Une réservation DOC accepte les conditions nationales et les règles locales de ce lieu. La page individuelle du camping reste indispensable car les conditions d'accès, de feu, d'eau, de chiens et de véhicules varient considérablement.
Utilisez la réservation honnêtement
Réservez la date, la fête et le produit corrects, puis gardez la confirmation disponible hors ligne. Lorsque les emplacements ne sont pas attribués individuellement, choisissez uniquement parmi les emplacements disponibles à votre arrivée.
Les réservations de plusieurs jours non utilisées peuvent être annulées après la première nuit manquée selon les conditions du DOC. Ne réservez pas un espace avec une tente vide lorsque personne n'a l'intention de rester.
Respecter les horaires partagés
Les conditions standard du DOC fixent des heures calmes de 22 heures à 7 heures, sauf si les règles locales diffèrent, avec un départ généralement avant 10 heures. Gardez les générateurs, la musique et la circulation des véhicules dans les limites du site.
Une réservation de camping ne donne pas droit à l'utilisation des installations des refuges à proximité. Utilisez uniquement les toilettes, abris et points d'eau inclus avec le produit réservé.
Laissez le site prêt
Ramassez tous les déchets, gardez la nourriture en sécurité et ne jetez jamais d’eaux grises sur le sol. Il est interdit de fumer et de vapoter dans les cabanes ou les blocs sanitaires.
Les animaux domestiques et les drones nécessitent une autorisation explicite. Vérifiez la page exacte du camping plutôt que de considérer un emplacement calme comme une approbation implicite.
Booked, first come, or covered by a pass
Each campsite page states which system applies, and confusing them causes most arrival problems. A Campsite Pass is a way of paying rather than a reservation, so it does not hold a place at a site that requires booking, and it does nothing at a first-come ground that is already full.
Where booking is required, book for the party and vehicle you are actually bringing. Carry the confirmation offline, because reception at DOC campsites is frequently absent and a booking you cannot produce is hard to defend to a warden allocating a full ground.
Water is often untreated
Many DOC sites draw from streams or roof tanks and the supply is not treated. Giardia is present in New Zealand water and a clear stream tells you nothing about it. Boil for at least a minute, filter, or use chemical treatment, and do not assume a tap is safe because it exists.
Carry enough drinking water to stay independent for a day. Tanks run dry, boil-water notices appear, and a campsite listed as having water can turn out to have a broken supply with no warning.
Generators, drones and dogs
Generator use is restricted or prohibited at many sites, and where permitted it is usually limited to set hours. Drones require a concession on public conservation land in most circumstances, and flying one over a campground without permission is both unlawful and deeply unpopular.
Dogs are prohibited on most public conservation land because of the risk to ground-nesting birds and kiwi. A few campsites permit them; the majority do not, and a permit is required in some areas. Check the specific site rather than assuming.
Maximum stay and site conduct
Most DOC campsites have a maximum stay, commonly a small number of consecutive nights, intended to stop long-term occupation. Wardens do enforce it at popular grounds during summer, and moving a vehicle a few metres does not reset it.
Keep to the marked pitch, do not extend beyond it with awnings or gear where space is tight, and observe quiet hours. These grounds are shared, frequently full, and the enjoyment of everyone depends on people staying within their own space.
Arriving and settling in
Turn up in daylight where you can. Choosing a pitch, judging drainage, spotting overhead branches and levelling a vehicle are all considerably harder in the dark, and a site that would obviously be wrong at 4pm is easy to accept at 9pm when you are tired.
Pay on arrival where an honesty box or self-registration applies rather than intending to sort it later. Wardens do check, the fee is small, and the system only works because most people pay without being asked.
Set up within the marked pitch and leave room for whoever arrives after you. At a busy ground in summer, spreading gear across two spaces is the difference between the site holding everyone and people being turned away.
If the campsite is full
Popular DOC grounds fill by mid-afternoon over summer and there is no overflow. Creating an extra pitch on the grass, the access lane or beside the toilet block is not an option, and wardens will move you on.
Identify a legal fallback before you arrive rather than after. A holiday park half an hour away is a much better outcome than a late drive on an unfamiliar road looking for anywhere that will take you.
Lieux sur le chemin
Vérifiez avant de partir
Les règles et conditions changent. Revérifiez la source officielle et la page de votre parc ou terrain de camping exact avant le départ.
Emportez-le sur la route
Enregistrez les arrêts. Planifiez tout le voyage.
Créez un itinéraire ordonné à partir de lieux enregistrés, calculez la distance et conservez les dates, les notes et les tâches en pièce jointe.