Kerr Bay Campsite

About this campsite

Kerr Bay Campsite is 500 metres from the St Arnaud village shop. 

The campground is open all year around. Bookings are required all year. 

Campsite zones

There are six camping zones, each with varying numbers of sites.

Powered Sites with hardened surfaces:

• Bellbird
• Fantail
• Robin, and
• Tui zone.

Grassy zone suitable for tents:

• Kaka zone.

Kiwi sites are suitable for campervans and provide a gravel surface with some grass around the sites.

Facilities and services

A day shelter provides kitchen and cooking facilities – no pots, pans, cutlery.

The ablution block has:

• hot showers that are token operated. You can get tokens from the Visitor Centre during open hours.
• toilets
• full access shower/toilet, and
• washing machine and clothes dryer.

There is a sewage dump station opposite the cooking shelter.

Facilities

Boat launching, Cookers/electric stove, Dump station, Non-powered/tent sites, Powered sites, Shelter for cooking, Shower - hot, Toilets - flush, Water from tap - not treated, boil before use, Wheelchair accessible, Toilets, Water supply

Activities

Bird and wildlife watching, Boating, Fishing, Kayaking and canoeing, Mountain biking, Swimming, Walking and tramping

Fees and bookings

Fees

19 October to 30 April

Non-powered site

• Adult (18+ years): $27 per night
• Child (5 - 17 years): $13.50 per night
• Infant (0 - 4 years): free

Powered site

• Adult (18+ years): $30 per night
• Child (5 - 17 years): $15 per night
• Infant (0 - 4 years): free

1 July to 18 October and 1 May to 30 June

Non-powered site

• Adult (18+ years): $25 per night
• Child (5 - 17 years): $12.50 per night
• Infant (0 - 4 years): free

Powered site

• Adult (18+ years): $27 per night
• Child (5 - 17 years): $13.50 per night
• Infant (0 - 4 years): free

Tokens are required for hot showers from either the camp host (when on site) or from the visitor centre during opening hours only.

Passes

The can be used at this campsite except between 19 October to 30 April inclusive.

Campsite Pass bookings must be booked online before occupying a site. If you do not book, bookings may be made by a visitor centre and will incur a $10 service charge.

There's a $3 fee per Campsite Pass user to book a powered site.

Te Araroa – The Trail Pass

Te Araroa Trail walkers should register and purchase the .

Bookings

Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 2027.

• If no availability shows online for your dates, the campsite is fully booked.
• No spaces are kept for campers arriving without a booking.
• Phone and in‑person bookings made at a visitor centre incur a $10 service fee.
• Same‑day bookings are available online until 8 pm if spaces remain.

Book well in advance for the Christmas holiday period, classic boat show and powerboat regatta weekends, and Easter.

Your booking will be for a site, which will be allocated or selected on arrival.

More details

Access: Campervan, Car, Caravan

Landscape: Forest, Rivers and lakes

Dogs: No dogs.

Sites: 10 powered, 15 unpowered

Trails

Kerr Bay Campsite can be accessed on the trails Rotoiti Loop The Lake, Parachute Rocks and St Arnaud Ridge, St Arnaud Discovery Loops and St Arnaud Sampler from our trail directory.