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Rapahoe Beach Holiday Park
Family Camping, Old School Style
Rapahoe Beach Holiday Park is a favourite place for groups and families (including your furry friends) to spend your holidays and experience camping the old school way, literally in the grounds of an old 1930s school! Located just 11km north of Greymouth, this quiet, secluded location immediately on the beachfront offers a range of facilities and activities for your comfort and relaxation – all while being central to a range of popular West Coast tourist attractions. Favourite pastimes for visitors include swimming in the “school pool” or on the beach, gemstone hunting, fishing, observing the local seal colony at Point Elizabeth, checking out the amazing geological papa rock and limestone features on the rugged northern point, or whitebait fishing on the river nearby. Maybe you would just like to simply read a book from our library or teach the kids a few of the old school board games? There’s something for everyone.
Motorhome and caravan sites (powered or non-powered), as well as tent sites available.
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Reviews
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5.0/5
Beautiful campsite right next to the beach with very clean facilities.
The owner is very friendly. We are very happy that we found it. Best campsite in New Zealand!
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5.0/5
Great sites on the beach (sites 22-28 have ocean views, 22-24/25 are right on the beach).
Great amenities, very clean toilets and showers with hot water. Huge common room and kitchen area that was lovely and warm at night with games, wifi and books. Lovely old school, no fuss atmosphere. Spent a lot of time walking the beach picking up rocks and watching the incredible sunset. Caretaker was friendly and helpful. Enjoyed our stay!
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5.0/5
Right next to the beach.
Quiet, small, traditional old style Kiwi campsite. Friendly helpful manager. Relaxing indoor space, books, games, play park, small pool. Loved it 💖
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5.0/5
Old fashioned brilliance.
A beautiful spot by the beach with ample clean facilities; all vintage but charming and homely and excellent value. A highlight of my west coast journey.
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5.0/5
Awesome place to stay, long term residents friendly and helpful.
Stayed in one of the cabins, clean, warm, well maintained with a view of the beach.
Highly recommend and would love to stay again.
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4.5/5
Our new favourite place to stay.
We love the ocean side camping and friendliness of this little campground. Not cramped like the top tens or expensive like the Tasman camps. Plenty to do in the area and if it’s raining, there’s the big lounge, kitchen area to hang out. We love the camp cat who comes for pats and company, and the beach walks. Dunollie Pub nearby has great meals and beers all a great price. Heaps of adventures nearby and exploring to do. Short ride back to graymouth for supplies. Worth a look at Blackball too for a days visit. Def recommend ⭐️
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5.0/5
Laid-back site on beautiful stretch of unspoilt beach which is great for swimming.
Very reasonably priced @$41 for powered site for large RV. Amazing library/games room/kitchen in the od school-house. Badminton court outside & lush heated swimming pool. Very tranquil even when full - only about 20+ pitches. No town, so no shops, pubs, bars or anything like that, just off the highway, but if youre looking for the beach, the sea and a great site I would highly recommend.
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5.0/5
Beach sites 23,24,25 amazing.
Check out 11am instead of the ridiculous 10am in NZ. Only saw the site manager on check in but he was very nice. Facilities good. The view amazing. Can recommend it enough.
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4.5/5
Highly recommended place to stay!
We didn’t book in advance but was lucky to have a powered site on arrival. Fantastic facilities and amazing beach views and sunset! Also a little field with a volleyball net and equipment to play sports! Good value for money
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0.5/5
This place is disgusting & should be closed down.
It’s essentially a trailer park with rubbish everywhere. Facilities were dirty & broken.
Hi Kay. The park has since been closed down, major repairs and upgrades done and 72 tonne of rubbish and derelict vans removed. We invite you to come back and enjoy the new experience
Jason Fletcher
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5.0/5
Beautiful campsite right next to the beach with very clean facilities.
The owner is very friendly. We are very happy that we found it. Best campsite in New Zealand!
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5.0/5
Great sites on the beach (sites 22-28 have ocean views, 22-24/25 are right on the beach).
Great amenities, very clean toilets and showers with hot water. Huge common room and kitchen area that was lovely and warm at night with games, wifi and books. Lovely old school, no fuss atmosphere. Spent a lot of time walking the beach picking up rocks and watching the incredible sunset. Caretaker was friendly and helpful. Enjoyed our stay!
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5.0/5
Awesome place to stay, long term residents friendly and helpful.
Stayed in one of the cabins, clean, warm, well maintained with a view of the beach.
Highly recommend and would love to stay again.
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4.5/5
Our new favourite place to stay.
We love the ocean side camping and friendliness of this little campground. Not cramped like the top tens or expensive like the Tasman camps. Plenty to do in the area and if it’s raining, there’s the big lounge, kitchen area to hang out. We love the camp cat who comes for pats and company, and the beach walks. Dunollie Pub nearby has great meals and beers all a great price. Heaps of adventures nearby and exploring to do. Short ride back to graymouth for supplies. Worth a look at Blackball too for a days visit. Def recommend ⭐️
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5.0/5
Old fashioned brilliance.
A beautiful spot by the beach with ample clean facilities; all vintage but charming and homely and excellent value. A highlight of my west coast journey.
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5.0/5
Right next to the beach.
Quiet, small, traditional old style Kiwi campsite. Friendly helpful manager. Relaxing indoor space, books, games, play park, small pool. Loved it 💖
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5.0/5
Laid-back site on beautiful stretch of unspoilt beach which is great for swimming.
Very reasonably priced @$41 for powered site for large RV. Amazing library/games room/kitchen in the od school-house. Badminton court outside & lush heated swimming pool. Very tranquil even when full - only about 20+ pitches. No town, so no shops, pubs, bars or anything like that, just off the highway, but if youre looking for the beach, the sea and a great site I would highly recommend.
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5.0/5
Beach sites 23,24,25 amazing.
Check out 11am instead of the ridiculous 10am in NZ. Only saw the site manager on check in but he was very nice. Facilities good. The view amazing. Can recommend it enough.
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4.5/5
Highly recommended place to stay!
We didn’t book in advance but was lucky to have a powered site on arrival. Fantastic facilities and amazing beach views and sunset! Also a little field with a volleyball net and equipment to play sports! Good value for money
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4.5/5
Lovely campground directly by the beach.
The owner Greg was friendly and helpful. WiFi is very good and the view from the campsites on the hill is magnificent, especially at sundown. Facilities are clean, there is a kitchen with utensils, free hot showers and coin operated washers/dryers. We really enjoyed our stay here and would come again!
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5.0/5
Really great place to stay.
The manager is really friendly and helpful. Nice kitchen, lounge and free hot shower. And great access to the ocean
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4.0/5
A great wee camp, good facilities, clean and basic.
Showers are hot and included in the price. School hall is now a lounge with lots of books, games and a puzzle table, kitchen and laundry off to the side are adequate. Camp manager friendly and helpful. Would go back again.
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4.5/5
Unbelievable location you can not be any closer to the ocean.
Very friendly and helpful owner .
Camp is under new owner ship so you can tell he is putting in alot of work to improve the place.
Hot free showers, kitchen for you to use. It's in an old school house . Would definitely stay here again
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4.5/5
Propriétaire super sympa et accueillant Notre emplacement était moyennement pratique Sanitaires propres, douches chaudes, gratuites Super pièce à vivre très conviviale avec beaucoup de jeux pour
enfants
Cuisines bien équipées
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5.0/5
Hidden gem!
Awesome clean facilities and camping right on the beach! Hosts/Managers were great. Not too big so not super busy too which we loved!
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5.0/5
Can’t camp any closer to the beach - spectacular views and good, clean facilities.
New management, fresh breeze. Old school camping at its best!
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5.0/5
Lovely host, tidy cabin.
This campsite has everything you need and more. The sunset was incredible. Then waking up to the crashing waves and west cost rain drops, it was everything I could've asked for when traveling to the west coast for an adventure.
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5.0/5
Despite some pretty miserable weather, this was a fantastic place to stay.
The ocean views are magnificent even on a stormy night.
Friendly staff and great facilities. Hot, clean, free showers, clean toilets and a well equipped kitchen area. The showers, laundry, kitchen and common area are all built into an old school house building.
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5.0/5
Lovely stay again at Rapahoe Beach holiday park courtesy of Mike who is very helpful lovely swims in pool,walks on beach stunning sunsets, love the history of the camp buildings and surrounding area
, if you don't know the history check out Greymouth library who have a dedicated room to the local history including Rapahoe . Can't wait to return.
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5.0/5
They're such good company and have a wonderful attitude, listen to campers and are always willing to talk about the history of the land and what it means to them.
Beautiful couple! Loved every second of the time me and my best friend spent together.
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4.0/5
Lovely old-school beach camp; facilities have just been renovated and camp staff very helpful and obliging.
Excellent camping sites right beside the sea - and wonderful West Coast sunsets. We will be back.
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5.0/5
The new owners have done an absolutely wonderful job in bringing this camp ground up to standard.
Everything is spotless. The location right beside the Rapahoe Beach is fabulous for either a quick dip or just walking along the beach and as for the sunsets, they are simply stunning. There is also a pool, if you aren't keen on swimming in the sea. This campground is in a great location and ideal as a bolt hole when wanting to visit the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks.
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3.5/5
This is one our of favorite camp sites, we've been csmping at Rapahoe since 2011.
We really enjoyed our recent stay and the current owners are working hard to make some positive changes. 😊
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0.5/5
This place is disgusting & should be closed down.
It’s essentially a trailer park with rubbish everywhere. Facilities were dirty & broken.
Hi Kay. The park has since been closed down, major repairs and upgrades done and 72 tonne of rubbish and derelict vans removed. We invite you to come back and enjoy the new experience
Jason Fletcher
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4.5/5
The view from the Bayview sites are 10/10.
We saw hectors dolphins playing in the waves from bed in the morning. The facilities are old school but perfectly functional and clean and if you can appreciate kiwi ingenuity and whimsy, you’ll find this place to be wonderfully charming. Will stay again!!
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4.5/5
Incredible location.
We decided to pay for a powered site at one of the Beach View sites and it was well worth it. The view is gorgeous and you camp right at the back of the beach. There are multiple mens, womens, and unisex toilets, plus a kitchen area, lounge/dining area, and coin-operated washing machines. The hosts seem to be pretty casual however their way of interaction can come across as rude (as others have said), however I don’t think they actually mean to be rude. Would definitely stay again.
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4.0/5
Bring the correct cash as the office is unmanned at times.
(you can leave your card details if no cash) Very retro camping ground 🏕️the main dining area looks like an old 1960's school house. Very 'interesting' set up inside with laundry /kitchen /dining lounge.. and showers off the lounge...toilets in a separate block. But nice and clean and everything you need. And honestly, for the ocean view this is perfect 👌❤️