A $10 service fee applies to phone and in-person booking. This is a limited service – book online first. An in-person booking is dependent on there being space available.
Access to this campground is available to those that have walked in from the DOC tracks that link to this area, or via boat. You're not allowed to use the privately owned road that provides access from Kawerau.
There are a number of commercial operators that run either boat or helicopter transport around the Rotorua Lakes area, with options for connecting trails or getting to/from campsites.
Located in Lake Tarawera Scenic ReserveSee the Tarawera River disappearing underground at various sites before it re-emerges through the spectacular Tarawera Falls through narrow fissures in a fractured rhyolite lava cliff.
Located in Lake Tarawera Scenic ReserveThis track starts at Tarawera Outlet and finishes at Humphries Bay. This area was extensively altered by the 1886 Tarawera eruption and the landscape is being slowly regenerated by native plant species.
Water supply is not reliable due to intermittent toxic algal blooms in Lake Tarawera (more prevalent over the summer period) - take your own water supply as the lake water may not be drinkable.
Dogs are not allowed in areas administered by DOC in the Rotorua area.
