Awastone

Awastone

47 Rankers Reviews

9 Camping Grounds

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

Mangaweka Adventure Co

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandManawatu - WanganuiMangaweka

Categories

  • Activity__camping_grounds_holiday_parksCamping Grounds

Operating Season And Hours

Now in off season:
reception for camping and cabins is open daily from 8am - 6pm

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-39.8081100173317

175.808478796482

Latitude
-39.8081100173317
Longitude
175.808478796482

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Reviews

    ✓ Friendly and helpful staff

    ✓ Beautiful views by the river

    ✓ Clean and well-maintained facilities

    ✓ Quiet and peaceful location

    ✓ Great cafe and reasonably priced food

    𐄂 No dump station available

    𐄂 WiFi can be spotty

    • Nice place.
    • Perhaps the best camp ground of our trip so far.
    • Lovely, peaceful place to stay.
    • Excellent campsite!
    • Lovely spot by the river, very friendly staff.
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 33
    70%
    9/10 9
    19%
    8/10 4
    9%
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    6/10 1
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  • 5.0/5

    Excellent campsite!

    Friendly staff.

    Clean, beautiful, and cosy.

    We enjoyed our stay for 2 nights.

    /Nik

    Reviewed 2 months ago

    Nikolaj Brandt 's avatar

    Nikolaj Brandt

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    A little gem, great facilities and lovely people with amazing views and super quiet.

    One of our favourites

    Reviewed 3 months ago

    Ellie's avatar

    Ellie

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Nice place.

    Great views. Tile showers. Friendly staff. Clean. Not crowded. Water at the site. Restaurant and bar. Live music. Hot tub for $25/hr.

    Only reason I give it a 9 is no dump station and no good advice for where I could dump. Otherwise, best place we've been at. Would 100% return.

    Reviewed 23 days ago

    Mark B's avatar

    Mark B

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Great spot, nice amenities and right next to the river.

    The cheaper campground of the two had a wedding going on so we stayed near the cafe which was quiet and enjoyable. Wifi was bad though where the non powered sites are.

    Reviewed about 2 years ago

    CB's avatar

    CB

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Perhaps the best camp ground of our trip so far.

    Great location, facilities and staff.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

    Alastair McQueen's avatar

    Alastair McQueen

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    We chose this campsite because we could have a fire which is unusual around NZ, camped down on the right hand side of the bridge.

    Awesome stone cliffs, beautiful, camped right buy the river, hidden gem. Hot shower and toilets. Walked over to Awastone for lunch, reasonable prices even for drinks. If you camp on the right can have dogs, but powered sites up top away from the river. Lovely site.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

    Sue's avatar

    Sue

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Awesome place and superbly friendly and helpful hosts.

    We popped in for the night and ended up staying an extra night and would definitely book again on future trips. We stayed right by the river and the facilities are clean and up to date. Highly recommend hiring the hot tub for an hour at the end of a long day driving or just for a bit of self indulgent pleasure during your stay. The cafe on site has great food and is well priced. It's been a pleasure staying here.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Andrew Kermode's avatar

    Andrew Kermode

    Customer

    Thank you for your lovely review. Great to hear you enjoyed your stay..

    Tricia Eames's avatar

    Tricia Eames

    Representative

  • 5.0/5

    Okay it’s perfection.

    We ended up staying an extra night because it’s so lush. $24 pp per night for a powered site (they don’t have unpowered sites unfortunately) and $25 for an hour in the hot tub for up to 6 people. It’s really close to the river which is warm enough to swim in! It’s very quiet at night and there’s enough solar lighting to see your way around but it doesn’t disturb you when sleeping. There’s grass by the parks which they said was fine to set up our awning on :) the parks probably suit smaller vehicles better though. There’s free hot showers and the bathrooms are very clean. There’s also a cafe/bar/restaurant which is very reasonably priced with a lot of nice seating. Oh and there is a kitchen with everything you need including a fridge. Full on glamping.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

    Laura E's avatar

    Laura E

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Brilliant place to stay.

    Cafe open in summer - Sunday evening session with love band. Parked right beside river. What a treasure of a find.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2021

    Linda Eagleton's avatar

    Linda Eagleton

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Quiet, restful campground by the river, great amenities, lovely and clean, highly recommended, we will return.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2020

  • 4.5/5

    Nice place.

    Great views. Tile showers. Friendly staff. Clean. Not crowded. Water at the site. Restaurant and bar. Live music. Hot tub for $25/hr.

    Only reason I give it a 9 is no dump station and no good advice for where I could dump. Otherwise, best place we've been at. Would 100% return.

    Reviewed 23 days ago

    Mark B's avatar

    Mark B

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Excellent campsite!

    Friendly staff.

    Clean, beautiful, and cosy.

    We enjoyed our stay for 2 nights.

    /Nik

    Reviewed 2 months ago

    Nikolaj Brandt 's avatar

    Nikolaj Brandt

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    A little gem, great facilities and lovely people with amazing views and super quiet.

    One of our favourites

    Reviewed 3 months ago

    Ellie's avatar

    Ellie

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Great spot, nice amenities and right next to the river.

    The cheaper campground of the two had a wedding going on so we stayed near the cafe which was quiet and enjoyable. Wifi was bad though where the non powered sites are.

    Reviewed about 2 years ago

    CB's avatar

    CB

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    We chose this campsite because we could have a fire which is unusual around NZ, camped down on the right hand side of the bridge.

    Awesome stone cliffs, beautiful, camped right buy the river, hidden gem. Hot shower and toilets. Walked over to Awastone for lunch, reasonable prices even for drinks. If you camp on the right can have dogs, but powered sites up top away from the river. Lovely site.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

    Sue's avatar

    Sue

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Perhaps the best camp ground of our trip so far.

    Great location, facilities and staff.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

    Alastair McQueen's avatar

    Alastair McQueen

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Awesome place and superbly friendly and helpful hosts.

    We popped in for the night and ended up staying an extra night and would definitely book again on future trips. We stayed right by the river and the facilities are clean and up to date. Highly recommend hiring the hot tub for an hour at the end of a long day driving or just for a bit of self indulgent pleasure during your stay. The cafe on site has great food and is well priced. It's been a pleasure staying here.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Andrew Kermode's avatar

    Andrew Kermode

    Customer

    Thank you for your lovely review. Great to hear you enjoyed your stay..

    Tricia Eames's avatar

    Tricia Eames

    Representative

  • 5.0/5

    Okay it’s perfection.

    We ended up staying an extra night because it’s so lush. $24 pp per night for a powered site (they don’t have unpowered sites unfortunately) and $25 for an hour in the hot tub for up to 6 people. It’s really close to the river which is warm enough to swim in! It’s very quiet at night and there’s enough solar lighting to see your way around but it doesn’t disturb you when sleeping. There’s grass by the parks which they said was fine to set up our awning on :) the parks probably suit smaller vehicles better though. There’s free hot showers and the bathrooms are very clean. There’s also a cafe/bar/restaurant which is very reasonably priced with a lot of nice seating. Oh and there is a kitchen with everything you need including a fridge. Full on glamping.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

    Laura E's avatar

    Laura E

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Brilliant place to stay.

    Cafe open in summer - Sunday evening session with love band. Parked right beside river. What a treasure of a find.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2021

    Linda Eagleton's avatar

    Linda Eagleton

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Quiet, restful campground by the river, great amenities, lovely and clean, highly recommended, we will return.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2020

  • 5.0/5

    Wonderful place to stay.

    We were not many campers, so we had plenty of space. Showers and toilets very clean. Burgers looked good. Close to the road but really quiet.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in November 2019

    Lisa's avatar

    Lisa

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Best campground we have stayed at!

    Amazing views of the river, great facilities and the friendliest hosts. Fantastic atmosphere. A must see in NZ.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in April 2019

    Nik's avatar

    Nik

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Lovely spot by the river, very friendly staff.

    Only a few spaces for campervans but parked right by the river. Kitchen and bathrooms clean and well maintained.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2019

    Jess's avatar

    Jess

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    - Lack of privacy because the spots are right next to each other - feels like a parking lot.

    - Showers included, but not very clean.

    - Kitchen isn't fully equipped and most of the stuff was dirty.

    + River is awesome.

    + Staff is very friendly.

    >> Payed 34$ for 2 people - would have expected more.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2019

    Marty's avatar

    Marty

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Highly recommended.

    Beautiful spot next to the river, nice little cafe/bar on site, clean showers/toilets

    Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2019

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Brian Palmer's avatar

    Brian Palmer

    Customer