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Start your journey through New Zealand's stunning landscapes at a Department of Conservation (DOC) Visitor Centre. Information about conservation areas, as well as DOC's 14,000 km of tracks, 10 Great Walks, and network of 950 huts and 324 campsites.
DOC Rotoiti / Nelson Lakes Visitor Centre is staffed by DOC rangers who have firsthand, in-depth local knowledge. We provide information about:
•Walks and hiking - short walks, multi-day hikes, Great Walks
•Track conditions, weather, and safety
•Hut and Campsite bookings
•Heritage sites
•Cycleways
•Maps
•Marine reserves
•Conservation projects
•Local stories, legends and history - our nature, our people
• Nelson Lakes National Park
• Lake Rotoiti walking tracks
Feature | Value | Info |
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Organisation |
Nelson Lakes National Park DOC Visitor CentreLocal government organisation |
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Location |
South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ St Arnaud |
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Operating Season And Hours |
9:00am-4:00pm daily
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Payment Requirement |
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Payment RequirementIs there a cost for this experience or is it free? Free access/participation The experience costs no money to access or take part in. |
WiFi Internet |
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WiFi InternetWhat type of WiFi internet access is available? No WiFi There is no WiFi access available. |
Informative and good booking system.
Nice place.
Nice staff with good advice.
Nice little museum, very informative.
Good and experienced advice.
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10/10 | 7 |
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19% |
9/10 | 11 |
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30% |
8/10 | 10 |
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27% |
7/10 | 6 |
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16% |
6/10 | 1 |
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3% |
5/10 | 1 |
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3% |
4/10 | 0 |
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3/10 | 1 |
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2/10 | 0 |
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1/10 | 0 |
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1.5/5
Lake Rotoiti is definitely a beautiful place.However it felt like a police state run by D.O.C.
We own a fully self contained motor home and enjoy out of the way places where we can legally freedom camp and obviously we leave nothing behind except tyre tracks.DOC has covered Rotoiti in ugly polluting signs everywhere forbidding any form of freedom camping with the threat of a large fine if you transgress.We are left with the DOC owned campground at a cost of $46.00 per night to park on their gravel.As well the DOC noticeboard has various warnings regards fines if you use a drone in their park(why) and charges for using the multitude of taxpayer funded huts in what is a taxpayer funded park.Thankfully there is a POP in Rotoiti at $10.00 per night per vehicle.Last comment there are more rabbits in Rotoiti than people and fast increasing.Is this not DOC,s job to control them.
Reviewed about 3 years ago
4.5/5
People at the counter are very knowledgeable about the Abel Tasman area, friendly, accommodating and have helped us organise various activities (walks, kayaks, taxis, accommodation etc).
Bravo for the quality of service!
Reviewed over 8 years ago
4.0/5
Good information and friendly.
Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in October 2015
5.0/5
Very friendly, a lot of information, very useful.
Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in October 2015
4.0/5
Incredibly well explained walks, history and environment of the Nelson/Marlbrough/Tasman area.
Reviewed almost 9 years ago
4.5/5
Good and experienced advice.
Reviewed about 9 years ago and experienced in February 2015
4.0/5
Good information, precise but not over enthusiastic.
Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in December 2014
3.0/5
The DOC site itself was very good with loads of explanation but was not informed well enough as the person did not tell us about closed tracks.
The ranger onsite instead was great.
Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in December 2014
3.5/5
Not quite as nice as in DOC Wanaka, but the DOC sites were very nice and in a beautiful spot.
Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in November 2014
2.5/5
They answered all our questions, but they did not tell us that the track we were about to do included a whole day of walking in mud and crossing through the river which was horrible!
I think they should let people know about that!
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
1.5/5
Lake Rotoiti is definitely a beautiful place.However it felt like a police state run by D.O.C.
We own a fully self contained motor home and enjoy out of the way places where we can legally freedom camp and obviously we leave nothing behind except tyre tracks.DOC has covered Rotoiti in ugly polluting signs everywhere forbidding any form of freedom camping with the threat of a large fine if you transgress.We are left with the DOC owned campground at a cost of $46.00 per night to park on their gravel.As well the DOC noticeboard has various warnings regards fines if you use a drone in their park(why) and charges for using the multitude of taxpayer funded huts in what is a taxpayer funded park.Thankfully there is a POP in Rotoiti at $10.00 per night per vehicle.Last comment there are more rabbits in Rotoiti than people and fast increasing.Is this not DOC,s job to control them.
Reviewed about 3 years ago
5.0/5
Very friendly, a lot of information, very useful.
Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in October 2015
4.0/5
Good information and friendly.
Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in October 2015
4.5/5
People at the counter are very knowledgeable about the Abel Tasman area, friendly, accommodating and have helped us organise various activities (walks, kayaks, taxis, accommodation etc).
Bravo for the quality of service!
Reviewed over 8 years ago
4.0/5
Incredibly well explained walks, history and environment of the Nelson/Marlbrough/Tasman area.
Reviewed almost 9 years ago
4.5/5
Good and experienced advice.
Reviewed about 9 years ago and experienced in February 2015
3.0/5
The DOC site itself was very good with loads of explanation but was not informed well enough as the person did not tell us about closed tracks.
The ranger onsite instead was great.
Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in December 2014
4.0/5
Good information, precise but not over enthusiastic.
Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in December 2014
3.5/5
Not quite as nice as in DOC Wanaka, but the DOC sites were very nice and in a beautiful spot.
Reviewed over 9 years ago and experienced in November 2014
4.0/5
Cool information on stuff.
Reviewed almost 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014
4.5/5
Nice little museum, very informative.
Reviewed almost 10 years ago and experienced in April 2014
4.5/5
Many information material, nice and clean toilets, walks starting here.
Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014
4.5/5
A lot of information maps, nice house, nice people, a lot of sandflies.
Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014
3.5/5
Helped us to book the great walk, friendly people.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
5.0/5
Nice people there, very helpful and friendly!!
Good service.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
5.0/5
Was a rainy day.
The lady was really nice to us.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
4.0/5
Very informative information centre, good local history.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
5.0/5
The guy at the reception was really nice, had a lot of patience and knew the area well.
It was a pleasure to get advice from him, he did not let us feel ashamed as it was our first time doing a multi trip.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
5.0/5
The camp officer was very helpful considering the late arrival of many people.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in March 2013
4.5/5
Very good location information with flora and fauna.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2013
2.5/5
They answered all our questions, but they did not tell us that the track we were about to do included a whole day of walking in mud and crossing through the river which was horrible!
I think they should let people know about that!
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014
3.5/5
Informative and good booking system.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014
3.5/5
The DoC centre is up the road from camps, you need to visit camp first to get the feel for the place, otherwise ok.
Reviewed over 10 years ago
5.0/5
Did a back country pass and got the information for the Pelorus track
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014
5.0/5
Helpful staff, lots of information.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014
4.5/5
Small museum you can visit for free.
(about the history of the region, birds and trees.)Much information available for tracks from 1 hour to various days, Big maps very helpful.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014
4.5/5
There is a good map of the area that helps you to choose nice tracks.
Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014