Christchurch to Aoraki Mount Cook with a caravan or motorhome
Christchurch to Aoraki Mount Cook runs 348 km from Christchurch to Aoraki / Mount Cook. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 5 h 50 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Christchurch · Geraldine · Lake Tekapo · Twizel · Aoraki / Mount Cook
Is Christchurch to Aoraki Mount Cook OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- It keeps you off 1 nearby road with a signed limit your rig wouldn't clear, like Melcombe Street (2.39 m high).
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 348 km | 348 km |
| Driving time | 5 h 50 min | 5 h 30 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under 1 km | under 1 km |
| Total climb | 2,183 m | 2,183 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 97 km | 97 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 1 | 1 |
| Planned at | 3 m high, 11.4 m long and 5.2 t | 3.4 m high, 7.6 m long and 6 t |
Towns on the way
- Christchurch · km 0
- Burnham · km 31
- Rakaia · km 58
- Ashburton · km 86
- Hinds · km 104
- Geraldine · km 137
- Fairlie · km 183
- Lake Tekapo · km 226
- Twizel · km 284
- Aoraki / Mount Cook · km 348
Caravan parks on the way
- Rakaia River Holiday Park · km 58
- Coronation Holiday Park · km 85
- Grumpy's Retreat Holiday Park · km 132
- Geraldine TOP 10 Holiday Park · km 138
- Farmyard Holiday Park · km 139
- Lakes Edge Holiday Park · km 227
Free camps on the way
- Canterbury campground · km 132
- Fairlie Holiday Park · km 183
- Lake Tekapo Holiday Park · km 227
- Pattersons Ponds Camping Ground · km 235
- The Pines Campervan Parking · km 265
- Lake Wardell Freedom Camping · km 275
- Lake Poaka Freedom Camping · km 277
- Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park · km 284
- Twizel Holiday Park · km 284
- Lake Ruataniwha (west end) Freedom Camping · km 284
- Glentanner Park · km 326
- Freedom Camping for Self Contained Vehicles · km 333
- and 4 more in the app
National park and other campgrounds
- Amber Park · km 6 · fees apply
- Pineglades Naturist Club · km 25
- Tinwald Camping Ground · km 90
- Woodbury Domain & Hall · km 132
- Lake Alexandrina Campground · km 229
- Ohau B Canal NZMCA Park · km 283
- Glentanner Park Centre · km 327 · fees apply
- White Horse Hill Campsite · km 348 · fees apply
Dump points
- Dump Station · km 0
- Dump station with drinking water · km 138
Fuel stops
- Z · km 3
- U Go · km 4
- Caltex · km 5
- npd · km 5
- Mobil Wigram · km 9
- g.a.s. Hornby · km 10
- McKeown · km 182
- Caltex Fairlie · km 183
- Challenge Tekapo · km 226
- Twizel Auto Services · km 283
- and 4 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
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