Curio Bay Camping Ground
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Curio Bay Camping GroundCommercial organisation |
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Waikawa |
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Camping Grounds
Reviews
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4.5/5
Spectacular site - especially in winter with few travellers around.
Kitchen facilities are fine but not vey well eqipped for the size of the camp. Saw hoihoi
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4.5/5
We were self contained so requested a pitch on the headland to get the brilliant views.
Great location between Porpoise Bay (with the dolphins) and fossilized forest beach
Beware though some pitches are v tricky to get to and a bit precarious in big vans. Ask friendly guys at reception if you can check the pitches before choosing.
Other pitches are sheltered by flax hedges.
Didn't see penguins at dusk, but plenty of dolphins and a sea lion lolling around our pitch! (a few sandflies too).
Free hot showers and cafe on site.
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3.5/5
This campground is in an awesome spot!
Well maintained sites, with lots of different areas to choose from. Basic kitchen, bathrooms and laundry all porticom style.
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3.0/5
Die Voraussetzungen für einen tollen Campingplatz sind gegeben: schön bewachsene Stellplätze und wilde Tiere in der Bucht.
Der Gemeinschaftsbereich ist leider recht lieblos, fast steril, eingerichtet. So fehlt es an Inventar in der Küche (zB Tassen, Besteck) im Entspannungsbereich und dem Sanitär (zB Ablageflächen)
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4.0/5
Great location , camp well spread out and some sites a bit tight with power points in strange places..
Facilities exellent. Used camp as base to explore the Catlins.price is high for powered sites but acceptable due to its remote location.
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4.0/5
Really not as bad as described in many of these reviews.
Showers were warm and fo free, setting is gorgeous, campsites are a hit and miss. Alright campsite in amazing location.
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4.5/5
Well organized campsite.
Amenities accessible with code. Under new management? (= Tumu Toka Curioscape) Expensive but worth it for biological and geological attractions.
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0.5/5
We travelled half a day to get here.
Upon arrival we went to dump our grey waste, only to be told that they don’t have a dump station. The closest one was in the next town over, a 25 minute drive one way. So after having driven all morning we had to do another hour round trip just to get to a dump station. After paying $70 for a powered site this was really frustrating.
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3.5/5
This campground is in an awesome spot!
Well maintained sites, with lots of different areas to choose from. Basic kitchen, bathrooms and laundry all porticom style.
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4.5/5
Spectacular site - especially in winter with few travellers around.
Kitchen facilities are fine but not vey well eqipped for the size of the camp. Saw hoihoi
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4.5/5
We were self contained so requested a pitch on the headland to get the brilliant views.
Great location between Porpoise Bay (with the dolphins) and fossilized forest beach
Beware though some pitches are v tricky to get to and a bit precarious in big vans. Ask friendly guys at reception if you can check the pitches before choosing.
Other pitches are sheltered by flax hedges.
Didn't see penguins at dusk, but plenty of dolphins and a sea lion lolling around our pitch! (a few sandflies too).
Free hot showers and cafe on site.
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0.5/5
We travelled half a day to get here.
Upon arrival we went to dump our grey waste, only to be told that they don’t have a dump station. The closest one was in the next town over, a 25 minute drive one way. So after having driven all morning we had to do another hour round trip just to get to a dump station. After paying $70 for a powered site this was really frustrating.
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3.0/5
Die Voraussetzungen für einen tollen Campingplatz sind gegeben: schön bewachsene Stellplätze und wilde Tiere in der Bucht.
Der Gemeinschaftsbereich ist leider recht lieblos, fast steril, eingerichtet. So fehlt es an Inventar in der Küche (zB Tassen, Besteck) im Entspannungsbereich und dem Sanitär (zB Ablageflächen)
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4.0/5
Great location , camp well spread out and some sites a bit tight with power points in strange places..
Facilities exellent. Used camp as base to explore the Catlins.price is high for powered sites but acceptable due to its remote location.
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2.5/5
Overpriced, no dump station, no oven, facilities are average/awful.
Good location. Probably wouldn’t stay again
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0.5/5
Very expensive to park essentially on a car park, facilities were very basic and shabby and to be honest reflected the attitude of the staff in the whole site who were rude including the cafe staff , it
really felt like they resented guests paying to be there
Inconsistent information about the showers
Yes it has a great view but keep driving guys and give your money to someone who at least appreciates your custom
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1.0/5
I thought it was expensive at $55 for powered site for 2 and the facilities weren’t that good.
It started with being given an incomplete code for the facilities and for the amount of people the site holds it needs more than 3 toilets and 3 showers. We never found the dump station as we weren’t given a site map so had trouble finding our way around.
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4.5/5
Well organized campsite.
Amenities accessible with code. Under new management? (= Tumu Toka Curioscape) Expensive but worth it for biological and geological attractions.
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4.0/5
Really not as bad as described in many of these reviews.
Showers were warm and fo free, setting is gorgeous, campsites are a hit and miss. Alright campsite in amazing location.
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3.0/5
Landschaftlich ein wunderschöner Campingplatz, aber das war es dann auch schon.
Staff am Telefon unfreundlich und kurz angebunden. Trotz Onlinebuchung (deutlich vor Office-Schließung!) fanden wir bei unserer Ankunft keine Infos vor, so dass wir uns einfach selbst eine Site ausgesucht und den Code für die Facilities erfragt haben. Diese sind wir die Anzahl der Sites viel zu klein (je 3 Duschen und Toiletten für bestimmt 40 Plätze). Stromanschlüsse sind zum Teil so dämlich angelegt, dass man gar nicht richtig auf seinen Platz fahren kann, wenn man nicht zufällig 20m Kabel dabei hat.
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1.0/5
This is a essentially a glorified car park for $45 a night and paying $1 showers and $4 laundry facilities.
The washer barely rinsed the clothes but there wasn’t a coin machine so we had to take them away wet. Nobody seems to work here and the office doesn’t open until midday, two hours after you have to leave. Very few toilets and no working freezers. Do yourself a favour and book a decent campsite.