Nothing beats waking up in the morning surrounded by mountains, and the Cascade Creek DOC campsite in Fiordland National Park is one of the most beautiful (and cheapest!) places to do that.

This is a large, basic campsite with 120 sites and costs $15 per night (DOC campsite pass is accepted here). You'll find long drop/compostable toilets, picnic tables, a cooking shelter, and running water in the summer months.

You cannot book Cascade Creek campsite, and it can get pretty busy in the peak summer months, so it's worth arriving before 3 pm/4 pm. But because there is so much space, it's unlikely to be fully booked.