GRETA VALLEY

We’ve been welcoming visitors to this special place of New Zealand for over forty years with holidaymakers enjoying the amenities on offer, pitching tents and parking caravans in the shade of fifty year old trees and relaxing in the uniquely Kiwi rural atmosphere that exists to this day.

It’s our location that keeps on bringing holiday makers back each year. The stunning and unspoilt Motunau Beach is a ten minute drive from the campsite with its bountiful Blue Cod and Crayfish stocks off the coast and a safe beach where you can enjoy family time or browse the rock pools for fossils.

For those that like their food and wine, we are only 10 minutes from Waipara with its world famous wines, vineyard dining and its tourist attractions.

We are positioned in the middle of the Alpine Pacific Triangle, just over an hour from the thermal pools at Hanmer Springs and approximately 75 minutes from Kaikoura with its whale and dolphin watching.

— Amenities

WHAT MAKES US

UNIQUE

20 powered sites for camping, caravans and mobile homes
Two Cabins that sleep 4 people, each Cabin includes one Dble bed & 2 Singles
Fully equipped kitchen with fridge/freezer
BBQ on site
Clothes washing and drying facilities
Toilet block
Hot showers
Walking trails on site
Children’s playground
Tavern (5 min walk away)
Local licensed Café (150 meters away)

OUR PRICES

PLACES TO VISIT

Only a ten minute drive from the campsite brings you to Waipara with its many wineries, vineyard restaurants and cellar doors for tastings. The vineyards encompass all styles and budgets from everyday drinking to special occasions (Pegasus Bay and Black Estate). Our favorites include the family friendly Waipara Springs with its platter meals, easy drinking wines and kids sandpit along with Waipara Hills with its extensive tastings and lunches amongst the vines. Non vineyard activities include taking a trip on the Weka Pass Train (on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month), the olive groves, olive press and tastings of Athena Estate and the sales of homegrown produce from many small scale growers.

Ten minutes to the east of the campground brings you to the settlement of Motunau Beach. It’s a great place to retreat and enjoy the quiet seaside ambience. Sea fishing, marine wildlife watching and diving are just some of the adventures on offer. The beach with its backdrop of sea cliffs is a prized hunting ground for fossils, which occur in abundance, while the Motunau Beach Clifftop Coastal Reserve offers sweeping views of the coastline and offshore island. The beach was originally a stopping place for the Maori in canoes travelling from Kaikoura to Kaiapoi and also an early whaling station in the mid nineteenth century.

A wide variety of good fish can be caught on the various reefs around Motunau including Blue Cod, Moki, Trumpeter, Groper, Kingfish, Butterﬁsh, Salmon, John Dory and Shark. Fish that you intend to keep should be killed and stored out of the sun, preferably chilled. Please respect the voluntary limit of 20 blue cod per person. The crays around Motunau are extremely plentiful; if you can’t catch your limit bag on less than a single tank of air, you are probably diving in the wrong place! To lessen disturbance of the population and save yourself some frustration, look for crayfish with their tails out ﬂat; they are usually the males. Females have their tails tucked under protecting their eggs. During October and November, when the crayfish are shedding their eggs, take extra time to carefully inspect under the ﬂaps of the female crayfish. Some may have a few traces of eggs left that could get you into trouble with the Fisheries’ Rangers.