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.
An elongated loop campground with white camping vehicles, scattered mature trees and open grass beside a larger dry field. 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 coastal campground view: caravan loops and grass between a highway and beach, continuing beyond the lower-left edges. 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.
A riverside camping clearing and looped access are visible below the bridge and visitor buildings, surrounded by forest and river bends. 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 sheltered grassy shoreline pocket among mature trees, with a pale roof inland, a connecting path and tidal water 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.
A broad green river terrace with scattered trees beside a winding access road, enclosed by forested 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.
Holiday park with caravan rows, accommodation buildings and a blue pool among residential streets and open grass areas. 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 Kai Iwi Lakes area on 14 April 2006. The photographer does not name the individual lake; this is regional context, not a verified view of Lake Taharoa or either campground.
A tree-lined camping strip with caravans and buildings adjoins playing fields, with a golf course across the 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.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
A long indicative trace follows a forested ridge beside patchwork farmland, bending sharply near its lower end and approaching a broad river valley at the top. 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 short indicative trace runs from roadside buildings into dense forest and ends in sharp zigzags above the darker valley canopy. 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.
A broad, winding indicative trace sweeps across forested hills, with pale access roads and a large exposed-ground patch above the 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.
Forested valleys with a small western loop and a separate larger line group. 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 angular indicative loop with inward bends lies over a wooded patch beside a straight road and open farmland. 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 winding indicative trace crosses rolling forested terrain between pale access roads, with contrasting open and planted land near the upper 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.
A compact angular indicative trace crosses a wooded headland between two green-blue bays, above a curved road and a pale crescent beach. 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.
