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.
Whatuwhiwhi's camping lawns, loop road and accommodation buildings behind 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.
Pets are accepted on selected van and camping sites from 10 February to 1 December, not in accommodation. Confirm the site with reception; keep dogs leashed. Dangerous or aggressive breeds are not accepted.
White Horse Hill Campsite and the adjoining car park, photographed on 15 January 2020. This historical view does not establish today's layout or facilities.
An occupied grassy pitch at Whitikau Campsite. Activities pictured do not establish current rules or permissions. Capture date unknown; this photograph does not establish current facilities, conditions, access or availability.
Caravans and camping lanes follow the wooded shoreline beside the road and open recreation land. 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.
Rows of caravans and cabins around Willow Haven's shared buildings and internal lanes beside the lake, surrounded by residential 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.
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.
General outdoor planning photograph, not a photograph of a named route, campsite, product or the itinerary. A backpack carried outdoors; location unverified. This is not a retailer or current-stock photograph.
Waharoa (carved entrance way) mark the start of the Kororipo Pā Historic Walk. Published in DOC's Kororipo Pā Historic Walk 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.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
A branching overlay spans green ranges between two areas of 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 pale V-shaped route follows a wooded headland between two bright silver-blue bays with visible rippled water. 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 pale route leads diagonally from a roadside area toward clustered light-grey rock formations in open brown-green grassland. 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.
Descent from Lake Alta in snow. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
A pale route outlines a long dark lake and extends northeast into dry hills, with a small settlement and second smaller lake below. 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.
