Savannah
South Island ▷ Marlborough ▷ Blenheim ▷
4.0/5
Great camping spot, showers, beautiful beach.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
- check in with the camp host
**** GATE is LOCKED 9pm - 7 am ****
This was the first DOC site or any site at all that we stayed at in 3 weeks that had a gate. I missed the signs, and the small print on the website booking stating the gate would be locked til 7 am. We had to be at the ferry at 645. Which is why I chose this campsite, the only affordable availability for a nonself contained van (due to new laws) - the 30 min drive to the early ferry was great.
Until we saw the locked gate during departure.
This lead to a very negative interaction with the camp host.
Regardless of my travel experience and due diligence with planning I hit my first snag in 3 weeks of NZ travel.