We stayed in our caravan over Xmas 2020.

It was very pricey, but with three young kids we needed the on site entertainment! Pool was great, as was the playground and they just got the air pillow up in time for Xmas day. Facilities are a we bit tired. The place was very busy and it coped with the crowd. Our site was great , we needed to swap sites to a less shaded area for our solar panels and the staff were very obliging. So over all we had a great time- but for the cost I would expect the available Facilities to be top notch. A good family holiday site all the same.

Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2020

I’m writing a review as there hasn’t been any for nearly a year and I think this could lead others to dismiss staying here as we nearly did and that would be a shame.

The description mentions new owners and I think they must have come in since the last reviews were written. We very much enjoyed our short stay. The facilities were very clean and plentiful. There was even a family bathroom which we sadly didn’t find until bathing our baby in the laundry sink. The pitches were spacious and grassy and even the motorhome ones had a nice aspect down by the river. It was all very peaceful and the main noisemakers were the ducks! The only negative is that although within the block there were plentiful showers, sinks, cooking facilities etc, there was only one block which was quite a distance from some of the furthest sites. I will also slightly caveat my review by saying we were there in a Sunday night not in school holidays and it wasn’t super busy so it might be a different experience under those circumstances.

Reviewed almost 5 years ago

Despite a lovely campground environment nice friendly staff can’t recommend the facility, gripes are as follows.

Stayed in both a 2bd & 3bd units during recent Jan 2021 stay, experienced:Heaps of flies in each unit, arrived to a half dozen or so & because of ingrained filth they just kept coming back each day. Leave a window or door open for long units filled with flies. Cockroach infestation. Running along the floors, across oven tops when cooking, in shower when washing, in bed when sleeping. Sticky filthy floors. They made bare feet soles black walking on the carpet inside, clearly heaps of ingrained dirt in carpets. 3bd unit had a spa but colour of the water was to hideous to get into. Suspect riddled with bacteria. No smell of chlorine like you’d expect.

Sticky floors and bench tops in 3bd unit. Some surfaces clearly hadn’t been washed down in months eg top of fridge, shelves, window sills.Couldn’t run heat pump it blew out deep fat filthy smelling air. Suspect filter never cleaned.Camp ground had outdoor swimming pool, but way way to cold for swimming in, only adrenaline filled kids game. Told heating got turned off over summer months. Shame that was one of the attractions with booking. Curtains in unit stunk and filthy

Unit BBQ filthy, carcinogenic burnt remains, long since ever cleaned properly and utensils chained on so couldn’t take inside to wash them properly. Window & door joinery looked about seventy years old and literary falling apart, rattled & wind blow through keeping one awake at night. Shower unit mouldy and filthy.

Pots and pans in cupboard dirty with food from previous guests. Cleaners seen before occupying units but clearly did an appalling job.

A hundred & one other little things like missing kitchen utensils that you would expect to be there, poor TV reception, washing machine but no washing powder, broken bits of furniture and walls etc $380 per night way way overpriced, worth more like $80

Reviewed almost 4 years ago

Wow - they charged me over £1000 for a 4 night stay in a 2 Bed apartment.

Arrived - no air con, nousable kitchen cooking facilities, nowhere to sit as sofa broken, allowed tents to camp up to and around our accommodation - just rubbish treatment all round - sux

Reviewed almost 5 years ago

The cost of $59 for a non-powered site is the most expensive we have encountered.

Of most concern was the feeling of being unsafe at night time when there was a fight between permanent residents at the camp. Phone numbers listed for the facility just went to answerphone - I did leave messages. I was tempted to ring the police - the disturbance beginning at 2am lasted 45 minutes. It appears that there is a need to employ security and give the number to campers arriving. Obviously I will not be returning. I did ask the staff at reception when I was leaving if they were aware of the issue. They hadn't picked up the messages and said they would investigate.

Reviewed over 3 years ago

Despite a lovely campground environment nice friendly staff can’t recommend the facility, gripes are as follows.

Stayed in both a 2bd & 3bd units during recent Jan 2021 stay, experienced:Heaps of flies in each unit, arrived to a half dozen or so & because of ingrained filth they just kept coming back each day. Leave a window or door open for long units filled with flies. Cockroach infestation. Running along the floors, across oven tops when cooking, in shower when washing, in bed when sleeping. Sticky filthy floors. They made bare feet soles black walking on the carpet inside, clearly heaps of ingrained dirt in carpets. 3bd unit had a spa but colour of the water was to hideous to get into. Suspect riddled with bacteria. No smell of chlorine like you’d expect.

Sticky floors and bench tops in 3bd unit. Some surfaces clearly hadn’t been washed down in months eg top of fridge, shelves, window sills.Couldn’t run heat pump it blew out deep fat filthy smelling air. Suspect filter never cleaned.Camp ground had outdoor swimming pool, but way way to cold for swimming in, only adrenaline filled kids game. Told heating got turned off over summer months. Shame that was one of the attractions with booking. Curtains in unit stunk and filthy

Unit BBQ filthy, carcinogenic burnt remains, long since ever cleaned properly and utensils chained on so couldn’t take inside to wash them properly. Window & door joinery looked about seventy years old and literary falling apart, rattled & wind blow through keeping one awake at night. Shower unit mouldy and filthy.

Pots and pans in cupboard dirty with food from previous guests. Cleaners seen before occupying units but clearly did an appalling job.

A hundred & one other little things like missing kitchen utensils that you would expect to be there, poor TV reception, washing machine but no washing powder, broken bits of furniture and walls etc $380 per night way way overpriced, worth more like $80

Reviewed almost 4 years ago

Wow - they charged me over £1000 for a 4 night stay in a 2 Bed apartment.

Arrived - no air con, nousable kitchen cooking facilities, nowhere to sit as sofa broken, allowed tents to camp up to and around our accommodation - just rubbish treatment all round - sux

Reviewed almost 5 years ago

Great swimming pool, good, clean kitchen facilities and BBQ.

Good kids playground and tennis courts. No charge for showers now.

Reviewed almost 6 years ago

Good camp.

Quite busy when I stayed but lots of facilities meant little wait for bbq and showers ($1 6 minutes but was a good hot shower). Warm pool and a free spa made or relaxing. My wife appreciated the nice gardens and children enjoyed riding around the big park on the go karts. Very impressed.

Reviewed about 10 years ago

One of the best holiday parks we have stayed in.

We could immediately see why this park is a top 10. A really well presented park.

Reviewed over 10 years ago

At last, a spacious Top 10 site - we got a great pitch for our motorhome under trees, with a view across the park to the stream, ducks etc.

Musac from kitchen (as at Te Anau and other places) an unwanted intrusion - but it gets turned off fairly early. What looks like a permanent encampment of weird and wonderful mobile homes, old caravans etc in one section of site is strange and a bit of an eyesore but you get used to it. Staff helpful. We recommend OdysseyNZ for your wineries tour. Choose a pitch away from noisy road beyond the big hedge. Good facilities. We enjoyed our stay - but wished the site was in the more attractive Napier.

Reviewed over 10 years ago

My family and I stayed over Christmas 2013 and what a great stay.

The facilities were kept spotlessly clean, the staff seemed to go round and round in circles and couldn't do enough for us all. Even though there were hundreds in the park. The outdoor BBQ area , fire place, swimming pool, playground so well set up. Can't rave about the place any more, just can't wait to get. Back there. Thanks to all for making it our best family holiday yet.

Reviewed almost 11 years ago

Absolutely awsum place beautiful scenery friendly and attentative staff had a awsum stay was quite impressed with the state of the showers and bathrooms usually have to pay more but found it cheap and

easy to use. My partner and i enjoyed our stay and the quietness and serenity of the place will DEFINATELY be booking this place as our preferred holiday spot for next year

Reviewed over 12 years ago

No mention on arrival of charge for shower.

Did not have $1. Had not encountered the practice previously in North Island. May not have stayed here but too late as paid up.

Reviewed almost 13 years ago and experienced in February 2011