This is an amazing, precious environment...enjoy but please use the toilets or if you can't dig a good hole and make sure you bury your toilet paper and waste deep enough or better still carry a small

, lightweight shovel. It has recently been in the news about toilet paper blowing around up around Lake Angelus...not nice. Protect/Respect the natural beauty well into the future!!

Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

At the start of the very steep track up to Mt Owen...but there are shorter walks you can do from the campsite into the bush around the old gold mining areas...and there are actually old relics of big metal

gold mining equipment that were apparently dragged all the way from Nelson by men who started gold mining there but then abandoned them. There are two or three examples of these right on the track as well as evidence of the stone walls they built as well. The campsite is in a huge grassy area with good swimming holes in summer and mountains all around...but don't forget your insect repellent!

Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in April 2014

This is such a great spot to base yourself for a few days - at the top of the park so less visitors...my favourite!

A nice walk in from Totaranui (2 hrs). at Anapai Bay look for the "Navigator" rock which looks like a face looking out to sea and guarding the area. Then another hour on to Mutton Cove. You can do day trips to the separation point seal colony (we saw seals sunbathing on rocks on the way a short distance north of the campsite) as well as at the colony itself which is right on a rocky outcrop which divides Golden and Tasman Bays. Stunning views. From here it's another hour or so to the lovely Whariwharangi beach and the historic hut/old homestead there. Even though we stayed at the campsite in January, at the height of the tourist season...the campsite didn't feel crowded, there was plenty of room and right on the beach.

Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2013

This is in an amazing location and you might see or hear kiwi around dusk or at night.

My travelling companion was inspired to get out his art materials and draw the scene here... tussock glimmering in the light, with outcrops of trees and rocks all around. a magic spot. You are not allowed to use the hut facilities, but there are sinks, toilet with toilet paper and wooden camping platforms upon which to pitch your tent. In a tent you are more likely to hear kiwi anyway!

Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in October 2008

If walking the Heaphy track from the Golden Bay end, this campsite is in a great spot after doing most of the climbing on day one...it has 5 sites and a shelter with sinks under which you can cook your

dinner and sit at a picnic table. I had an incredibly thrilling experience just before arriving at Perry Saddle one time:...I was dawdling behind in our group, it was later in the day, almost dusk and a kiwi came out on the track in front of me...actually it was quite assertive, vocal and seemed a bit stroppy...maybe I was too close to its nest? I'll never forget it....pure magic.

Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in October 2008

Campsite has 9 sites, is located in the bush a short distance from the hut and lake, with great views of the Routeburn Valley surrounded by mountains.

There is a big covered cooking and seating area with sinks, toilet etc and the sites have been levelled off and have artificial grass! You can see the lake trough the trees.

Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in September 2006