Pounawea Motor Camp

Pounawea Motor Camp

30 Rankers Reviews

11 Face-to-Face

15 Owaka

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Pounawea Motor Camp

Commercial organisation

Location

South IslandSouthlandOwaka

Categories

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  • Backpackers
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Coordinates

-46.475847157276

169.693794250488

Latitude
-46.475847157276
Longitude
169.693794250488

Reviews

    ✓ Stunning natural location

    ✓ Peaceful atmosphere

    ✓ Abundant birdlife

    ✓ Great base for exploring Catlins

    ✓ Helpful and friendly staff

    𐄂 Facilities need attention

    𐄂 Camp is in need of repair

    • Nice old campsite.
    • Nice campground, relatively empty in March.
    • This is really excellent.
    • Beautiful campsite.
    • Efficient lady on reception.
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 4
    13%
    9/10 7
    23%
    8/10 10
    33%
    7/10 2
    7%
    6/10 0
    0%
    5/10 2
    7%
    4/10 0
    0%
    3/10 1
    3%
    2/10 1
    3%
    1/10 3
    10%
  • 5.0/5

    What a great place to stay Beautiful vistas walks bush Awesome

    Reviewed 12 months ago

    Matty t's avatar

    Matty t

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Paradise for nature lovers!

    Diverse birdlife on the esturary. Abundant cockle beds. Stands of native giants in a beautiful bush and esturary walk behind the camp. Very peaceful. We came for one night but stayed 3. Excellent base from which to explore the Catlins. Leanne is helpful and accommodating. Camp is well organized and clean.

    Reviewed 12 months ago

    Kath Irvine 's avatar

    Kath Irvine

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Excellent location and enviro.

    Facilities fine although need a little more attention (camp lease is up for sale)

    Reviewed 4 months ago

    Lesley's avatar

    Lesley

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Great location , lovely little campsite right on the estuary.

    Good facilites, staff very friendly and helpfull, stayed 3 nights and used as a base to explore the Catlins.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Laz.'s avatar

    Laz.

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Unfortunately the camp ground is quite run down and is in need of repair.

    Reviewed about 2 years ago and experienced in March 2022

    Jane's avatar

    Jane

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Helpful and friendly staff - even when we rocked up late and without booking.

    Very peaceful and awoke to loud birdsong which was cool. Facilities are a bit dated and smelly but serve a purpose. Beautiful sunrise views.

    Reviewed about 4 years ago

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    Hamish

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Beautiful campsite.

    very quiet and peaceful, close to a forest with a lot of birds and an inlet with sea lions and spoonbill. Good showers with free water and well equipped klitchen. We could even use the fireplacxe to heat up the kitchen. Great place and probable best of our trip.

    Reviewed almost 8 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    Roeland Driessen's avatar

    Roeland Driessen

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Beautifully situated campsite near bush land and an estuary.

    More bellbirds and tuis than I've heard anywhere else. Now 200mb free wifi. Good showers well equipped kitchen with log fire. Sandy beaches with sea lions plus nugget point with yellow eyed penguins and waterfalls near by. We are staying 3 nights and doing day trips as a break from a month of moving around

    Reviewed about 8 years ago

    Angela Dixon's avatar

    Angela Dixon

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Fairly nice campsite, especially when it's not too busy, on the edge of an estuary (great kayaking).

    Good facilities. Only downside during my stay was the excessive perfume/insecticide which was automatically spraying constantly in the men's bathroom (and presumably also the women's); the place reeked of the stuff and it clung to clothes for days.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
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    jay

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This is really excellent.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago

    Zhang Li's avatar

    Zhang Li

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Excellent location and enviro.

    Facilities fine although need a little more attention (camp lease is up for sale)

    Reviewed 4 months ago

    Lesley's avatar

    Lesley

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Paradise for nature lovers!

    Diverse birdlife on the esturary. Abundant cockle beds. Stands of native giants in a beautiful bush and esturary walk behind the camp. Very peaceful. We came for one night but stayed 3. Excellent base from which to explore the Catlins. Leanne is helpful and accommodating. Camp is well organized and clean.

    Reviewed 12 months ago

    Kath Irvine 's avatar

    Kath Irvine

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    What a great place to stay Beautiful vistas walks bush Awesome

    Reviewed 12 months ago

    Matty t's avatar

    Matty t

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Great location , lovely little campsite right on the estuary.

    Good facilites, staff very friendly and helpfull, stayed 3 nights and used as a base to explore the Catlins.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Laz.'s avatar

    Laz.

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Unfortunately the camp ground is quite run down and is in need of repair.

    Reviewed about 2 years ago and experienced in March 2022

    Jane's avatar

    Jane

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Helpful and friendly staff - even when we rocked up late and without booking.

    Very peaceful and awoke to loud birdsong which was cool. Facilities are a bit dated and smelly but serve a purpose. Beautiful sunrise views.

    Reviewed about 4 years ago

    Hamish's avatar

    Hamish

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Very rude, aggressive and angry owner.

    Not dog friendly. My daughter and I booked for 5 nights with our two dogs. At time of booking asked for site away from facilities and not near throughfare. Given a Site next to entrance road, toilet block and main throughfare to the beach! Dogs were unsettled, barking due to foot traffic through our site, remote control cars running through site. They barked no more than 5 minutes each time. On two different days of the 4 we stayed the owner asked us to stop them barking. We immediately quieted them down quickly (1min at most). Note the barking was under 5 mins when he came over and it was always daytime. At least one of us was with them always. They were NEVER off lead. We and dogs were gone most of each day and were in bed by 8:30pm each night QUIET! We were never informed of any complaints from fellow campers. On our last evening having arrived back to camp about 5:30pm from all day trip (with dogs) we where standing on the road chatting with some campers (they were petting the dogs) when the dogs barked. Owner appeared & angrily, in front of everyone, said “Silence those dogs, or you can leave. In fact leave now. Pack up and go now”. I was embarrassed and humiliated. He could have come and discussed this privately at our site. As we packed up several campers came to express their concern about where we would go and that they felt it was unfair and the dogs had been no bother. There was a big very loud music party one night, allowed to continue until after 2:30am - pity the owner was less inclined to remove this source of noise! Finally Owner made my daughter cry when she went to collect her cellphone from him after it was found and handed in. He insinuated the phone was not hers, that he’d called the police! We left, I was too scared & upset to ask for a refund for the last day & none was offered. We are quiet & respectful people, I have been camping for more than 48 years and never experienced anyone like this before.

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

    Jo Clarke's avatar

    Jo Clarke

    Customer

    Your dog bit the the elderly gentleman standing beside you in driveway that is why you were asked to remove the dog After you left the site beside you complained about your dogs around their children .This is the first time I have asked a dog to be removed and at this stage will not be allowing them over Christmas again.And yes police were called on behalf of the gentleman re the bite .

    We are a family friendly motor camp if there is an issue with anything speak to us

    NEW ZEALAND
    Glenn's avatar

    Glenn

    Representative

  • 5.0/5

    Beautiful campsite.

    very quiet and peaceful, close to a forest with a lot of birds and an inlet with sea lions and spoonbill. Good showers with free water and well equipped klitchen. We could even use the fireplacxe to heat up the kitchen. Great place and probable best of our trip.

    Reviewed almost 8 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    Roeland Driessen's avatar

    Roeland Driessen

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Beautifully situated campsite near bush land and an estuary.

    More bellbirds and tuis than I've heard anywhere else. Now 200mb free wifi. Good showers well equipped kitchen with log fire. Sandy beaches with sea lions plus nugget point with yellow eyed penguins and waterfalls near by. We are staying 3 nights and doing day trips as a break from a month of moving around

    Reviewed about 8 years ago

    Angela Dixon's avatar

    Angela Dixon

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Fairly nice campsite, especially when it's not too busy, on the edge of an estuary (great kayaking).

    Good facilities. Only downside during my stay was the excessive perfume/insecticide which was automatically spraying constantly in the men's bathroom (and presumably also the women's); the place reeked of the stuff and it clung to clothes for days.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    jay's avatar

    jay

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This is really excellent.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago

    Zhang Li's avatar

    Zhang Li

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Nice old campsite.

    Old facilities but clean. On this campstart a nice bush walk. In a few minutes you are in the beatiful nature. Wondefull Laying near the bay

    Reviewed almost 10 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
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    Bert Snel

    Customer

    Hello we have the old coal range still in the kitchen to show people how the water was heated and how our grandparents cooked on holiday .We have gas hot water now tiled and heated bathrooms ,gas and electric cooking with an oven .All the facilities have been ungraded in the camp.

    Happy that you enjoyed the best bush walk in the catlins

    NEW ZEALAND
    Glenn's avatar

    Glenn

    Representative

  • 0.5/5

    After 2 hours travelling to the Pounawea Camp for a camp with 6 adults and 10 keas and cubs we arrived and were told to go some where else as the owner could not find our booking that was confirmed by

    email 4/2/ 2014 after 10minutes of checking his emails he did give us a small site so we would not moan about it later. Is this the way to treat customers? As it was otago anniversary day we had no other option but to stay BUT we will never go back I would give 0/10 for service as he was rude and so arrogant.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    Glynis's avatar

    Glynis

    Customer

    Hello sorry you had trouble booking in it was down as a Cub group not under one name we always double check to make sure people have the right place as both lee anne and I have been involved in girl guides and scouting we had lowered the price for the group.

    I took the person I spoke to down and gave you all 3 large sites that back onto our reserve and park plenty of room for you all.

    Sorry you took my manner the way you did I did offer free kayaks to you as part of your package

    .But if you want to complain next time leave at the 10am check out time.Not at 5pm feel free to come and pay for the xtra day. the other parents commented to us how nice there stay was

    NEW ZEALAND
    Glenn's avatar

    Glenn

    Representative

  • 4.0/5

    Great spot!

    Arrived at Pounawea late and in the dark and had no idea where to go.. Called the free call number and received great directions to the camp. Warm welcome on arrival even though we interrupted the poor mans dinner! Lovely hot shower, modern facilities... though in winter, shower/toilet complex freezing!!

    Woke to an amazing view of the beach (didn't even know it was there, having arrived in the dark!)

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Elise Robson's avatar

    Elise Robson

    Customer

    Awesome guys heat pumps should come on in the morning when its cold ,And yes a great view to wake up too

    NEW ZEALAND
    Glenn's avatar

    Glenn

    Representative

  • 4.0/5

    Good campsite !!

    Very busy on weekend and school holidays.

    Good kitchen, a bit small when it's busy !!

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

    FRANCE
    Florian's avatar

    Florian

    Customer

    we have plans being looked at for a cover bbq area off the kitchen