And the winner is… The Havelock Holiday Park settled in the Marlborough Sounds! This is probably the cleanest and most visitor friendly campsite in all of New Zealand, right beside a small harbour. Moreover, groundskeeper ‘ Maddy ‘ is a treasure, here you will be helped, for sure! (This is also unpaid advertising. I just need to mention this great place.)  As nice as it is in places of the DOC (here you can inform yourselves about available campsites) in the middle of nature, at some point there is a need to fill up board-battery and to step under a hot shower.

Kenepuru Head Campsite

The most beautiful DOC campsite is also in the Marlborough Sounds and is called ‘ Kenepuru Head Campsite ‘. Here you stand waterfront, for only $13 per night.