Lewis Pass: Christchurch to Westport with a caravan or motorhome
The Lewis Pass runs 331 km from Christchurch to Westport. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 5 h 30 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 · Culverden · Springs Junction · Reefton · Westport
Is the Lewis 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.
- 2 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 7% uphill on State Highway 7, at km 211.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 331 km | 331 km |
| Driving time | 5 h 30 min | 5 h 10 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 2 km | 2 km |
| Total climb | 2,379 m | 2,379 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 110 km | 110 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
Caravan parks on the way
- North South Holiday Park · km 7
- Johns Motel and Holiday Park · km 8
- Pascoe Park Campground and Tourist Park · km 11
- Spencer Beach Holiday Park · km 13
- Riverlands Holiday Park · km 15
- Kairaki Beach Holiday Park · km 19
- Pineacres Holiday Park · km 21
- Woodend Beach Holiday Park · km 23
- Waikuku Beach Holiday Park · km 32
- Seal Colony Top 10 Holiday Park · km 329
- Westport Kiwi Holiday Park · km 331
Free camps on the way
- Canterbury campground · km 40
- HDC carpark Amberley Freedom Camping · km 46
- Glenmark Reserve Freedom Camping · km 56
- Stocks Reserve Freedom Camping · km 70
- Rutherford Reserve Carparks Freedom Camping · km 96
- Remaining parts of Hurunui District · km 97
- Hanmer Springs River Reserve Freedom Camping · km 124
- Kawatiri Beach Reserve (North Beach) Freedom Camping · km 331
National park and other campgrounds
- Amber Park · km 0 · fees apply
- Hibburt Park · km 13
- Woodend Christian Camp · km 23
- Amberley Beach Campground · km 42 · fees apply
- Waikari Reserve Campground · km 70
- Balmoral Reserve · km 84
- Boyle Campsite · km 170 · fees apply
- Deer Valley Campsite · km 183 · fees apply
- Marble Hill Campsite · km 203 · fees apply
- Reefton Motor Camp · km 251 · fees apply
- and 4 more in the app
Dump points
- Dump Station · km 5
- at Johns Motel and Holiday Park · km 8
- Canterbury dump station · km 42
- at Reefton Motor Camp · km 251
- at Seal Colony Top 10 Holiday Park · km 329
- at Westport Kiwi Holiday Park · km 331
Fuel stops
- Gull · km 1
- Challenge Hills Road · km 2
- Waitomo · km 5
- Mobil · km 5
- Caltex · km 6
- Z · km 9
- Challenge · km 96
- Allied Petroleum · km 97
- GAS Reefton · km 251
- BP · km 330
- 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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