The toilets and kitchen facilities were clean and free Wi-fi was great. There’s a lovely wetlands walk nearby and a bracing walk along the beach which is just beyond the hedge. We had no sandflies due to the wind. It’s the perfect spot to chill away from the crowds and a great price too.
