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South Island ▷ Kaikoura Region ▷ Kaikoura ▷
Cheviot Motels, Cabins & Camp
4.5/5
Great amenities, clean and quaint peaceful campsite.
Lots of interesting farm animals if you're into that sort of thing - donkeys and turkeys. No native plantings, bush or surrounds - farmland
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South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township ▷
Lindis Pass Historic Hotel Campsite
3.0/5
Nice enough camp spot, flat and thick with grass.
Farmland, so no native bush, just weeds and exotics. Midges are a problem at dusk (as per usual NZ camps). However a new experience was with what I assume were dung beetles, or perhaps a small chafer ; if you are in a tent with a light on they will crawl/fly up everywhere around the tent fly, seemingly an endless supply of beetles. My advice is to turn the light off and they crawl back into the ground from whence they came. Kind of creepy place full of these beetles, rats, weeds and ruins. But free, soft, grassy and the sound of a nice river (road wasn't too noisy)