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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Oxford ▷
Cust Domain
5.0/5
Stayed here for a single night and there were only 3 others.
Toilets were very clean and of the flushing kind. There is also a sink to do the washing up. Very quiet overnight. Some locals arrived in the morning to walk the dogs and offered us some lemons! Very nice place to freedom camp in a hired self contained campervan
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Fairlie ▷
Lake Opuha
4.0/5
Great spot to freedom camp for when hiring a self - contained campervan.
Toilets very clean and of flushing type. No toilet seat though so make sure you've been doing your squats beforehand (toilet paper seats won't help you here)! Tremendous view of the lake. Quite a few campervans were already there when we arrived at 7pm and some turned up afterwards too. Some locals were fishing over the weekend too as it was a bank holiday weekend and they were also camping on site (some were bending the rules and also leaving some rubbish around which was a shame (some other tourists were the ones being very respective of the rules and picking up the rubbish))
Overall it was an excellent place to freedom camp and I would recommend.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Ashburton ▷
Rakaia Huts Reserve
4.0/5
Good little spot when you find it.
You need to drive through what seems to be an ac stationary caravan park to get to the freedom camp site at the end, but it does exist! There is a sign with the fees (cash in a safe deposit box next to the toilets: $5 per adult per night). Toilets were clean and of the flushing type but there are no locks on the doors so this is something to be mindful of. Nice access to the beach. Poor phone reception signal for me though. No sinks to do any dishwashing or anything else like that.
Note that some of the reviews mention showers and paying EFTPOS, this is erroneous review of the holiday park on the other side of the river (we originally went there by accident thinking it was this freedom camping site - 40 minute error!)