Good place to stay if you want to do a night tour at Tekapo springs (highly recommend!

:)) as you can just walk there.

Great views but it’s very pricey for what you get - they surely know that they are the only campsite at the lake.

Not enough facilities for the amount of guests, we had to stand in line to use the toilet in the morning or to wash our dishes after dinner and everything gets dirty real quickly as so many people use it.

The showers have a timer and a two minute break before you can get hot water again which is really annoying if you want to wash your long hair.

The sites are really close together and from a lot of them it’s a really long walk to the toilets (longest we ever had at a campsite).

All in all an average and overpriced campsite, you pay for the location.

Reviewed 4 months ago

Good place to stay to recharge, dump & shower.

Access to the sites are through a boom gate, you get given the unlock code on payment.

Flat sites in view of the lake, can pay more for a 'Lakes edge' view which just means you don't have anyone in front of you - still 100m or so from the actual water but you are uphill.

The showers are on an 8 minute timer (I really don't get this given access to water is clearly not an issue), but they're clean & well maintained.

Reviewed 5 months ago

I was right up the top, views across the lake to the mountains were awesome but the wind and dust was ferocious!

A small hill climb to get from my site to the facilities but I would do it again.

They very kindly applied a single occupancy rate when I asked- not advertised on the website and very much appreciated.

The bathrooms were modern and clean. 6 minute timer on the shower was a bit rough but I understand, otherwise the shower was great so at least it’s a quality 6 minutes! The kitchen was well set up but not big enough for the demand, even when the campground was at half capacity. I didn’t cook in there as there simply wasn’t space.

Reviewed 6 months ago

Stayed in August, extremely busy and the powered sites are very close together and not to mention muddy.

Other than that, internet is crap. Those are the negatives, the positives were the view, location, facilities and friendliness of everyone there

Reviewed 8 months ago

Definitely not worth the money.

The wifi is totally bad (if it works at all), there are not enough showers, the kitchen is far too small for so many guests and basically there is nothing to justify the very high price. Limiting the showers to 6 minutes is also outrageous. If you have to wash long hair it easily takes you longer and then you stand in the cold for minutes before there is hot water again. The operators want to earn as much money as possible without offering a corresponding service. Not recommended.

Reviewed 12 months ago

This campsite is at an amazing location.

From almost every spot you have a wonderful view of the lake. Also it’s very central to the Hotsprings, town and the church of the good Shepard.

This is a community style campsite, so be aware that the kitchen can be very crowded around meal time. It’s also a good opportunity to meet people.

Clean amenities, only very weird that the button for hot water is outside the shower so you need to push it when being naked. Bit akward. Very good pressure and temperature.

There are ducks, rabbits and cats on the campsite. Downside were the other camping guests who threw their food waste in front of our van to feed the animals.

Reviewed about 1 year ago

Amazing setting, let down by terrible WiFi (which leaves you without data as there's no phone signal), kitchen too small for the size of the site, and queues for showers which are on timers

Reviewed about 1 year ago

Nice place with a lovely view of the lake, but a bit pricey.

We had a powered site and they are very small and right next to your neighbours. Facilities are modern and clean - showers are a bit annoying on a timer that’s outside the stall door so you have to come out naked and wet to push the button for 6 minutes at a time - weird design. Friendly staff but was surprised at how fast they drove around the campground - absolutely ripping through despite lots of little kids around. Bonus is the proximity to the hotsprings - 2 minute walk and also a short walk to the town. Overall a nice spot but not sure I’d stay again.

Reviewed over 1 year ago

My site is not flat, a little bit slope, makes us not comfortable when staying inside our motorhome (eating or sleeping).

The Wi-Fi always disconnected, signal very weak. Stair should be install between higher and lower site, it’s not safe walking down the slope if you want to take a shower at night! And you also need to press the button outside the bathroom in order to have hot water, which is not mentioned.

Reviewed over 1 year ago

Nice spot.

Nice families in main campsite.

Trees need to be trimmed though. The beaches banging against our campervan when the wind got up kept us awake.

There should Signs don't feed the ducks at each site. There was enough rabbit poo around, dont need duck poo as well.

Reviewed over 1 year ago