Haast Pass: Wānaka to Fox Glacier with a caravan or motorhome
The Haast Pass runs 262 km from Wānaka to Fox Glacier. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 4 h 5 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: Wānaka · Makarora · Haast · Fox Glacier
Is the Haast Pass 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.
- 5 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 12% downhill on Haast Pass Highway, at km 90.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 262 km | 262 km |
| Driving time | 4 h 5 min | 3 h 55 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 5 km | 5 km |
| Total climb | 2,086 m | 2,086 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 118 km | 118 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| 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
- Wānaka · km 0
- Lake Hāwea · km 15
- Haast · km 141
- Fox Glacier · km 262
Caravan parks on the way
- Mt Aspiring Holiday Park · km 0
- Wanaka Holiday Park · km 0
- Wānaka TOP 10 Holiday Park · km 0
- Haast River Motels & Holiday Park · km 143
- Fox Glacier Top 10 Holiday Park · km 262
Free camps on the way
- Allenby Place Carpark · km 1
- Wānaka Recreation Centre Carpark · km 2
- Camp Hill Road Carpark · km 10
- Haast River DOC Campsite · km 141
National park and other campgrounds
- Outlet Camp Wānaka · km 1 · fees apply
- Albert Town Campground · km 6
- Lake Hawea Camping · km 15
- Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite · km 33 · fees apply
- Boundary Creek Campsite · km 48 · fees apply
- Makarora Cafe Motor Home Park · km 58 · fees apply
- Makarora Camping · km 63
- Pleasant Flat Campsite · km 95 · fees apply
- Haast Lodge & Motor Park · km 141 · fees apply
- Lake Paringa Campsite · km 192 · fees apply
- and 2 more in the app
Dump points
- Wanaka public dump station · km 0
- at Mt Aspiring Holiday Park · km 0
- at Outlet Camp Wānaka · km 1
- Dump Station · km 2
- at The Camp · km 16
- at Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite · km 33
- Haast Public Dump Stations · km 141
- at Fox Glacier Top 10 Holiday Park · km 262
Fuel stops
- Caltex Wanaka · km 0
- allied petroleum · km 0
- Allied · km 15
- RD Petroleum · km 58
- Johnston Motors · km 144
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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