Lake Brunner Motor Camp

Lake Brunner Motor Camp

Locally owned classic Kiwi Motor Camp situated in the heart of Lake Brunner, Moana. Providing a relaxing, friendly place to stay.

The motor camp is bordered with native rainforest and overlooks the Southern Alps and Lake Brunner. The walk to the lake takes only a minute or so. Motor home sites are on firm, generously sized pads, and tent sites are sunny and spacious. The classic kiwi cabins come in a range of sleeping options. Also pet friendly (by prior arrangement).

Your hosts would love to see you there, and can promise you a warm West Coast welcome and a relaxed, fun filled stay!

Facilities

• BBQ
• Bedding
• Cafe
• Firepit
• Heating
• Laundry Service
• Non-Smoking Rooms
• Onsite Manager
• Onsite Parking
• Outdoor Furniture
• Pets Allowed
• Playground
• Power
• Recycling
• Shared Bathroom
• Shared Kitchen
• Takeaways Nearby
• Toaster
• Tv Room
• Wifi Access
• Wood Fire Pits

Lake Brunner is the largest lake in the West Coast Region of New Zealand, located 31 km southeast of Greymouth. The main settlement, Moana, is on its northern shore. It is an important settlement and waystation for local Māori.

Lake Brunner has a maximum depth of 109 m but local stories claimed that the lake was bottomless, or that it was connected with the sea and rose and fell with the tides. A naval survey after WWII established its deepest part, near the Takataka islands by the mouth of the Crooked River, at around 335 feet. Like Lake Kaniere, the other large glacial lake on the West Coast, Lake Brunner is in a deeply-scoured basin and drops off quite rapidly around most of its shoreline. Its water is stained the colour of tea, sometimes appearing almost black, by the tannins—organic and humic acids—leached into its tributaries: a consequence of high rainfall in a catchment that is almost entirely forested.