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Lake Hawea
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We provide you with Magnificent Mountain and lake views. A stunning holiday park on the lakefront of Lake Hawea. Lots of room to set up camp and relax.
A summer camping break at Lake Hawea Holiday Park has been a highlight for generations of kiwis – it’s time you found out why for yourself!
The park is sited on the shores of Lake Hawea, a deep blue, crystal clear glacial lake with rugged mountains plunging steeply into the water on three sides.
Just next to Glen Dene High Country station and within walking distance to Hawea township, foot access to the Hawea River trail (we rent good quality mountainbikes) you are also only a 15 minute drive to Wanaka township.
With 20ha of land dedicated to camping locations, you can choose from a variety of camping set-ups, all offering peaceful and sheltered locations with unique outlooks. There are beautiful mature trees and there is plenty of room to set up your camp with friends and family.
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Reviews
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4.5/5
We got an Amazing view on the lake with our unpowered spot.
There is a public kitchen and the showers are free and clean. Great customer service to.
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4.5/5
Really beautiful position and friendly team.
The kitchen facilities are a little small for the size of the campsite but otherwise would definitely stay again.
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3.5/5
La personne qui nous a accueillis n'était pas du tout souriante et sympathique Les sanitaires font le job mais sont anciens (notamment les douches...) Bon terrain de jeux pour enfant, grands emplacements
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5.0/5
Really great place to stay - plenty of room.
Nice and hot showers. Kitchen facilities all available.
Lovely sunset by the lake - not to be missed!
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5.0/5
Super endroit.
Vue spectaculaire sur le lac et les montagnes. Très bon accueil. Grand emplacement. Food truck et concert en prime. Excellent moment !
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2.0/5
Beautiful place to stay.
Nevertheless the facilities are very outdated and in really bad shape. Toilets have no seats and the only oven in the very small kitchen was out of order
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5.0/5
Great place to stay!
Quiet, peaceful. Bar and hot food available. Great free showers. Lots of room. Great place for kids. Can bring pets if approved by management. Great all round. In our opinion one of the best holiday park in NZ. Check availability through Christmas and new year’s. Plenty of trees for shelter. Free 100mb and then have to pay for extra. Data reception not the best, kinda depends on where you stand as to how good it is. Washing machine =$4 dryer =$2. $2 coins only. Friendly and helpful staff. Will definitely come back here again.
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4.5/5
Free showers.
Hairdryer available if you ask at the office.
Stunning site! Really spacious camp. Really lovely staff.
Would have loved to have stayed longer . Will make this a definate stay over on future trips.
$40 for 2 people unpowered.
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5.0/5
Great location with a beautiful view of the lake, facilities a bit out dated but very clean.
Nice play ground for the kids
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4.5/5
This was one of the best parks we visited in NZ!
Very spacious campsites with nice view of lake and good price. Nice and clean toilets/showers.
We loved staying here!! Mike the owner was a hoot and was very helpful !
Wow! We love your review. Thank you for your comments. We are biased but think Lake Camp, Hawea is one of the best too!
haweapark
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4.5/5
We got an Amazing view on the lake with our unpowered spot.
There is a public kitchen and the showers are free and clean. Great customer service to.
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4.5/5
Really beautiful position and friendly team.
The kitchen facilities are a little small for the size of the campsite but otherwise would definitely stay again.
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2.0/5
Beautiful place to stay.
Nevertheless the facilities are very outdated and in really bad shape. Toilets have no seats and the only oven in the very small kitchen was out of order
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0.5/5
Stayed on the 23th of December.
It was horrible. Facilities are way too small for so many campers. Decided not to cook as kitchen was full with people. If you want to wash your clothes expect to wait for an hour in front of the laundry shed as three out of five washers are out of order (and they were the nicer ones). The toilets and showers got dirty very fast. At least the showers were hot. But the facilities are also in quite a far walking distance from most sites. Sites with good view of the lake are rare and some boats are very noisy. But you can chose a spot with much space around if you don't mind not to have good views.
All in all, the campsite is okay and I stayed here twice as it is good situated. Out of season I payed 18$ and had a little bit better experience, still many people. Now I payed 25$ for a non-powered site! Very much overpriced in my view.
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3.5/5
La personne qui nous a accueillis n'était pas du tout souriante et sympathique Les sanitaires font le job mais sont anciens (notamment les douches...) Bon terrain de jeux pour enfant, grands emplacements
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5.0/5
Really great place to stay - plenty of room.
Nice and hot showers. Kitchen facilities all available.
Lovely sunset by the lake - not to be missed!
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5.0/5
Super endroit.
Vue spectaculaire sur le lac et les montagnes. Très bon accueil. Grand emplacement. Food truck et concert en prime. Excellent moment !
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0.5/5
The staff at this place were really bad.
The showers had a fault and were scaldingly hot, burning my skin and scalp, but when politely letting the staff know about the problem so no one else got burned or hurt, one staff member (a small teenage boy with braces) in was really unprofessional and was smirking and laughing. On leaving the building, all three staff were laughing loudly, despite me being visibly upset and holding the top of my head in pain. It ruined my experience, and having immature staff running somewhere where professionalism is needed in serious situations like that is unsafe and reckless.
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2.0/5
Es könnte so ein schöner Campingplatz sein.
Die Lage direkt am See ist top und viele Sites echt groß. Die Facilities sind aber so oll, dass wir nach einer Nacht wieder gefahren sind. In der Küche ging der Rauchmelder los, wenn gekocht wurde. Rezeption schließt bereits 17.30 Uhr. Food Truck sollte bis 20 Uhr geöffnet sein, war aber 18.30 Uhr schon zu. Schade, wir wären gern länger geblieben, aber hier muss erstmal kräftig investiert werden.
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5.0/5
Great place to stay!
Quiet, peaceful. Bar and hot food available. Great free showers. Lots of room. Great place for kids. Can bring pets if approved by management. Great all round. In our opinion one of the best holiday park in NZ. Check availability through Christmas and new year’s. Plenty of trees for shelter. Free 100mb and then have to pay for extra. Data reception not the best, kinda depends on where you stand as to how good it is. Washing machine =$4 dryer =$2. $2 coins only. Friendly and helpful staff. Will definitely come back here again.
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4.5/5
Free showers.
Hairdryer available if you ask at the office.
Stunning site! Really spacious camp. Really lovely staff.
Would have loved to have stayed longer . Will make this a definate stay over on future trips.
$40 for 2 people unpowered.
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5.0/5
Great location with a beautiful view of the lake, facilities a bit out dated but very clean.
Nice play ground for the kids
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4.5/5
Awesome spot.
Facilities are a bit out dated but friendly staff, clean and well cared-for grounds. The groundsman even accommodated our request for a better lake view with the best view we could have ever imagined. Would stay again 😊
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4.0/5
Nice little spot right in the lake with stubbing views.
Massive sized campground. Didn't use the kitchen facilities but showers and toilets were fine, albeit a bit far to walk from some sites. Friendly staff at check in. Would stay again
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3.5/5
Large camp site under pine trees with some sites facing lake.
Older dated facilities but adequate. A track from the camp takes you to Lake front about a 10 minute walk.
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4.5/5
Amazing place to stay for the night on the way to Franz Josef.
We were comfortable, the park had laundry facilities so we were able to do our washing, dump station and the lovely lake views. I recommend staying here, it is safe and comfortable
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5.0/5
Incredible nice place.
The coast of the lake is unique. Facilities are ok enought, all though what is remarkable is the nature there. Plenty of free places, we didn’t need to reserve.
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0.5/5
We met a rude employee in charge of the relationship with customers, who ask us a proof of our booking like we were intruders, yells customers like childrens !
Warning : reduction with Rankers Camping is ONLY if you book more of 2 nights.
40$ for 2 for a tente site, this could be correct, but the wifi is terrible and limited (or you have to pay), the toilets in tent site are prefabricated (the real toilets are really far from tente site), no picnic tables.
The kitchen is well equiped but too small, and there is a great view on the lake, but definitively this is an industrial camping. We do not recommand at all.
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5.0/5
Lovely, well organised site.
Spotlessly clean hot showers, large well equipt kitchen and beautiful lake views.
Thank you Ellie for your 10/10 review!! We are very happy you enjoyed your stay here with us at Lake Hawea Holiday Park. The hot showers are great at Winter time and the lake views are absolutely stunning.
Hope the rest of your holiday was fabulous!
haweapark
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4.0/5
One of the best lakeside views I’ve seen at a campsite, with big open tent sites, cost of which has gone up to $40 for unpowered.
Reasonably sized kitchen with most utensils and showers were clean and tidy and 30 mins free WiFi. Be ready for some flies lakeside other than a great campsite just out of Wanaka.
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4.0/5
Paid $34 for 2 persons, much cheaper than other sites we stayed at.
Large holiday park and depending where you camp you can have a great view of the lake. Toilets and showers clean and tidy. On site staff were friendly and happy for a chat.
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4.5/5
Very limited wifi.
Arrived late hours, but there is a note saying find a site and pay the next day. Paid $38 for 2 pax for a powered site. Kitchen and showers toilet were very decent and great. Unlimited hot showers. Nice view of Lake Hawea. Very huge camp area and there are rabbits around. $4 for washer, $2 for dryer.
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3.5/5
$38 for powered site, limited free wifi.
Very quiet at this time of year. We almost had the large part to ourselves & could chose where we wanted to park. Amazing views of the mountains, very peaceful with lovely surrounds, grass & trees. Amenities clean & simple with free hot showers.
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4.5/5
Fabulous setting in a spacious parkland.
Generous pitches (but costs extra for lakeside - probably not worth it). Good shower block but draughty and not very fly proof. Very friendly reception staff. Good laundry. Take aways available in the village shop.
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5.0/5
I can't say a bad thing about this campsite.
We tented with our two dogs and it was bliss! The bathrooms were clean, the showers hot and strong, the views amazing and the kitchen big and equipped! We got there early so got to pick a beautiful spot, sheltered from the wind thanks to the trees but still offering a beautiful view. The only downside for me was, the rules were that all dogs had to be on lead (obviously) but three times dogs came running through our site when their owners walked them off-lead.
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2.5/5
A powered site for 2 people costs $38.
A large campsite with many families. Not too quiet. Kitchen too small for the many people. Too few showers / toilets. Bad cost / benefit ratio.
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1.0/5
We spent two nights here just after Christmas 2016.
The positives: stunning lake scenery, great hikes/bike trails in the immediate vicinity, and a peaceful and quaint town that has great (and cheap!) ice cream. The park itself was packed full with people, so we didn't get a premium site for our camper van, which was understandable. The facilities were fine, no issues. My major complaint - and the reason I'm taking time to write a review - was the management, specifically the older woman I encountered on a number of occasions. She was so off-putting and dismissive of my park-related questions that I would absolutely not stay there again, if only because of her attitude. A complete lack of understanding for customer service. As an example, I went in to ask about possible fishing boat tours for me and my family. "Oh, you have to have a license, so you wouldn't be able to go. Sorry." This her response, with a strong condescending tone. Never mind that I DID have a license, but I suppose since I was a foreigner, there's no way I could understand. Made it that much worse that I encountered this unpleasant woman on Christmas Day. What a downer. Unless you've got no other choice, don't stay here, if only to avoid her.
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4.5/5
Loved the divine views of Lake Hawea - very peaceful.
We had some unseasonally windy weather and it was still beautiful! Facilities are what you would expect. They do need to invest in a fly killer machine in the kitchen and bathrooms to take care of the influx of sandflies - we had to swat hundreds before having a shower! Also, the local shop up the hill, although quaint is ridiculously expensive. Stock up before you get here!
