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
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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.
A grey-roofed hut at the lower end of a long grassy opening enclosed by dense 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.
The small tree-sheltered camp beside Medlands' tidal stream and footbridge, with beach, holiday homes and farmland around it. 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.
Partial view of the campground in the upper-left, with caravan rows and grass pitches among streets beside the estuary. 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.
Mid Caples Campsite. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Mid Okahu campsite. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Two pale grassy clearings in dense forest beside a curving, light-coloured gravel riverbed. 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.
Caravans around pale gravel loops and green-roofed buildings between a diagonal road and a tree-lined river. 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.
Well-behaved dogs are welcome on campsites. Keep them on leads within your own site; take them outside the park for toileting and clean up immediately. No dogs in cabins or facility blocks.
A sheltered bay with an open lawn and connected roof cluster at its head, surrounded by wooded hillsides. 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.
A camping clearing at Mistletoe Flats, formerly Craigieburn Shelter, in DOC's undated photograph. The surrounding forest was damaged by fire in December 2024; this image is not evidence of today's trees, ground conditions or safe pitching areas.
Sheltered grassy pockets with small tent-like objects and a pale path beside a dark beach, wooded hillside and calm 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.
Moawhitu's grass clearing and roofed facility beside the lake, reached by narrow tracks through wooded slopes. 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.
Aerial overview of a large forested mountain flank, with the mapped route extending from the surrounding farmland toward higher terrain. 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.
Dark wooded slopes and pale mountain flats beside a sinuous mint 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.
Aerial overview of rounded hills and a green valley floor, with the mapped route extending across the slopes. 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.
Aerial overview of farmland, dry hill country and a narrow valley, with the available mapped route and branches overlaid. 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.
Aerial overview of a narrow forested valley between steep shadowed slopes, with the mapped route highlighted. 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.
Aerial overview of dense woodland and exposed rock outcrops, with the mapped route crossing the slope. 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.
Dundas Hut. Published in DOC's Dundas Circuit guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Aerial overview of hills, open fields and a lakeshore, with a branching mapped route across the 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.
Indicative mapped geometry crosses pale tailings ridges beside a dark river bend, with rectangular farmland to the left and developed land across the river. 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 long indicative trace follows a narrow forested mountain valley, between pale rocky slopes and broader river valleys, with green fields near the lower edge. 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.
