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Campground in Queenstown, Otago New Zealand
New Zealand has comprehensive Freedom Camping regulations and rules change regularly. Please use this site for national guidance and refer to the relevant council website to ensure you follow its bylaws.
Information on Queenstown-Lakes District camping rules can be found here.
Mount Aspiring National Park - restricted to self-contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month.
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Fords were too deep to cross. Camp for free at Diamond Lake instead.
Nice view but too much sandflies and bumblebees…
Visited on 10th June 2020, and the road has been washed away just before the campsite. Can drive around but only in 4wd. Streams were passable after not much rain for a few days. I had to park up about 500m short of campsite and walk. Still made it that far in a 2wd camper, but bouncy in places.
A beautiful place at the end of the world. Several mice came into the van at night.
5 days later and i still can’t walk from all the sandfly bites i got on my feet. Also part of the walking track was closed due to flooding. Flush toilets closed due to draught, dump toilet full of sandflies just waiting to get at ya. Long drive, with loads of rivercrossing. All in all would not recommend. It is beautiful and secluded, though.
A super nice place. Unfortunately, he is currently not reachable by camper. We walked there for 1 hour.
We drove up from Diamond Lake just south of Paradise in our campervan to visit this spot in late June. Very pretty, peaceful drive. Not much rain or snow in the days before we got there so the fords were passable. They are repairing the road so it is a bit rough in spots for a van, but drivable if you go slow. Be warned, there were a decent amount of sandflies here in 4C and with frost on the ground. It will be much worse in summer!
Incredible scenery and very quiet - I was the only camper there. If you made it through the first ford you'll make it there. BUT as others have mentioned, sandflies are everywhere and they literally pounce on you. Couldn't cook outside the car. Also the flush toilets are locked, only the drop toilet is usable
Have to cross fjords to get here so if it’s been wet you may not get a van along
Beautiful and quiet surroundings - one of the nicest places we ve been. BUT: we thought we had seen many sandflies... We were wrong. This is sandfly land! only go there if you are prepared. And dont leave the car. (had about 100 of them in our van)
Opening hours
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