Lake Taupo Holiday Resort

Lake Taupo Holiday Resort

Lake Taupo Holiday Resort

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FREE to use thermally heated pool with swim-up Bar
Great place for Kids
Studio Park Motel.
Huge playground and GO-Karts for hire.

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Lake Taupo Holiday Resort

From the moment you arrive, you are truly on holiday.

Forget the day-to-day, as soon as you arrive at Lake Taupo Holiday Resort you'll be in holiday mode.

Take a dip or relax beside our thermally heated lagoon pool where the kids can splash in the warm water for hours; it's warmer than the water in Fiji year round!

Throw in the apron, take a break from cooking and simply float to the swim-up cafe and bar for a delicious bite to eat or a cheeky cocktail. With our giant poolside screen, you can even catch a movie from the luxury of our thermally heated water.

With a full adventure playground, kids FUNZONE and a whole raft of other onsite activities, everything you and your family need for a fun-filled and memorable holiday is right here.

We have a range of accommodation for families, couples or adventurers as well as large tent and caravan sites.
Check out our full range of accommodation options and start planning your instant holiday at Lake Taupo Holiday Resort.

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Lake Taupo Holiday Resort

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Location

North IslandTaupo RegionTaupo

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-38.6752917670859

176.097750663758

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176.097750663758

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Reviews

    ✓ Fantastic pool facilities

    ✓ Great for families and kids

    ✓ Friendly, helpful staff

    ✓ Swim-up bar and cocktails

    ✓ Spacious, clean amenities

    𐄂 Noisiest place due to gun fire

    𐄂 Expensive compared to others

    • By far ouf best camping site.
    • Large campsite.
    • Just perfect!
    • Would live here if I could.
    • Loved this park.
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 48
    36%
    9/10 44
    33%
    8/10 20
    15%
    7/10 10
    7%
    6/10 5
    4%
    5/10 1
    1%
    4/10 2
    1%
    3/10 0
    0%
    2/10 1
    1%
    1/10 3
    2%
  • 5.0/5

    Best holiday park we have stayed in we loved this place , highlight of our holiday.

    It was abit on the pricey side but was worth it considering the luxury pools and activities are included in the price. The swim up bar and cocktails were very well received. Will be back again.

    Reviewed 8 months ago

    Mel.'s avatar

    Mel.

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    2 adults in motorhome $150.96.

    9and10 May24

    I agree with the positive comments below that it is a great place for kids. Adults too. The entertainment facilities are brilliant.

    Why not a 10? This was the most expensive park we have stayed in. My gripe is they don’t have curtains and plastic duck mats in the showers. A lot of cheaper parks do.

    In some cubicles the coat pegs are on the opposite side to the shower head and there is only a narrow divider. The water flow is high so splashes are inevitable. The floor gets wet so getting dressed and drying feet is not easy.

    Its a great park for families but if you don’t want all the bells and whistles there are cheaper options.

    We did enjoy the beer whilst in the pool!

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Mike Fricker's avatar

    Mike Fricker

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    By far ouf best camping site.

    Expensive (about 180$ the powered night) but the Price is justified. A gorgeous swimming pool with slides and bar ! Bbq area kitchen toilets, everything perfect...

    Reviewed 10 months ago

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    Rya

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    No nature experience.

    Powered Sites are Not Well equipped (no adaptors for fresh water).

    Showers were dirty from all People walking inside barefoot from the pool area.

    Way too pricey

    Reviewed 9 months ago

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    Fabienne

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    We love this holiday park and so do our kids!

    We have stayed here 5 times and every time we live it just as much as the time before. The staff are friendly, the sites are spacious, the amenities are always so clean and the pool has to be the best outdoor pool in NZ!! Couldn’t recommend it more if I tried!

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Ashleigh's avatar

    Ashleigh

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Nothing bad to say.

    Easy to find. Staff friendly, had powered site for Motorhome right by the thermo pool. That was a great surprise, beer in a giant hot tub watching Luca at sunset… Amazing find and time. Everything we needed and more. Grounds/maintenance man we met was top notch too. Super helpful.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    James

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This place was the highlight of our trip for the kids!

    The facilities are off the charts (huge heated pool with swim-up bar, with large screen showings of Disney movies every afternoon that you can watch from inside the pool, huge waterslides, 2 bouncy pillows and an ok playground), which made it worthwhile for us to pay more than the usual price for a powered site. Absolutely recommend it

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    Szilveszter

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Absolutely brilliant campsite.

    Very big, so the cheapest sites are a bit of a walk to the toilets. The pool is fantastic, and with a family film played at 5pm. So watching Moana, in the warm pool, drink in hand was ideal. Lots of sports activities. Great toilet and shower facilities. Expensive site, but great for a wee night of luxury (and still cheaper than my rent at home)

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    Laura

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Oouph Taupo is expensive!

    More expensive than Rotorua which surprised me. We enquired at this resort but it as $150+ per night for 2 adults and 2 kids (regardlesss of age over 1) in campervan. Very busy park with lots happening so perhaps good if you wanted to stay for a week on a family holiday but not so good for road holidays where you arrived after 4pm and leave by 10am as you wouldn't get the most out of the facilities and so pay an awful lot for power and a parking spot for a night. We didn't stay.

    Reviewed 2 months ago

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    Diana

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Guns guns and more guns.

    Our entire time was spent listening to guns being fired continuously from morning to night at the neighbouring gun range. The owner thought this was completely acceptable and didn’t think it was information that should have been shared before taking the booking. Given this was easily the most expensive camp site I have ever booked, I would hope it didn’t come with constant gun fire!

    Reviewed 8 months ago

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    John

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Oouph Taupo is expensive!

    More expensive than Rotorua which surprised me. We enquired at this resort but it as $150+ per night for 2 adults and 2 kids (regardlesss of age over 1) in campervan. Very busy park with lots happening so perhaps good if you wanted to stay for a week on a family holiday but not so good for road holidays where you arrived after 4pm and leave by 10am as you wouldn't get the most out of the facilities and so pay an awful lot for power and a parking spot for a night. We didn't stay.

    Reviewed 2 months ago

    Diana's avatar

    Diana

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    2 adults in motorhome $150.96.

    9and10 May24

    I agree with the positive comments below that it is a great place for kids. Adults too. The entertainment facilities are brilliant.

    Why not a 10? This was the most expensive park we have stayed in. My gripe is they don’t have curtains and plastic duck mats in the showers. A lot of cheaper parks do.

    In some cubicles the coat pegs are on the opposite side to the shower head and there is only a narrow divider. The water flow is high so splashes are inevitable. The floor gets wet so getting dressed and drying feet is not easy.

    Its a great park for families but if you don’t want all the bells and whistles there are cheaper options.

    We did enjoy the beer whilst in the pool!

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Mike Fricker's avatar

    Mike Fricker

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Guns guns and more guns.

    Our entire time was spent listening to guns being fired continuously from morning to night at the neighbouring gun range. The owner thought this was completely acceptable and didn’t think it was information that should have been shared before taking the booking. Given this was easily the most expensive camp site I have ever booked, I would hope it didn’t come with constant gun fire!

    Reviewed 8 months ago

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    John

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Best holiday park we have stayed in we loved this place , highlight of our holiday.

    It was abit on the pricey side but was worth it considering the luxury pools and activities are included in the price. The swim up bar and cocktails were very well received. Will be back again.

    Reviewed 8 months ago

    Mel.'s avatar

    Mel.

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    No nature experience.

    Powered Sites are Not Well equipped (no adaptors for fresh water).

    Showers were dirty from all People walking inside barefoot from the pool area.

    Way too pricey

    Reviewed 9 months ago

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    Fabienne

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    Good for kids but expensive and relatively poor facilities with no kitchen equipment provided

    Reviewed 9 months ago

    Mark's avatar

    Mark

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    By far ouf best camping site.

    Expensive (about 180$ the powered night) but the Price is justified. A gorgeous swimming pool with slides and bar ! Bbq area kitchen toilets, everything perfect...

    Reviewed 10 months ago

    Rya's avatar

    Rya

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    We love this holiday park and so do our kids!

    We have stayed here 5 times and every time we live it just as much as the time before. The staff are friendly, the sites are spacious, the amenities are always so clean and the pool has to be the best outdoor pool in NZ!! Couldn’t recommend it more if I tried!

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Ashleigh's avatar

    Ashleigh

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Nothing bad to say.

    Easy to find. Staff friendly, had powered site for Motorhome right by the thermo pool. That was a great surprise, beer in a giant hot tub watching Luca at sunset… Amazing find and time. Everything we needed and more. Grounds/maintenance man we met was top notch too. Super helpful.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    James's avatar

    James

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Absolutely brilliant campsite.

    Very big, so the cheapest sites are a bit of a walk to the toilets. The pool is fantastic, and with a family film played at 5pm. So watching Moana, in the warm pool, drink in hand was ideal. Lots of sports activities. Great toilet and shower facilities. Expensive site, but great for a wee night of luxury (and still cheaper than my rent at home)

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Laura's avatar

    Laura

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This place was the highlight of our trip for the kids!

    The facilities are off the charts (huge heated pool with swim-up bar, with large screen showings of Disney movies every afternoon that you can watch from inside the pool, huge waterslides, 2 bouncy pillows and an ok playground), which made it worthwhile for us to pay more than the usual price for a powered site. Absolutely recommend it

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    Szilveszter

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Real expensive.

    I paid 40 one person, tent, unpowered. The other campings were even more expensive,! For the rest it was oke, the swimming pool fine.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago

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    Trui Waalwijk

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Leider hat uns dieser Holiday Park nachdem wir viele andere in Neuseeland gesehen haben, sehr enttäuscht: völlig überfüllt, kein Raum zwischen den Fahrzeugen, um einen Tisch zu stellen, nur Kaltwasserdusche

    (das heisse Wasser ging leider aus - ungemütlich bei 17 Grad draussen), Backofen defekt, Abfalleimer übervoll. Und das bei 137 NZD für eine vierköpfige Familie.

    Das Reception Personal jedoch sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago

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    Amanda Keller

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Try to come here once a year.....its got the lot.

    Feels like you're abroad in a fancy holiday park! It's got your usual arcade style area and rentable gokarts and trampoline pillow (2 of those, actually) but also has an electronic game that I cant quite describe and best of all.....WHAT A POOL!!! It has a screen for daily movies, a cave you can dive down in to touch the treasure chest at the bottom, and a BAR! In the pool! I haven't seen for a few months but I believe there is now some slides that, judging by the designs they had up last time, looked like theyd be amazing. If you have kids and dont fancy abroad, this I'd your place. Plus, Taupo itself is amazing.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago and experienced in January 2022

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    James

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Would live here if I could.

    We came while Auckland were still locked down (Dec 2021) and there was hardly anyone else around. It was paradise. The pool is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. The bar, the cave, the spa, all so clean and perfect temperatures. We practically stayed in all day. The kitchen and bathrooms were really nice too. We paid $67 for an unpowered site (for 2, I think the price is just per site not per person) so it worked out to be pretty cheap considering we got two days of pool access. Could be a nightmare if it was busy, but quiet it is heaven on earth.

    Reviewed about 3 years ago

    Laura E's avatar

    Laura E

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Really really good holiday park!

    Very friendly and helpful staff! Toilets very clean. Best of all was the thermal pool. It had a swim up bar and a 4 meter deep section. Was very nice relaxing in the pool on a cool 5 degree night.

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

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    Bec

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This place is fantastic, we were only going to stay one night but then did two.

    The pool was great, nice and warm, and the swim up bar was good fun. Facilities new and clean, good hot showers. Kitchen good for washing up, but you’ll need your own utensils

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

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    Tamsin

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This is, as the name suggests, more of a resort than a camp ground.

    Superb for families. Bikes, jumping pillows, playground and heated pools complete with swim up bar. Top dollar but loved it

    Reviewed almost 4 years ago

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    P, H & H

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    A little more expensive but worth it for the amenities on offer.

    Stayed at Dino Valley which is further away but cheaper. Toilets and showers were hardly 2 mins away. The pool less than 5!

    Reviewed almost 5 years ago

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    Chantelle

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    There is nothing to fault with this park- a hidden gem that makes you feel like you’re in a tropical resort.

    Complete with large heated thermal pools, a swim up bar and movies in the pool, this park is a credit to the managers. Exceptional staff and facilities

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

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    Lisa Kempf

    Customer

    Thank you for your fabulous review, we hope to see you again soon.

    NEW ZEALAND
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    Trish Lusty

    Representative

  • 5.0/5

    Just perfect!

    We were so tired after 6 days on the road and this place has everything: BBQ, hot pool (with bar), hot showers, nice camping area, nice personal, cleaning cheap and includes soup.

    Only the bar on the pool closes really early like 8pm

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

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    Ema

    Customer

    Thankyou for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon. Our bar/cafe does close earlier during the winter, it is subject to patronage use.

    NEW ZEALAND
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    Trish Lusty

    Representative

  • 2.0/5

    Most expensive site we have ever paid for in NZ (more expensive than one in walking distance of Queenstown CBD) which is quite unbelievable because it was definitely NOT worth it.

    Not in walking distance to anywhere or anything. Majority of the park was closed for site grass maintenance. After paying our $$$ and signing weird digital T&C document, drove first to the dump site. Road was blocked off. Drove back to Reception “oh it’s closed as part of our site works” I was told. “Should have disclosed this before taking our $$$” I replied “as we need to use it/was one of the reasons we are paying to stay here”. Had to walk our tank way down a road and through worksite to empty it. NOT COOL when you were just charged over $90 for one night. Our site was not quite level but spacious. Wanted a swim and drink at the swim-up bar in the much advertised heat pool. Entered pool gate at 7pm only to see girl locking bar up for the night. Website and sign on gate all say bar open until 8pm, but no. More people joined us in the pool over the hour all commenting re why is bar closed early? Pool not hot enough, needs at least 2 degrees more to be confortable, freezing when we got out. Back wall of shower cubicle was shuddering / vibrating like a generator or similar on the other side - really, really loud. No relaxing here! Kitchen and laundry facilities also insufficient. Over-rated park, would not go back.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

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    Scooper

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Stayed here with family.

    Great facilities and a huge park. The pool had way too much chlorine but I guess they have to..? Such a big park facilities can be far apart. Expensive but nice for a treat. Lots to do for kids.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

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    Nik

    Customer

    Thank you for your lovely review, we look forward to seeing you again. Our pool is tested twice daily and is kept within the levels required.

    NEW ZEALAND
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    Trish Lusty

    Representative

  • 4.5/5

    Einer der besten, aber auch der teuersten Plätze während unserer Neuseelandreise.

    Haben uns hier eingebucht nachdem wir den Tongariro Crossing gemacht haben. Genau das richtige für die geschundenen Beine... einfach am Pool liegen und entspannen. Tolle Poollandschaft, tolle Bar, schöne Musik dort im Hintergrund.

    Küche, Bad und Dusche top. Einziges Problem Platz ist riesig!! Längere Laufstrecke, wollten unpowered haben und haben fast am Ende des Platzes was bekommen obwohl noch vieles frei war... seltsam!

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

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    Michael S

    Customer

    Thank you for your lovley review, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay.

    NEW ZEALAND
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    Trish Lusty

    Representative

  • 5.0/5

    The best (and luxury) camping experience ever!

    Only for 86NZD for 2 nights we had access to a thermal pool with a large movie screen from 8am to 10pm, very clean and well-maintained toilets, well-organized kitchen with lots of electrical plugs, and really good hot showers. Not to mention the always smiling helpful staff. It was an amazing stop over to relax and rewind before driving towards south island.

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

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    Emre

    Customer

    Thank you for your lovely review, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay.

    NEW ZEALAND
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    Trish Lusty

    Representative

  • 4.5/5

    20Sept18.

    2 nights @$55 per night. Expensive but as previously described excellent facilities. The only reason not 10 is we didn’t like the big screen tv at the pool! Oldies for ya!

    Reviewed about 6 years ago

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    Mike Fricker

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This was such a nice spot, that we decided to stay a second night.

    The reception was great, they offered us a pick of where to put the campervan since it was empty. There's nice bathrooms, great showers, and a coin-operated laundry with dispensers for soap. The thermal pools were definitely the highlight - they range from warm to hot. There is a large screen playing movies, which you can see from most of the pools. Also a small swim in cave and swim/walk up bar. I was impressed with the bar - they had gluten free food options. I saw what looked like plenty activities for kids. All in all, I could've stayed there a week and been happy.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    UNITED STATES
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    Zella Mahoney

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    We thought $92 was expensive for a night for 2 adults and 2 kids however this is the best caravan park we have ever stayed in.

    So many options for kids to do - they loved the go karts and the bouncy pillows and we all loved getting in the pool while it was 12degrees outside. Staff were really helpful when I had an issue with the dryers and the kitchen and bathroom were absolutely spotless. This encourages people to leave it as they found it.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

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    Bradletn

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    This was my wife's favorite park because of the heated thermal pool.

    The swim up bar is a nice touch! Chips were hot and crust and the beer cold and tasty. There is even an outdoor movie screen at the pool for the kids. Good place for families. It was a little noisy during the day due to what sounded like a shooting range nearby. Quiet enough at night.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    UNITED STATES
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    Michael McMahon

    Customer