Raetihi Holiday Park & Cabins
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Fantastic cabins, heated and nicely refurbished. Sleep 1-7 people - most affordable accommodation in the region!
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Shower & kitchen use included - plenty of space to choose from!
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Raetihi Holiday Park & Cabins
Halfway between Auckland and Wellington - and surrounded by Great Walks, and National Parks we are in the perfect spot for travelers to spend some time getting to see New Zealand.
We love our little spot here at the Raetihi Holiday Park.
In 2011, our family moved to Raetihi with big dreams! We had started Whanganui River Canoes, a small canoe hire company in our early 20's and needed somewhere neat to raise our children, and meet our customers.
We found the Raetihi Holiday Park - it was a little run down, and a little tired, and didn't have very many visitors travelling through. We have spent the last few years slowly building the place up, adding decks, repainting, landscaping campsites and at the same time meeting customers from all over the world.
At Christmas 2018 we finally saw one of our largest goals accomplished - with a brand new shower and amenity building on site - you really do have to come and see it to appreciate it. We have also built a couple of small BBQ Shelters around the Holiday Park, and made so many more campsites.
Our Holiday Park is directly opposite the Makotuku Domain, where you can play Basketball, Netball, or Tennis on the newly refurbished Courts. The Makotuku Walkway is a lovely riverside walk which runs through the Raetihi Holiday Park, and showcases our beautiful Makotuku River. We operate Whanganui River Canoes on site in Summer, and also offer Bike hire with the many Mountain Bike Tracks in our Region. The Tongariro Crossing Shuttle leaves every day in Summer - depending on weather conditions.
Our staff try really hard to help you with your adventure. If we don't have the best information for your plans - we try to point you in the direction of someone who can help you out.
We truly are a family owned and operated business, you will probably bump into our children during your stay, and see our pet cat and dogs too.
We hope you enjoy your stay, we try to keep our cabins in lovely condition for you - and have a new Smart TV in the kitchen/dining room for you to enjoy. Our camping and powered sites are all unique in their own way - some with Mountain Views, and others tucked in under some beautiful Native Bush.
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We are open year round. In Summer our office is open from 7 am until 7pm 7 days a week. Occasionally we do need to close throughout the day, or a little earlier in the evening so we can spend time together as a family - but we don't have a gate that closes - so you can arrive a bit later.
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Lovely spot.
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Great campsite.
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I stayed at the Raetihi Holiday Park in April.
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The Campground was alright.
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Great place with all you need.
Karolina
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11May24.
2 adults. $40 powered site.
Office closed so we set up for the night. Eventually found someone to pay the following morning.
The lounge, kitchen, toilets and showers were very good. Plenty of space in the showers.
There doesn’t appear to be a website or opportunity for advance bookings. This caught out one guy who arrived on a bicycle after the office was closed hoping for a cabin. Couldn’t make contact so set up his tent anyway. It was a very cold night so he bedded down in the lounge, good move.
No WiFi either.
But for lack of website and no WiFi I would have given them a 10.
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$45 p/n for an unpowered site - 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 dogs.
We would usually pay that for power so were guttered but nowhere else to stay so it did! The owners weren’t super welcoming. But the unpowered sites were the best anyway! Views of the mountain, close to the really great park (a cool little treehouse, giant chess, sandpit the works). Amenities fantastic!! Brand new kitchen, brand new toilets and showers. Showers are spacious with 2 shelves to put your clothes! Hot & free!! There is a cute little river walk plus painted fairy doors the kids loved. A cool bike jumps track near it too.
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Super camping avec un très bon rapport qualité prix Les sanitaires sont neufs, très pratiques et très propres La laundry était super efficace et peu chère Plein d'installations pour les enfants
1 point en moins car les deux personnes qui nous ont accueillis n'étaient pas franchement agréable, en dehors de ça tout était parfait
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The Campground was alright.
Toilets and Showers were pretty nice and also the kitchen was very well equipped. However there was a lot of random stuff laying around all over the campground.
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Great campsite.
The best toilet/ shower block I’ve stayed at (and I’ve been to many campsites!) - so clean and spacious.
Great view of Mt ruapehu for sunset
Extremely friendly staff, great to chat to about the area/ Whanganui river trip
Kitchen and laundry facilities great
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Great place with all you need.
Super nice staff beautiful spot with very clean toilets showers Loundry kitchen.
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Good facilities.
Unfortunately the staff is super unfriendly. In fact I have never been on a campsite or any other accomodation with such inhospitable staff.
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Lovely spot.
If nothing else, go for the showers. There are heat lamps! Lost a point because paid wifi. 20pp for a powered site.
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Absolutely loved this place!
Such great value at 15pp with fully stocked kitchen. Friendly staff who kindly helped us find their glowworm Dell after hours! The perfect place to wind down after the tongariro crossing. Would definitely come back
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Brand New shower & toilet block with lovely free hot showers.
Very good value for money at $30 for 2 ppl on non powered site. They can arrange shuttles to the bridge to nowhere bike track & canoe trips which I highly recommend. Also allow you to leave vehicles overnight while you're away.
Not quite the standard of a top 10 for cleaning etc but worth a stay.
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Simple campsite for $15 per person for an unpowered campervan spot.
$4 to use washing machine and $4 to use dryer. Hot shower and toilet facility was very outdated and was not clean, but a new facility was under construction. Kitchen and dining room seemed new and were quite spacious. Owners were very friendly.
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Really well kept campsite, full kitchen and large social areas with free high pressure hot showers!!
Great games available if you want them, best value for money site we've found while travelling the north island. PERFECT for after the Alpine crossing. Quiet too, only reason for a 9 and not a 10 was the slightly dated shower building.
Thanks for a great stay!
Hi there Elizabeth, thanks for your review - it was great having you stay :)
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Stayed there one night in our campervan.
Clean kitchen with dishes and everything you need for cooking. Living room with sofas and dining table. Bathroom facilities are working and hot shower is free, but not clean.
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Very friendly and great service!
We kept our car here whilst canoeing down the river (with the associated 'Whanganui River Canoes'), and stayed in one of the cabins the night we returned. Simple, cosy and nice - Raetihi Holiday Park had everything we needed!
Hi there Emma, thanks for staying with us - we loved having you here, and are glad you enjoyed a trip on the river with us too!! See you next time you stay :)
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11May24.
2 adults. $40 powered site.
Office closed so we set up for the night. Eventually found someone to pay the following morning.
The lounge, kitchen, toilets and showers were very good. Plenty of space in the showers.
There doesn’t appear to be a website or opportunity for advance bookings. This caught out one guy who arrived on a bicycle after the office was closed hoping for a cabin. Couldn’t make contact so set up his tent anyway. It was a very cold night so he bedded down in the lounge, good move.
No WiFi either.
But for lack of website and no WiFi I would have given them a 10.
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$45 p/n for an unpowered site - 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 dogs.
We would usually pay that for power so were guttered but nowhere else to stay so it did! The owners weren’t super welcoming. But the unpowered sites were the best anyway! Views of the mountain, close to the really great park (a cool little treehouse, giant chess, sandpit the works). Amenities fantastic!! Brand new kitchen, brand new toilets and showers. Showers are spacious with 2 shelves to put your clothes! Hot & free!! There is a cute little river walk plus painted fairy doors the kids loved. A cool bike jumps track near it too.
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Super camping avec un très bon rapport qualité prix Les sanitaires sont neufs, très pratiques et très propres La laundry était super efficace et peu chère Plein d'installations pour les enfants
1 point en moins car les deux personnes qui nous ont accueillis n'étaient pas franchement agréable, en dehors de ça tout était parfait
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The Campground was alright.
Toilets and Showers were pretty nice and also the kitchen was very well equipped. However there was a lot of random stuff laying around all over the campground.
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Good facilities.
Unfortunately the staff is super unfriendly. In fact I have never been on a campsite or any other accomodation with such inhospitable staff.
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Great campsite.
The best toilet/ shower block I’ve stayed at (and I’ve been to many campsites!) - so clean and spacious.
Great view of Mt ruapehu for sunset
Extremely friendly staff, great to chat to about the area/ Whanganui river trip
Kitchen and laundry facilities great
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Great place with all you need.
Super nice staff beautiful spot with very clean toilets showers Loundry kitchen.
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Absolutely loved this place!
Such great value at 15pp with fully stocked kitchen. Friendly staff who kindly helped us find their glowworm Dell after hours! The perfect place to wind down after the tongariro crossing. Would definitely come back
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Lovely spot.
If nothing else, go for the showers. There are heat lamps! Lost a point because paid wifi. 20pp for a powered site.
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Brand New shower & toilet block with lovely free hot showers.
Very good value for money at $30 for 2 ppl on non powered site. They can arrange shuttles to the bridge to nowhere bike track & canoe trips which I highly recommend. Also allow you to leave vehicles overnight while you're away.
Not quite the standard of a top 10 for cleaning etc but worth a stay.
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Simple campsite for $15 per person for an unpowered campervan spot.
$4 to use washing machine and $4 to use dryer. Hot shower and toilet facility was very outdated and was not clean, but a new facility was under construction. Kitchen and dining room seemed new and were quite spacious. Owners were very friendly.
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Really well kept campsite, full kitchen and large social areas with free high pressure hot showers!!
Great games available if you want them, best value for money site we've found while travelling the north island. PERFECT for after the Alpine crossing. Quiet too, only reason for a 9 and not a 10 was the slightly dated shower building.
Thanks for a great stay!
Hi there Elizabeth, thanks for your review - it was great having you stay :)
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Although not the most charming campsite, this is a brilliant place to stop after the Tongariro crossing.
The site has some views of the mountains, and is set back from the main road in a grassy enclosure. It was a little bit difficult to find a flat non powered site for our van but but the cooking and washing facilities are clean and well maintained. The showers are hot, powerful and best of all FREE! It was well worth the cost after being exhausted from the crossing!
Hi Grace, thanks for staying with us. We love our views of the mountains too - and are always working on the grounds trying to make things easier for our campers!!
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Stayed there one night in our campervan.
Clean kitchen with dishes and everything you need for cooking. Living room with sofas and dining table. Bathroom facilities are working and hot shower is free, but not clean.
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All started well and was thinking of booking for summer, until I fell in a hole on my second day there.
It was a man-made hole, invisible at night and barely visible during the day...covered in long grass with a log as a hidden companion. I broke my arm really badly...spiral fracture to the humorous with butterfly fragment....it was and still is bad. I was stuck at the park for a week after the fall, despite the fact I was due to leave two days later and not only did the park proprietors totally ignore the situation, they even charged me for the time I was forced to stay. No one offered me any help, like a lift to the doctors. I was left to fend for myself, my 9 year old daughter and my dog on my own with only one functioning arm and the other one incredibly painful.
The 'office lady' tried her best but I've been partially disabled for nearly 3 months now and I'm struggling to get an answer to the question "Has the hole been filled in yet?"
This park was sold to me as being 'child friendly' and also 'pet friendly'. Neither is true. Please don't make the mistake I did! This web-site does not tell the truth and they don't give a damn if something goes wrong. So as the 3 month mark approaches, I clearly understand that this beautiful piece of land is managed by people who are too busy for their customers. It appears cheap and a good deal, and they say they are kid & pet friendly. They are not.
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After reading reviews, expected a lot more from this site.
Owners weren't overly nice and are incredibly up tight about cleanliness, which is fine and understandable, but requesting my credit card details in case I leave a mess is taking it a bit too far. Only one shower (unisex) and has one of the two toilets in it. Glow worm walk would've been great if half the lanterns weren't out leading us to getting a little lost. When we finally found them my partner took a small step left and landed in a metre deep muddy puddle. Washing and dryer is $4 for each but the dryer only runs for half an hour and left everything wet! Not impressed.
Hi there Beth, thank you for your feedback - sorry your stay was not as expected !
NZ has just had it's busiest summer ever for tourism, and our Holiday Park did too - which was really fantastic, but as you can imagine with communal facilities, we really have had to remind guests to tidy after themselves.
Nearly every accommodation provider in NZ has a standard check in form and that usually includes credit card details as a request.
Our Holiday Park has five showers, and six toilets - and even better, we are working on plans to build an entire new bathroom building too which we are really looking forward to!
As you can imagine in the middle of winter it gets a little glum, and the solar lights don't retain the solar power quite as they should, however on the directions to the glow worms hanging in our communal area we do mention that a torch is required.
Our laundromat machines are less than one year old, and as long as they are not overloaded they manage to wash and dry all of our Holiday Park bedding on a regular basis. We hope you enjoy the rest of your travel throughout New Zealand.
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The raetihi holiday park is a great place to stay.
We have a large bus and have found a spacious site.great little fairy walk down to glow worms
Thank you for your review - glad you enjoyed the new fairy trail!
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Overall, this campground is great value for money.
It's clean and well maintained, and the tent sites are grassy and have the occasional shared table-benches. WiFi is good be reasonably priced. This campground is very convenient, if you booked the Whanganui Journey with them as well.
The only negative thing we could find was the old bathroom block – it was clean, though. Overall, we'd stay here again.
Hi there Daniel, thanks for your review - glad you enjoyed your stay - we hope you loved the trip on the river too, and the free hot drinks before and after the trip :) We agree, the old bathroom does need a bit of work - being a council owned property we are just waiting really for the council to agree with us - but we will get there. Come and stay with us again soon and check out the new deck on our kitchen building!
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Very friendly and great service!
We kept our car here whilst canoeing down the river (with the associated 'Whanganui River Canoes'), and stayed in one of the cabins the night we returned. Simple, cosy and nice - Raetihi Holiday Park had everything we needed!
Hi there Emma, thanks for staying with us - we loved having you here, and are glad you enjoyed a trip on the river with us too!! See you next time you stay :)
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