great campsite at a fantastic price.

Kids are free! Makes a massive difference to the overall bill. Definitely worth the cash as the site has flushing toilet, kitchen, clean drinking water and a dump station.

Kids loved the chickens, baby ducks and parrots that quack like sucks.

Perfect location for our journey as well.

Definitely recommend.

Reviewed almost 2 years ago

Lovely helpful hostess.

Utilities clean and kitchen/laundry well appointed.

Signage off the main road could've en

Enhanced

Garden and grounds amazing.

Reviewed almost 4 years ago

Fantastic campsite!!

Not many facilities, just basic and no shower. But what a wonderful place - check out at 1Pm - so we stayed and enjoyed the garden and lake ❤️ Nice little shop and cafe - if not camping then just stop by for coffee and a walk in the garden - BIG recommendation from us and our kids - they explored the garden for over 1 hour and wondered at the Black swans that occupied the Lake

Reviewed almost 6 years ago

What a gem!

$5pp for unpowered. Gorgeous gardens to explore. Toilet (no shower) and kitchen are basic and clean. Cafe smelled wonderful at check in but we didn't have a chance to try. Owners were friendly and welcoming!

Reviewed over 6 years ago

Great spot.

Found it by chance. Perfect flat gravel area for campers. Small grassed area for tenters. Ducks, chickens, nature walk, cafe, playground and bird aviaries. Owners were amazing and welcoming.

At the price it's the perfect self contained stop over. We are seasoned tenters so didn't mind any lack of glamping. Toilets provide both hot and cold running water and there is a provision for drinkable rain water. A simple shelter provided for all weather cooking.

Pro's : Price, Secluded, relaxed farm stay. Did I mention price ? ... Gardens, cafe, polite relaxed owners. Price.

Con's : Slight traffic noise. No camp kitchen or showers. No lighting. Lack of road signage.

Conclusion : Simple, relaxed farm stay. Clean and inviting. It might not be what everyone is looking for, but at the asking price how could you ask for more. A great option for those looking for a safer, cleaner option from a freedom camp.

Reviewed over 7 years ago

Stayed there for one night.

Overall the place looks run down and badly maintained. The kitchen is just a garden shed and dirty. Toilet was clean.

The garden is in dire need of maintenance.

Wi-Fi is stable, reliable, decently fast and available on the entire campsite.

Reviewed almost 2 years ago

Lovely helpful hostess.

Utilities clean and kitchen/laundry well appointed.

Signage off the main road could've en

Enhanced

Garden and grounds amazing.

Reviewed almost 4 years ago

We paid $10 pp for non powered which included the walk around the gardens which were very beautiful.

Owner was nice. There was fresh water a tidy toilet, little kitchenette with power points, microwave, kettle, fridge, hot water zip and 2 sinks.There was only 1 other van there so i asked if they minded us playing our music and singing a few songs on the guitar, they were algud.

Reviewed about 6 years ago

Einzig die Grünfläche und der See sind schön.

Ansonsten ziemlich heruntergekommen.

Wir waren die Einzigen, die dort waren.

Leider war die powered site auf der Kiesfläche (neben einer großen Possumfalle).

Wir haben uns dann umgestellt, da weiter unten eine frisch gemähte Wiese am See war. Kein Strom und

leider auch Null www und wifi.

Die Sanitäranlage dort bestand aus einer Blechhütte mit Klo und die Küche war ein Gartengeräteschuppen.

Die Gewächshäuser auf dem Gelände hatten auch schon bessere Zeiten erlebt und so aah es rundherum überall aus.

Hier müsste mal grundlegend Kultur gemacht werden.

Für den, der das mag okay.

Wir hätten uns im Nachhinein lieber an die Straße gestellt anstatt dafür 30NZD abzudrücken.

Vll. hilft die Kohle ja dem wirklich freundlichen Betreiber, etwas zu optimieren. Wünschenswert wäre es.

Reviewed about 6 years ago

Lovely campsite.

$5 per person for unpowered site. Tiny kitchen and minimum facilities. All clean. - Remember that this is a very inexpensive stopover and is very good value. Lovely walk around the lake with the fantails. Very amusing chickens and ducks interact with you. Friendly and helpful owners. Recommended.

Reviewed over 6 years ago

Excellent restaurant just loved the fish.

The owners are friendly and pleasant. The

gardens have been beautiful but they are very large to keep maintained. It was a good price for a power site.

Reviewed over 8 years ago

Lovely place, peaceful and absolutely delicious food.

We stopped there for lunch and did also take a cake for later on our trip. Small menu and it took some time, but absolutely recommended place to be! Garden visit is $2 per adult, children are free.

Reviewed over 8 years ago

We liked this calm place, $5 per person a night for an unpowered site for our campervan is a very good price and you get free wifi at the reception as well as free entrance to the gardens.

No shower and kitchen but there was a toilet for campers - you get what you pay for, right? Friendly and helpful staff. About 30 km outside Invercargill.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

A delightful little spot with very friendly owners.

Just outside of Invercargill and handy for the Catlins. We paid $5 per person for an unpowered site. For that you can walk around the beautiful gardens and talk to the ducks. The café looked nice too but we didn't get to eat there - sadly it's not open for breakfast. One of the most memorable and understatedly lovely sites we stayed at.

Reviewed over 9 years ago

This is a solid ten, best experience with a campsite in NZ.

Try to arrive early so you can spend some time in the fabulous gardens, anybody could easily spend an hour just strolling around, and if the weather is nice you could spend some extra days here. Perfect for catching up on a book or just chilling out down by the pond and kids would be entertained for weeks playing around in the garden and watching all the birdlife, supplemented with aviaries with loads of different imported and colourful birds. The campsite itself suffers from lack of a good water source (rainwater, but you can get tap water in the café) and no showers, but it's all being renovated, so maybe it will be included in the future. But I paid $5 per person, so really can not complain. Strongly recommended!

Reviewed over 9 years ago

Gorgeous campground and surrounding grounds.

Only two powered sites, not sure if there are plans for more. I would be inclined to rate higher but lack of showers and a water supply lowered the score for us. Lovely owners and the cafe looks nice (not eaten there). The gardens and pond are fab! Clearly the new owners are putting in a lot of work and the effort is well underway.

Reviewed almost 10 years ago

The best stop during our 5 weeks in nz.

The kids loved the Lake from the old mine and seeing all the birds and the two black swans. Got a free Tour of the wonderfull garden. And Them it was the cheapest stop during our trip.

Reviewed almost 11 years ago

It is a great place to stay with your camper.

A beautiful garden, good and clean toilets and super friendly people.

It has been a really rainy morning but Dave showed us his small museum which was quite interesting and the stunning garden which the family built up on their own. We could feed the ducks and black swans - they were really beautiful and Dave told us a lot about the plants and trees. We then ate the best freshly homemade pie ever - Maria bakes them herself!!

We would recommend it to everyone as it is a great and beautiful place to stay, you can learn something if you like or just have a nice cake and coffee and it is only 7$ per night.

Reviewed over 11 years ago