Nice waterfront location, spacious and level, nice facilities with well provided kitchen at a fair price.

Reviewed 8 months ago

Not special, very crowded and therefor a little dirty facilities.

We paid 70 dollars for a small unpowered tent side for 2 persons. It's a very bad price-quality value.

Reviewed 11 months ago

Place at a lagoon.

Bathroom older and dirty. Washing machine and dryer in kitchen. Cockroaches at night in trees and facilitys. Want come inside camper.

Reviewed over 1 year ago and experienced in January 2023

Free hot showers, 2 kitchens (one with an oven).

Laundry facilities. water and dump site. Lovely staff who saw we were a mum and 2girls and made sure our site was near amenities. No extra charge for powered site at the time. Super clean. Walking distance to Waitangi (a must-do and well worth the $25 - give you 2 days of access). Beach front is tidal and estuary so not a swimming beach but one of the best in our trip.

Reviewed over 3 years ago

Lovely clean campsite with view over to Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

Good shower and cooking facilities. Clean grounds with ample space between motor home pitches. Friendly office staff. Our first site in New Zealand, thank you for a good start to our touring adventure.

Reviewed over 4 years ago and experienced in February 2020

Nice waterfront location, spacious and level, nice facilities with well provided kitchen at a fair price.

Reviewed 8 months ago

Place at a lagoon.

Bathroom older and dirty. Washing machine and dryer in kitchen. Cockroaches at night in trees and facilitys. Want come inside camper.

Reviewed over 1 year ago and experienced in January 2023

The place is not bad.

By the water with beautiful sunsets. Very close to Paihia. Secure. Bathroom has a locked door and the site has a closed gate (locked at 7pm). But it can be noisy (people screaming, dogs barking, a rooster singing). The facilities are basics. The light in the bathroom (motion detector) goes out after a few minutes. So you will shower in the dark if it’s not daytime.

Reviewed over 2 years ago

Not bad.

'waterside lots' aren't really waterside, locals singing and shouting late at night, toilets aren't the best, better off staying at a top 10 for same price!

Reviewed over 2 years ago

Free hot showers, 2 kitchens (one with an oven).

Laundry facilities. water and dump site. Lovely staff who saw we were a mum and 2girls and made sure our site was near amenities. No extra charge for powered site at the time. Super clean. Walking distance to Waitangi (a must-do and well worth the $25 - give you 2 days of access). Beach front is tidal and estuary so not a swimming beach but one of the best in our trip.

Reviewed over 3 years ago

Lovely clean campsite with view over to Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

Good shower and cooking facilities. Clean grounds with ample space between motor home pitches. Friendly office staff. Our first site in New Zealand, thank you for a good start to our touring adventure.

Reviewed over 4 years ago and experienced in February 2020

Great holiday park - good showers, clean kitchen and a lot of room for your campervan.

Don't go for the more expensive waterview campsite option, you can basically see the water from every campsite you stay on.

Reviewed almost 5 years ago

A wonderful, peaceful place for the night.

But this it's winter time and in low season. Facilities were clean and satisfactory. Hot showers at no extra cost. 20 minute walk along the beach into Paihia for good food.

Reviewed over 5 years ago

Loud party in the night, which managers (who even weren't present) didn't consider disturbing and at first refused to believe there even was noise.

So I don't recommend if you are looking for a calm place. Otherwise facilities are OK but a bit old but still working. Not many sites in shade!

Reviewed almost 6 years ago

Clean, peaceful pleasant grounds and facilities in a very good location overlooking the estuary of the river.

It is close enough to Paihia to walk but distant enough to feel away from the busyness of the tourism. Pricey for a riverfront spot ($60ppn for a powered site-good job we had a Rankers Deal discounting price to $50)

Reviewed almost 6 years ago

Lots of friendly ducks in the surrounding area.

Great spot at the outskirts of town Paihia. A Countdown supermarket about 3 minutes walk.

When taking a boat tour the next day the owner let you park your campervan at the lawn. About 20 minutes walk to the ward.

- Showers are 2 dollars.

- 6 bbq which can by used freely

- we paid 44 dollars for 2 persons at a powered site.

Reviewed about 6 years ago

Great and convenient location to visit the Waitingi treaty ground and museum.

The view on the bay of Islands is simply stunning and worth the stay.

However, we stayed 2nights over Easter and the facilities got quite busy and noisy as one could expect. The bathroom/toilets were at full capacity. There were only 4 showers (2 in 2different buildings) total for women and 4 for men. The wait was long as campers were not mindful of the time spent in the shower.

Also, they got very dirty as there were more people using them. I communicated and shared to the management rules we saw in other campgrounds that seemed to work well: they could anticipate and clean during the evening during peak days and they could put a sign regarding the use of shower.

Last but not least, contrary to most campgrounds we visited the kitchen were not well-equiped (no cutlery, no pot, no pan).

Reviewed over 6 years ago

Big camping ground, had booked a riverfront site prior to arrival but on arrival the staff member said he had given our spot away to someone else so put us in the corner on the riverfront as there were

no more spots available. But the view was fantastic and right on the Waitangi river so I was happy with our space. We had our own picnic table too which was a bonus. Kitchen was quite small and it was very busy when we stayed. The washing up area is tiny too, (separate area from the cooking area) for such a big campsite. Everyone was crammed in doing their dishes. The showers were fantastic though and toilets were clean. I had trouble connecting to the wifi and it kept dropping out.

Reviewed over 7 years ago