Port Albert Wharf Reserve

Overnight Campervan Parking

7 Rankers Reviews

20 Warkworth

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Port Albert Wharf Reserve

A maximum of 10 self-contained vehicles can stay overnight in the area designated for freedom camping.

If you want to stay overnight in this area, you must:

• use a certified self-contained vehicle at all times
• use one of the marked spaces in the designated parking area, if applicable
• stay a maximum of two nights
• vacate their parking space by 9am on the third day
• stay a maximum of two nights in a four-week consecutive period.

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Feature Value Info

Location

North IslandAuckland RegionWarkworth

Categories

  • Activity__basic_facility_campingBasic Camping
  • Activity__freedom_campingFreedom Camping
  • Free

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Coordinates

-36.27300029

174.4301925

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-36.27300029
Longitude
174.4301925

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Reviews

    ✓ Nice spot by the water

    ✓ Brand new toilets

    ✓ Spacious parking area

    ✓ Picnic tables available

    ✓ Safe and quiet

    𐄂 Can get overcrowded

    𐄂 Flooding risk after rain

    • Just a nice quiet place to stay one night
    • Quite some space available.
    • Ok spot next to the wharf.
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  • 4.0/5

    Lovely spot by the water with brand new toilets and picnic tables.

    Space for 7/8 vans between the signs but there were a lot more parked outside when we stayed. Spaces were full by about 4pm on a weekday in November.

    Reviewed 2 months ago

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    Ro's avatar

    Ro

  • 4.0/5

    Good spot to stay for a night for campers of all sizes.

    Large gravel parking area suitable for the numbers of vehicles allowed. We felt perfectly safe. Near new toilet block.

    Reviewed 4 months ago

  • 3.5/5

    Ok spot next to the wharf.

    There's absolutely no way to fit in 10 campervans or even regular sized cars between the signs. Was already way overcrowded at 17:00 on Thursday in September.

    Reviewed 5 months ago

  • 2.0/5

    Be careful after rainy days, this place can be flooded.

    We stayed there 2 nights. One after sunny days and it was perfect. And à second one after 3 days of rain. We were surprised by the flood in the middle of the night and some people got stucked.

    Reviewed 5 months ago

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    Louise's avatar
  • 3.5/5

    Just a nice quiet place to stay one night

    Reviewed 9 months ago

  • 4.0/5

    Quite some space available.

    Beautiful spot with toilets. Felt safe also as a female solo traveler, in fact, I was planning to stay a second night. But during the day a man came and kept staring at me standing outside his car, and it just felt safer to leave. Other than that I would definitely recommend (also close to Wellsford with all the facilities).

    Reviewed 11 months ago

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    S.e

  • 5.0/5

    Great stopover, lots of space, clean toilets, and tables.

    Lovely locals.

    Reviewed 10 months ago and experienced in February 2024