Bookings not required - first come, first served
Fires permitted in designated fire places and only if there is no fire ban. Check rules and fire bans before you light.
Dogs with a DOC permit only. Contact closest DOC office to get a permit. Other pets on conservation land rules.
The camp is on the site of an old track cutter’s camp, this is a good place to stop for lunch. There is a newly erected picnic shelter with a fireplace. Water is available both from a tank and from the stream at the southern end of the clearing.
Just past the shelter are striking pumice cliffs.
Fees
Free.
It takes about 2 hours 15 min from the River Road carpark to get to Verns Camp.
Location
NZTM2000: E1919987, N5707638
| DOC Customer Service Centre | |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0800 275 362 |
| easternbop@doc.govt.nz | |
| Address | DOC offices |