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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.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Lake Māhinapua at dusk. Local surroundings shown, not a verified view of the camping pitches or named trail section. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Grasses on the coast of Manauea (Ocean Mail) Scenic Reserve. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
View from the Manawatu Gorge Track. 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.
Extensive forested mountain folds with a pale opening near the top, crossed by an indicative winding line toward the lower-left 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 Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation.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.
A wooded block beside pasture and a road, with an indicative angular loop and branching approach near a small developed 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.
Dense woodland above open pasture, with an indicative broad open loop whose two ends stop separately on the western side. 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.
Inside Mangamate Hut. Published in DOC's Mangamate Loop Track guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Green forested ridges surrounded by lighter pasture, crossed by an indicative long winding east-west 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.
Manganui Gorge suspension bridge. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.