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.
Occupied grassy pitches at Kerr Bay campsite, photographed on 30 December 2002. DOC identifies this camping ground; this historical view does not establish today's layout, facilities or availability.
An elevated view of Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite beside Lake Hawea. DOC does not supply the photograph date; visible vehicles do not establish current access permissions or facilities.
Kingston's holiday-park accommodation and camping area beside the highway, with adjoining village streets. 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.
Dogs are accepted by prior arrangement on sites only, not in rooms or communal areas. Keep dogs on short leads outside your tent or vehicle and sign the dog policy on arrival.
A grassy lakeshore clearing and gravel access junction with parked vehicles, beside trees and an inland red-roofed building. 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 camping clearing and gravel track at Kiosk Creek Campsite. Capture date unknown; this photograph does not establish current facilities, conditions or availability.
The entrance sign and shelter area at Klondyke Corner Campsite; a site-detail view, not a view of occupied pitches. Capture date unknown; this photograph does not establish current facilities, conditions or availability.
Camping vehicles beside a curved internal road in a grassy, tree-sheltered park clearing, with small buildings nearby. 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.
Camping vehicles on the grassy ground at Kohaihai Campsite. Capture date unknown; this photograph does not establish current facilities, conditions or availability.
Caravan rows and camping lanes beside a creek that reaches the sandy beach beyond the coastal 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.
Campervans and linked grassy camping loops below a broad river bend, enclosed by native forest. 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.
Ordinary pet-dog camping is not permitted. DOC allows dogs only with a permit for recreational hunting or management purposes; this is not general pet permission. Kiwi-aversion training is also required.
Bridge, Coalbrookdale Walk. Published in DOC's Coalbrookdale Walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Forested ridges and open upland with several small dark lakes, crossed by two separated indicative line sections beside a long pale-edged valley. 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.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Pale rocky slopes surrounding dark forest and open patches, with an indicative line curving down from upper left toward a lower central clearing. 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.
Cockayne Nature Walk. Published in DOC's Cockayne Nature Walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Dense forest beside pale river bends, crossed by a simple diagonal line. 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.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Dense green treetops above a pale curving road, overlaid by a large irregular polygonal loop with a short extension at lower 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.
A wooded slope with a yellow-green tree belt below and a pale road above, crossed by an indicative two-leg angular line. 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.
Rough brown-green hill country with pale erosion gullies and dark wooded blocks, marked by an indicative north-south line with a short lower branch. 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.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Dense green forest above a developed parking area, with an indicative angular loop connected to a diagonal line toward the lower-left buildings. 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.