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Waikari Reserve Camping Ground
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Waikari Reserve Camping Ground
The Waikari Reserve Camping Ground is administered by the Waikari Reserves Committee and it is cool! It is found just on Princes Street, Waikari.
It is fairly small with slightly old facilities, but very clean and a wicked score for the price you pay for it. It's a Sport Billy's paradise with netball courts and tennis courts across the way from a massive field. Awesome for families.
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There are even 4 powered sites available.
How to use KiwiCash:
Purchase a digital key from a local retailer, the current list is Blue Dairy, Amberley; Gas, Waikari; Greta Valley Tavern, Greta Valley; Challenge, Culverden; HDC main office, Amberley. https://help.kiwicash.nz/hc/en-nz/articles/1763953...
Download the app from the apple app store, google play or visit www.kiwicash.nz
Enter your details to create a KiwiCash account.
Sync your KiwiCash Key to your account by entering you KiwiCash key's unique code.
Top up your account by your credit card.
Remember, you will have to set yourself up with KiwiCash before staying
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Hawarden |
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Reviews
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5.0/5
Great place!
With the kiwicash system you can have a great hot shower and cooling facilities! Very comfy social area with Couches to spend a rainy day.
LOST my ring there! If anyone finds a silver ring and is passing Christchurch or Lake Ellesmere til end of March 24 it would be so nice if you could take it there for me! Thank you <3.
j.t.westermann@gmail.com
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5.0/5
Waikari Campground is open and not closed.It re opened in November.It also has been upgraded.Photos available on Google now.
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2.5/5
Please note, the campground is closed for an upgrade until April 2023.
Check the local district council website for further information.
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5.0/5
Lovely wee campsite, a real gem.
Very friendly welcome, super clean facilities, modest cost $20 for 2. The shower costs an additional $2 and was well worth it; great pressure, scrupulously clean, lovely warm room. I highly recommend this site.
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4.5/5
Excellent little campsite which Don & Karen took over the custodianship about 2 months ago.
Yes, it is quite old, but they are really looking after it well and nothing is too much trouble. They really care about this place and it is spotless. $10 per person for a power site, $2 for the shower. Great value.
Great walk along the disused railway line.
Great place for kids or sporty types as play park, tennis court and big playing field.
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5.0/5
Lovely little town, quiet and peaceful campground with clean facilities.
$10 pp for non powered, $2 hot shower $2 laundry.
Highly recommended.
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3.5/5
Price was $10 per person for a powered site....
had all the basic utilities but didn't manage to use any of them as arrived late at night but otherwise an okay ground for me.
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4.0/5
Hard to beat camp site for the price.
Considering the availability of hot water and other facilities. Kitchen was a nice size and most utensils were provided, just clean up after yourself and wash the dishes when you're done. Not the most scenic area but when you need a place to rest your head with a $2 hot shower just a stones throw away, a great place to stay.
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5.0/5
Super friendly manager (Rob) who makes you feel very welcomed.
Wish we'd have had more time to stay longer. Facilities are very clean and well maintained. Only $5 per person for a tent site, but it has a kitchen (equipped with a small table, kettle, fridge, freezer, stove, pots & pans), flush toilets and hot showers ($2 per token). Even laundry ($2) is available. Fantastic value for money. Can only recommend.
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5.0/5
Nice camping ground near State Highway 7.
$5 per person and $2 for showers. Well equipped kitchen is available.
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4.0/5
A little camp in a small village where they are trying hard to please.
We really enjoyed talking to the local retired person in the caravan, to the surprise of three small campers that we weren't expecting him to be there at 9:30pm, when they crept in hoping not to pay, Well done sir. And hope the new lino in the kitchen looks good, thanks.
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5.0/5
Great place!
With the kiwicash system you can have a great hot shower and cooling facilities! Very comfy social area with Couches to spend a rainy day.
LOST my ring there! If anyone finds a silver ring and is passing Christchurch or Lake Ellesmere til end of March 24 it would be so nice if you could take it there for me! Thank you <3.
j.t.westermann@gmail.com
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5.0/5
Waikari Campground is open and not closed.It re opened in November.It also has been upgraded.Photos available on Google now.
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2.5/5
Please note, the campground is closed for an upgrade until April 2023.
Check the local district council website for further information.
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3.0/5
What was once a ‘camping area’ is now a ‘caravan park’.
In the space of a year most of the power sites are taken by permanents who also have cars. What does this mean? You’re basically packed in like sardines! I won’t be surprised if all the sites get taken by permanents. This is a perfect example of Profit winning over preservation. It’s a real pity as it used to be a quaint little spot to tie you over for a night or two. Now it’s just a cheap caravan park to the locals. Pity!
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5.0/5
Lovely wee campsite, a real gem.
Very friendly welcome, super clean facilities, modest cost $20 for 2. The shower costs an additional $2 and was well worth it; great pressure, scrupulously clean, lovely warm room. I highly recommend this site.
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4.5/5
Excellent little campsite which Don & Karen took over the custodianship about 2 months ago.
Yes, it is quite old, but they are really looking after it well and nothing is too much trouble. They really care about this place and it is spotless. $10 per person for a power site, $2 for the shower. Great value.
Great walk along the disused railway line.
Great place for kids or sporty types as play park, tennis court and big playing field.
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5.0/5
Lovely little town, quiet and peaceful campground with clean facilities.
$10 pp for non powered, $2 hot shower $2 laundry.
Highly recommended.
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3.5/5
Price was $10 per person for a powered site....
had all the basic utilities but didn't manage to use any of them as arrived late at night but otherwise an okay ground for me.
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2.0/5
Old camp ground with either very muddy or very hard ground.
Ridiculously noisy overnight with cows, dogs barking all night, and roosters in the morning. Might have been a particularly bad night, but certainly memorable for all the wrong reasons.
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4.0/5
Hard to beat camp site for the price.
Considering the availability of hot water and other facilities. Kitchen was a nice size and most utensils were provided, just clean up after yourself and wash the dishes when you're done. Not the most scenic area but when you need a place to rest your head with a $2 hot shower just a stones throw away, a great place to stay.
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5.0/5
Nice camping ground near State Highway 7.
$5 per person and $2 for showers. Well equipped kitchen is available.
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5.0/5
Super friendly manager (Rob) who makes you feel very welcomed.
Wish we'd have had more time to stay longer. Facilities are very clean and well maintained. Only $5 per person for a tent site, but it has a kitchen (equipped with a small table, kettle, fridge, freezer, stove, pots & pans), flush toilets and hot showers ($2 per token). Even laundry ($2) is available. Fantastic value for money. Can only recommend.
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3.0/5
This was a strange little campsite sandwiched between a sports pitch and the road.
The price was cheap ($5 per person, plus $2 each for a shower and $2 for laundry), however the facilities were all a little bit grubby. Not awful, just in need of a good clean. Every Wednesday there's a big young people's touch rugby game that happens in the evening on the field which gave it a nice community feel. No views to speak of. Overall fine for a quick stopover but nothing special.
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4.0/5
A little camp in a small village where they are trying hard to please.
We really enjoyed talking to the local retired person in the caravan, to the surprise of three small campers that we weren't expecting him to be there at 9:30pm, when they crept in hoping not to pay, Well done sir. And hope the new lino in the kitchen looks good, thanks.
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4.0/5
$5 per person per night (powered site $10), kitchen and toilets included, showers $2 for 8 minutes, laundry for $2.
Chatted with the owner, a very friendly woman who collects the fees in the evening. Lovely campsite well worth the money.
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5.0/5
For only $5 per person, per night, you get hot showers, a kitchen, FREE laundry, and you can charge your electrical devices.
No more to say - facilities are tidy!
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5.0/5
Very nice campground, only $5 per person, free laundry, free hot shower, kitchen and plugs to charge phones etc, nice fellow campers!
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5.0/5
It is a campsite from the council.
$5 for hot showers, kitchen and free laundry! Friendly staff.
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5.0/5
Great place, clean, comfortable, nice owners and great price - $5.00 for 1 per night.
Showers were great and free, kitchen and everything. Great place.
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4.5/5
$10 per person gets you a powered site, free hot shower, free laundry facilities.
Camp custodian lives on-site takes your payment. Popular with traveling vineyard workers. Quirky but clean. Recommended overnight stop.
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5.0/5
Really good value campground!
5dollars pp for an unpower site.
Free laundry, hot showers and kitchen!
Everything you need.
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4.5/5
$5 per person.
very good quality/price ratio. We arrived late but were able to pay the fee the next morning and enjoy the well equipped facilities.
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