View from Kerr Bay Campsite, Nelson Lakes
Image: Adam Eason | Creative Commons
Located in Nelson Lakes National Park in the Nelson/Tasman region
10 July 2020: Booking with Apple iPhone or iPad
Due to a technical issue, you can't currently make a booking with an Apple iPhone or iPad. We are working on this. In the meantime, please use a desktop or laptop instead of these devices.
Fires are not permitted at any time.
Kerr Bay camp is located adjacent to Lake Rotoiti with a boat launching ramp nearby. It is surrounded by beech forest and 500 m from the St Arnaud village shop. The camp is not suitable for vehicles greater than 7 m in length.
The campground is open all year around. During the summer months bookings are essential. Bookings are not available during the winter.
There are five camping zones, each with varying numbers of sites: Bellbird, Fantail, Robin and Tui zones have powered sites with hardened surfaces, while the grassy Kaka zone is more suitable for tents. Kiwi sites are suitable for campervans/caravans and provide a gravel surface with some grass around the sites.
A day shelter provides kitchen and cooking facilities (no pots, pans, cutlery etc).
The ablution block has hot showers (token operated), toilets, full access shower/toilet and washing machine and clothes dryer.
There is a sewage dump station opposite the cooking shelter.
Lake Rotoiti, Kerr Bay just off SH63 on Kerr Bay Road.
The campsite is near the St Arnaud township, which is 1 hour 30 minutes by road from Nelson or Blenheim.
NZTM2000 coordinates: E1587370, N5371777
Latitude: -41.80577, Longitude: 172.84795
Non-powered site
Powered site
Tokens required for showers: $1 each
Backcountry Hut Passes cannot be used at this campsite.
DOC/NZMCA campsite passes cannot be used at this campsite.
Bookings will open at 9:30 am on Wednesday 1 July 2020, for stays from 7 December 2020 to 30 April 2021.
You'll need an account on our booking system for campsites, huts and lodges to make a booking - create an account from Tuesday 23 June 2020.
Bookings are required mid-December to 30 April. Book well in advance for the Christmas holiday period, classic boat show and powerboat regatta weekends, and Easter.
A $10 service fee applies to all phone, email and in-person bookings.
Your booking will be for a site, which will be allocated/selected on arrival.
Services offered at the Visitor Centre include walk and tramping information, maps, hut bookings and tickets, fishing licences and retail sales. Interpretive displays explain the landforms, history and wildlife of the area.
The management reserves the right to cancel tenancy at any time if park by-laws or these regulations are contravened and under such circumstances will not refund any fees paid in advance.
A concession is required to fly a drone on any public conservation land - see Recreational drone use and Commercial drone use for more information.
| Rotoiti / Nelson Lakes Visitor Centre | |
| Phone: | +64 3 521 1806 |
| Fax: | +64 4 471 1117 |
| Email: | nelsonlakesvc@doc.govt.nz |
| Address: |
View Road St Arnaud |
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 55 St Arnaud 7053 |
| Full office details | |
| Whakatū / Nelson Visitor Centre | |
| Phone: | +64 3 546 9339 |
| Fax: | +64 4 471 1117 |
| Email: | nelsonvc@doc.govt.nz |
| Address: |
Millers Acre/Taha o te Awa 79 Trafalgar Street Nelson 7010 |
| Postal Address: |
Private Bag 5 Nelson 7042 |
| Full office details | |
