Haumoana Domain

Haumoana Domain

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Haumoana Domain Freedom Camping
Lots of space to kick a ball around.

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Haumoana Domain

This location has lots of space, with shaded nooks and crannies around shrubs and trees, so you can choose your fav camping spot for the night.

It's next to the beach and also very handy to a 4 Square Superette, where you can purchase any essentials.

There's a recently installed, quality toilet block at the northern end of the camping area.

This is one of the really good ones. Please respect it and ensure it stays a good one for everyone to come :)

Pack and pack it out; use the excellent toilet facilities provided, deposit your grey water waste in approved dump stations.

Choice!

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

Hastings District Council

Council organisation

Location

North IslandHawkes BayHastings

Categories

  • Activity__freedom_campingFreedom Camping
  • Free

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-39.6002654494849

176.946358680725

Latitude
-39.6002654494849
Longitude
176.946358680725

Nearby

Reviews

    ✓ Spacious with plenty of room

    ✓ Clean and modern toilets

    ✓ Beautiful beachside location

    ✓ Dog-friendly environment

    ✓ Close to coffee shop and amenities

    𐄂 Issues with unrestrained dogs

    𐄂 Presence of dodgy locals

    • Quiet spot 30 metre from the sea.
    • Beautiful quiet spot.
    • Good spot close to the beach - relatively quiet.
    • Felt so lucky to be able to camp here!
    • Plenty of space!
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 13
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    9/10 11
    34%
    8/10 4
    13%
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    6/10 2
    6%
    5/10 2
    6%
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  • 5.0/5

    Second time staying here.

    Arrived at 9.30pm, very quiet. The toilets are still very well maintained. Great with a dog. Thanks Hastings District Council!

    Reviewed about 1 month ago

  • 4.5/5

    Lots of room & clean toilets.

    Drinking water & bins - really great spot!

    Reviewed 8 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    Lovely green park right next to the beach with clean bathrooms garbage collection and birdsong.

    Thank you very much!

    Reviewed 10 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    Plenty of space!

    Places with seaview are bit hilly and windy, but to the inlands are grassy and with plenty of trees and shade. Toilets were nicely cleaned in the morning.

    Reviewed 10 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    Wonderful little gem, beautiful..

    Awesome tides at the beach, good surf, didn't catch a fish that day😁 really recommend this place, dog friendly, clean toilets.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago

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    Sue

  • 2.5/5

    This such a lovely spot to park, the only thing that lets it down is all the people walking dogs off leads and crapping everywhere, we have an old dog who is anxious around other dogs, was very hard keeping

    him happy with so many other dogs around. Some people just don't seem to care where their dog craps, we had one crap in front of our bus, after this we left and parked up the road at cliffton.

    I know this is a dog park area but owners need to have good control of dogs, know where they are at all times and pick up after them.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Absolutely gorgeous.

    A bit difficult to find some hard standing in the wet but we got there eventually. Toilets are clean and modern and well lit. Beach is right next door, as is a coffee shop doing great pies and pastries. Couldn’t have asked for better really! Peaceful, quiet spot that we’d come back to in a heartbeat.

    Reviewed about 2 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Felt so lucky to be able to camp here!

    Loads of space, picnic areas, clean toilets and just over the rise the beach. Not a swimming beach but there is surf by the river mouth for surfers.

    Stayed here with our dog. There’s a really good cycle m/walking track that goes all the way to Napier.

    Beautiful spot. Came back for another night.

    And there’s good coffee just around the bend at Haumoana Coffee.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    We stayed here for one night and really loved it.

    The toilet block was clean and well maintained.

    There were loads of places to choose from, most were sheltered by trees. There were quite a few campers dotted about, as well as some cars parked up between bushes, but it was still very quiet!

    It's also right by the beach! So nice to fall asleep to the sound of crashing waves.

    There are no street lights or anything so it gets very dark at night.

    We'll be back again for sure!

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Plenty of space for countless vehicles (large and small) lots of tree cover so not too noisy from the roads or waves.

    No streetlights nearby so nice and dark at night. When we arrived the toilets were a state, but the cleaner came through in the morning and did such a great job! It looked amazing after! Who ever did the cleaning on the 28th November, bless you, fantastic mahi.

    Reviewed almost 3 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Great spot, not far from central Napier.

    We were looking for something that wasn’t a parking lot and this provided. Lovely clean facilities and plenty of room! Nice to fall asleep to the ocean and wake up to bird song

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Second time staying here.

    Arrived at 9.30pm, very quiet. The toilets are still very well maintained. Great with a dog. Thanks Hastings District Council!

    Reviewed about 1 month ago

  • 4.5/5

    Lots of room & clean toilets.

    Drinking water & bins - really great spot!

    Reviewed 8 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    Lovely green park right next to the beach with clean bathrooms garbage collection and birdsong.

    Thank you very much!

    Reviewed 10 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    Plenty of space!

    Places with seaview are bit hilly and windy, but to the inlands are grassy and with plenty of trees and shade. Toilets were nicely cleaned in the morning.

    Reviewed 10 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    Wonderful little gem, beautiful..

    Awesome tides at the beach, good surf, didn't catch a fish that day😁 really recommend this place, dog friendly, clean toilets.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago

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    Sue

  • 2.5/5

    This such a lovely spot to park, the only thing that lets it down is all the people walking dogs off leads and crapping everywhere, we have an old dog who is anxious around other dogs, was very hard keeping

    him happy with so many other dogs around. Some people just don't seem to care where their dog craps, we had one crap in front of our bus, after this we left and parked up the road at cliffton.

    I know this is a dog park area but owners need to have good control of dogs, know where they are at all times and pick up after them.

    Reviewed almost 2 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Absolutely gorgeous.

    A bit difficult to find some hard standing in the wet but we got there eventually. Toilets are clean and modern and well lit. Beach is right next door, as is a coffee shop doing great pies and pastries. Couldn’t have asked for better really! Peaceful, quiet spot that we’d come back to in a heartbeat.

    Reviewed about 2 years ago

  • 2.5/5

    A beautiful spacious park but spoilt by dodgy local dropouts.

    Eg. Gun shots one night and cars wheel spinning another night. Regular visitors buying

    certain products from car boots

    Police shortage is apparent .

    Non compliant homeless sleeping in cars they usually arrive late at night

    After being there at least 10 times we have finally given up. 🙄

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Felt so lucky to be able to camp here!

    Loads of space, picnic areas, clean toilets and just over the rise the beach. Not a swimming beach but there is surf by the river mouth for surfers.

    Stayed here with our dog. There’s a really good cycle m/walking track that goes all the way to Napier.

    Beautiful spot. Came back for another night.

    And there’s good coffee just around the bend at Haumoana Coffee.

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    We stayed here for one night and really loved it.

    The toilet block was clean and well maintained.

    There were loads of places to choose from, most were sheltered by trees. There were quite a few campers dotted about, as well as some cars parked up between bushes, but it was still very quiet!

    It's also right by the beach! So nice to fall asleep to the sound of crashing waves.

    There are no street lights or anything so it gets very dark at night.

    We'll be back again for sure!

    Reviewed over 2 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Plenty of space for countless vehicles (large and small) lots of tree cover so not too noisy from the roads or waves.

    No streetlights nearby so nice and dark at night. When we arrived the toilets were a state, but the cleaner came through in the morning and did such a great job! It looked amazing after! Who ever did the cleaning on the 28th November, bless you, fantastic mahi.

    Reviewed almost 3 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Great spot, not far from central Napier.

    We were looking for something that wasn’t a parking lot and this provided. Lovely clean facilities and plenty of room! Nice to fall asleep to the ocean and wake up to bird song

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Be aware, the beachfront spaces are not level at all and would make it rather difficult to sleep!

    However, there is plenty of space to camp on the grass. With lots of shelter by the trees. Picnic tables available with good, clean, flushing toilets close by.

    Just a short walk from the black sand beach.

    Lovely spot…would definitely recommend!!

    Reviewed over 3 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Lovely large grassy area with trees and picnic tables.

    2 modern flush toilets. Rubbish and recycling bins, drinking water (but not meant to refill your fresh water tank). 1 minute walk to the stone beach. Had a good swim in the waves with a superb view on Cape Kidnappers and Napier bay.

    Reviewed about 4 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Beautiful quiet spot.

    Great clean facilities. We loved it! Easy spot to bike to a few wineries. Loves of native bird song.

    Reviewed about 4 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Lots of great sites amongst the trees, right by the beach and good walks or cycling by the river.

    The existing toilet block is old but new one has been built though not operational yet.

    Great spot, we will be back.

    Reviewed about 4 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Very nice place, lot of space for everybody, nice view to the sea and river outfall.

    U can make nice walks around

    Reviewed over 4 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Loveliest place Ive camped on the northern island between Auckland and Wellington.

    We were surrounded by trees and a short walk to the beautiful ocean. At first I was leary with some reviews of it being a gravel pit, but this was not the case at all. Absolutely breathtaking and peaceful.

    Reviewed over 4 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Stayed here Dec 2018 was told the council had done their duty and thought of the motor home self cont.

    People. Well done folks

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

  • 3.0/5

    The image of the grass is missleading, this gave us the impression you were parking on grass.

    There were 3 decent parking places on grassy bits near the trees, the rest was effectively gravel.

    None the less it ticked all our boxes, off the main road, had space, and some grass for our daughter to run around on. It had a toilet block and bins, but we are self contained anyway so was just used for quick visits.

    Only reason to mark it down was for the miss-leading picture and that the nearby other car park had people playing loud music. All in all though, it was free and was quiet when we slept.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

  • 4.0/5

    Quiet spot 30 metre from the sea.

    Toilets cleaned and rubbish removed daily. Can get muddy when it's wet. Always has some space available. Most people use Clifton Domain a kilometre or so down the road.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago

  • 3.0/5

    Looked in on this camp but decided to move on, there was very limited places to camp, most the area was blocked off with barriers,and there was some very ruff looking lot camped there in a van and tent

    that were not self contained.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

  • 4.0/5

    Good spot close to the beach - relatively quiet.

    Reviewed about 9 years ago and experienced in January 2015

  • 4.5/5

    This campground is patrolled by a security company.

    Don't try to camp there if you're not self-contained.

    Otherwise perfect spot. Toilets are clean and it's right next to the water.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago

  • 4.0/5

    Nice little camp ground with toilets, no direct sea view but very quiet, free and clean stayed there in December for 2 nights, perfect starting point for Cape Kidnappers.

    Reviewed almost 10 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Nice place with toilets and water.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

  • 4.5/5

    We popped in here for a couple of nights and really enjoyed it.

    + Free,

    + Clean flush toilets,

    + Quiet,

    + Right next to the beach,

    + Near nice calm lagoon which is safe to swim in,

    + Nice spacious grass area which is good for a kick about.

    Reviewed about 11 years ago and experienced in March 2013

  • 4.5/5

    Unlit car park, some other campers there, clean toilet.

    Nice spot by the river.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Lots of space, simple but very clean toilets.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012