Check the rule for every overnight stop and walking track separately. These records include places where dogs are prohibited; appearing here is not permission to bring a dog.
Planning checklist & guides
Before you choose
Read the full rule, including bans, lead requirements and permits.
Confirm restrictions for your dates and accommodation category.
Ask the land manager about assistance-dog arrangements separately.
Campsites qualify with sourced pet rules marked yes, no or conditional. Tracks qualify with a sourced, recorded dog-policy fact. Unknowns are excluded, and prohibitions are deliberately retained.
All 648 published campsite records, 1589 walking-track records and 26 trip plans are considered against the relevant criteria. Campsites with a closed notice are excluded. Seasonal and access notices remain visible; inclusion does not confirm that a place is open.
Each page shows up to 12 matches per group in name order (A-Z), not a ranking. Use the page links to browse every match. Groups share a page number; shorter groups finish earlier. Full finders also include records outside this topic. Source wording and check dates are retained here and on record pages, not live availability checks.
Ahipara's tree-lined camping and cabin area, with the park lanes and adjoining open fields. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Campervans around pale gravel loops beside a wooded riverbank, with the highway and open fields to the east. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Waterfront grass clearings and curved tracks link small roofed buildings at the edge of a forested tidal bay. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
The terraced camping lanes and accommodation at Akaroa TOP 10 on the hillside above the town. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Tree-shaded open camping ground and branching lanes beside a blue river, with a highway and rougher open terrain to the right. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Alexandra Holiday Park's camping lanes and accommodation beside the tree-lined river corridor. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Advance permission is required. The operator's homepage excludes 20 December to 21 January and Easter Friday to Tuesday, but its booking terms exclude dogs throughout December, January and February. Confirm the permitted dates directly before booking. Maximum two dogs per site; keep them leashed, attended and out of shared facilities.
All Seasons' curved camping lanes, accommodation buildings and lawns beside the residential street. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Register pets with reception and keep them on a leash. Pets cannot enter units or any shared building, including kitchens, toilets and bathrooms; arrange their sleeping setup directly with the park.
A narrow grassy riverside strip with a small red-roofed structure and parked camping vehicles beside an access road. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Dense caravan and roof rows with narrow internal lanes between a railway corridor and the main road. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Pets are accepted by prior arrangement. Confirm approval for your animal, travel dates and campsite category directly before booking; detailed seasonal and accommodation restrictions are not confirmed.
Partial northern-reserve view with a grassy strip, internal access and scattered camping vehicles set back from the beach. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
The 42 Traverse. Published in DOC's 42 Traverse guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
A Frame Hut & Takapari Road Track. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
A compact dark-green woodland surrounded by tan and green paddocks, with a pale outlined route rising from the lower-left edge of the bush and looping through its centre. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Day 1: Marahau to Anchorage. Published in DOC's Abel Tasman Coast Track guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Pale open slopes beside a braided river, with a mint loop overlay. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Dense green forest occupies most of the frame; an angular outlined route crosses it beside a road, an oval grass clearing and a broad pale braided riverbed on the right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
An elongated outlined route winds across densely wooded hills, with a small pasture opening at lower left and a pale branching road above the route. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Pou at Ahuriri Estuary, Napier. Published in DOC's Ahuriri Estuary Walking Track guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Akaroa head. Published in DOC's Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
A wooded coastal peninsula projects between turquoise bays, with moored boats and houses to the left and a pale branching mapped-route overlay across the headland. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.