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Your Catlins Base Camp

"Stay Awhile "

Pet friendly

Bring their comfy bed and he or she will be welcome in our accommodation - and in our camping areas.

Delicious Food

Our focus is to bring you fresh, clean and flavoursome meals that use local, home- made and home- grown ingredients..

Landscaped Grounds

Chalets, budget motels, backpackers cabins and powered and non powered camping sites with kitchen, TV lounge, BBQ, dump station and WIFI

Things to do

A great place from which to explore the Cathedral Caves, McLean Falls, Nugget Point, Curio Bay and the entire Catlins Coast on the Southern Scenic Route.

Your Catlins NZ experience

Catlins Park Facilities

The Whistling Frog Cafe

"Sit back and relax in the warm and inviting atmosphere of “The Whistling Frog Cafe & Bar” when staying at one of the many lodging or camping options on-site. Take a culinary, mid-point break in your journey through the Catlins Conservation Park. You won't be disappointed.
This central Catlins resort is conveniently located just 400 meters from the Cathedral Caves on the McLean Falls access road.
Walk from your accommodation or campsite of choice. No driving required. We even have a genuine wood-fired pizza oven!
Enjoy the ambience and catch up with our free guest internet access. 

Learn more about latest updates and news at our Facebook page.

Bookings are highly recommended to avoid disappointment.

 (Choose your seating options at check-in or phone: (03) 415 8338.)

 

 

 

accommodation

Chalets

  • Self Contained
  • One bedroomed / own kitchen
  • Television
  • Garden view
  • Private bathroom with shower
  • Packages Available

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Motel Ensuites

  • Private historical motel room
  • Free wifi, mini fridge, tea and coffee making
  • Access to fully equipped kitchen.
  • Garden view
  • Private ensuite Boardwalk patio

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Powered Sites

    • All- weather powered van sites on crushed Bluff Oyster shell
    • Communal TV Lounge with brochures, DVD player and Freeview box
    • Communal kitchen available.
    • Showers and toilets
    • Laundry Facilities

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Cabins

  • Budget Options for singles, couples or friends
  • Tea & coffee making 
  • Communal kitchen and bathroom facilities
  • Own covered patio
  • Garden views

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"One Day, One Place "

Stay awhile

You have come all this way, to the bottom of the world. Next stop, Antarctica.

The Catlins, steeped in history and swathed in the mists of time. Old whaling stations, home to a petrified forest, cascading waterfalls and wildlife that is thriving in an uncorrupted eco environment. 

So many people think of passing through the Catlins en route to other places. So many people are wrong.... The Catlins is a holiday in itself! 

“TWENTY years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

Take your time and sit awhile. Explore the Catlins one day, one place, one day at a time. 

 

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