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    Lake Opuha (South Side)

    Lake Opuha (South Side)

    Free CampsitesMackenzie, Canterbury New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Lake Opuha (South Side)

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    Reviews

    10 Reviews

    Anonymous
    Aug 30, 2026
    Positive

    Beautiful camping spot. Be aware of wet land before driving onto a grassy gently sloping fields. Great views. Toilet not available in winter season.

    Anonymous
    Aug 24, 2026
    Positive

    Great free camping spot with amazing views of the lake and mountains’ just off the main road to super easy to get to. Difficult to find completely flat ground but not terrible! After heavy rain could definitely get incredibly muddy

    Anonymous
    Jul 27, 2026
    Positive

    Peaceful and quiet completely away from roads. Short drive to Fairlie as well. Toilets not open during winter and not a lot of flat surface to park up. Be careful if there has been snow or rain as it can become muddy. Almost got stuck.

    Anonymous
    Jun 17, 2026
    Positive

    Incredible! The place is peaceful and the views on the mountains are clear! Quiet with large spaces to park in the grass.

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    Franco
    Jun 1, 2026
    Positive

    Great spot to spend the night. There were just a few vans/campervans besides me. Super chill. Just park on the grasa, so you must be careful. If rains you can ger stack. No toilets during winter season. 4G signal poor but enough :)

    Anonymous
    May 30, 2026
    Positive

    Plenty of space, beautiful surroundings, clean flush toilets. Can be lot of noise from speedboats

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    George
    May 20, 2026
    Positive

    Excellent free site, great views, lots of space, toilets unavailable over winter however, ablutions gated and locked.

    Anonymous
    May 5, 2026
    Positive

    Super easy to get to with minimal distance on a non-paved road. Plenty of space available as we arrived just before sunset & the views of the lake and mountains at sunrise were beautiful! Great stopping point for the night between Christchurch & Mt Cook/Aoraki

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    Jademchibdcc0trzkchgfuy7yni2
    Apr 25, 2026
    Positive

    lots of space, take care that if you come late it will be hard to find flat spot. Amazing view Clean toilet What else you need?

    Anonymous
    Apr 18, 2026
    Positive

    Great spacious spot! Nice views over the lake. We stayed here on our way from Lake Tekapo to Methven.

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