Popular spot, it seems. Room for 40 or so vans, with a picnic table and 1 toilet

Free campsite with nice surrounding views 10 min from lake tekapo. Arrived around 7pm and plenty of places to park in this shoulder season. My only issue is very busy area with only one toilet??!!!

We stayed for a night at this spot and it was as you can expect : lots of rv coming so you have to be there early. Toilets are ok with hand sanitizing in it. It was a calm place to stay. The lupin river around was not that great but it was ok for a quick walk before hitting the road. We saw rabbits and hedgehogs along the way

Good place to stay close to lake tekapo. Even if it’s pretty crowded there is space to park somehow. Bathrooms are fine. People came to check self-contained stickers and someone got a fine.

Small area close to Tekapo. We stopped here on our first night after picking up our van from Christchurch. Drop toilet didn’t smell all that bad and had hand sanitiser in the stall. Next to the road but it’s not super busy. There’s a small sheltered picnic table you can eat at too. Overall not a bad freedom camp to stay if you’re wanting easy access to Tekapo

Close to town. Didn’t use the bathroom but we found a spot pretty easily at 8:30pm. Right near the road so when someone drove by blaring there horn at 1am it probably would have disturbed us if we were asleep. Does the job though and a great free campsite.

Came here during October that was a nice free camp with a stunning view. However kind of busy as it’s the only one free in the area but still good ! For the 5 french who parked just next to us to talk where there was plenty of room : don’t be proud to be a thief in the country that welcomed you you’re a shame

Don’t come here in winter. Whole site is covered with thick snow and ice, leaving very small area available for camping. If you want to use the public toilet, you need to walk in the deep snow and get your shoes and pants wet. We stayed there 1h for our dinner and watched people come and go and get stuck in snow. Then we left and went west for the next camp ground by lake Pukaki, no snow there.

Don't try here if recently had snow. You will get stuck with chains getting out. Area not cleared for parking spots.

originally was planning on staying at the caravan park nearby, but fully booked due to a snow storm/bad weather. This place was only 10mins away and absolutely gorgeous in the snow!! Had a little trouble getting out but manageable! only downside was the stinky toilet, but is to be expected for drop toilets.