Sarah Dial
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
McLaren Falls Camping Area
3.5/5
Short walk up to several tiered waterfalls.
You can go further up to the very top using a hidden steep, narrow pathway (lots of climbing).
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Milford Sound - Fiordland National Park ▷
Key Summit Track
4.5/5
Quite steep up to amazing 360 views.
Lots of people though.
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South Island ▷ Kaikoura Region ▷ Kaikoura ▷
Whale Watch Kaikoura
4.5/5
We saw 2 sperm whales.
albatross and a pod of 100+ dolphins jumping and somersaulting by the boat!! WiFi at the cafe. Take sea sickness medicate even if the forecast is for flat seas.
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South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township ▷
Rob Roy Track
3.5/5
The drive to the track is difficult (through lots of Fjords) but the track itself is quiet with nice river and forest sections and finally the waterfalls and glaciers.
Quite an easy walk.
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua ▷
Kaituna Cascades
4.5/5
In the short trip down the river you do three waterfalls (including the 7m drop), swimming in the currents and lots of rapids.
Our guide, Blue, was awesome. The photographer's pictures are worth the money. You can see the pictures before you buy.
Thanks Sarah - will pass on the good vibes to Blue !
kaitunacascades
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Methven ▷
Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground
5.0/5
Best value for money so far on our trip: clean drinking water, sinks, clean flush toilets, great river view or private cubby hole spaces, hot showers, friendly and helpful owners and book exchange.
$8.50 per person! No check out time.
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Motueka ▷
Koha Camping
5.0/5
Just unbelievably amazing that this is a free campsite with safe drinking water, clean toilet, wonderful river views and free unlimited Wifi!
Don is lovely and offered us vegetables from his patch.
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Queenstown Township ▷
Queenstown Fear Factory
4.5/5
Reeally, reeeeaaally scary.
I couldn't look :( My boyfriend screamed like a girl :)
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Mount Cook ▷
White Horse Hill Campground
4.0/5
Right next to the Hooker Valley Track.
Nice toilets, dirty kitchen (no appliances, just shelter to cook), clean drinking water, sinks (bring soap - I can't remember there being hand sanitiser). $10 per person. Got very crowded. The toilet block at the end is nicer than the one at the beginning. Very disappointed however in DOC's grimy and dirty public shower down the road. Advertised as $2 for 5 mins hot water. I put my $2 coin in and started my phone timer so I didn't run out of hot water half way through my shower. After just over 3 mins the hot water stopped: soap in eyes, conditioner still in hair. Fortunately I had another $2 coin which I used and timed it again. Just over 3 mins again! They're actually lying about the 5 minutes! I went to the DOC office to complain and got $2 back, but their reaction definitely made me think it's not the first time someone has complained... why can't they either just change the sign and web info to 3 minutes, or instead actually make it 5 minutes as advertised?! I feel bad for the people who go in with only one $2 coin!
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North Island ▷ Taupo Region ▷ Taupo ▷
Hipapatua / Reid's Farm Recreation Reserve Free Campsite
5.0/5
Awesome.
Lots of room, lots of riverside spaces. You can go swimming on a sunny day. Lots of ducks around. Clean long drops with hand sanitiser. Bring your own water. Oh, and it's free!
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Omarama ▷
Ahuriri Bridge Campsite
4.5/5
It's free, and nice river spots so can't really complain..
HOWEVER it's the first campsite in 2 months travelling NZ where there was no toilet paper, or hand sanitiser. And the trek to the toilet was soooo long from the river spots. Someone had 'gone' by a tree near the river as well. We saw the DoC man arrive but he didn't put in toilet paper. We stayed 2 nights.
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Porirua ▷
Camp Elsdon
4.5/5
Great value for money.
$10pp for hot showers, kitchen facilities, toilets and plug sockets for charging. The tent site ground can be really steep and uneven in places though.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Springfield ▷
Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite
5.0/5
Amazing view over the lake.
Clean toilet that always had toilet paper and sanitiser. Bring your own water. Free!