Mount Cook - MacKenzie

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Mount Cook - MacKenzie

Like a great road trip movie, wind down the windows, put on your favourite tunes and prepare yourself for a sensory intake of freedom.

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Benmore Range access track

Access to Benmore Range Conservation Area

Time: 7 hr return, Distance: 17 km return, 800 m vertical

Temple Camping Ground

Temple Campsite

Ruataniwha Conservation Park

Temple Camping Ground is a basic DOC campsite with 30 available tent sites. Located in beech forest north of Lake Ohau. A great location for tramping...

To get away from the roadside crowds and their literal arsenal of cameras, we walked 1/2 mile and found a lovely little rock for a cheesy yoga pose. (Off in the distance is Mount Cook.)

Lake Pukaki Freedom Camping

Lake Pukaki track

Ruataniwha Conservation Park, Mackenzie Basin

Time: 5 hr return / Distance: 12 km

Just past the bridge

Large camping area underneath pine trees

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Kettlehole Track

Lake Pukaki Terminal Moraine Conservation Area

Time: 1 hr return loop / Distance: 4 km

Wildlife reserve full of birds on the side of the Pukaki canal

Lake Poaka Campsite

Lake Poaka Conservation Area - Overnight Campervan Parking

Wildlife reserve full of birds on the side of the Pukaki canal. Camp right alongside the lake. Use this campsite as a base for recreational...

Celebrating the pioneers on the Mt Cook region.

Lake Ruataniwha Reserve

Overnight Campervan Parking

The MacKenzie District Council has allowed freedom camping along the shores of Lake Ruataniwha. Camping not permitted between 23 December and...

Paid DoC activity - Adults: $20, Children: $10 for the first, the rest are free!!

Lake views

The Waitaki District Council looks after this campsite and for a small fee you can experience the goodness. Please register and pay on arrival...

Spring Creek walk

Mackenzie Basin

Time: 45 min / Distance: 2.5 km

Time: 10 min return