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Waikanae River Mouth
Stay near a river estuary, with beach and river walk options. Overnight parking for up to 4 self contained campervans that can stay a maximum 1 night at the end of Tutere Street, Waikanae Beach
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Waikanae |
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Nice views of Kapiti Island -
Clean toilet facilities
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Quiet nights reported
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Close to the beach
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Unsafe behaviour from locals -
Noise from parties and vehicles
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High camper turnover
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Loved this campsite!
Jolanda Krikke -
Friendly locals around.
Will and Taylor -
Nice view with toilets, only 4 spots
Sandor -
Great spot.
Trina -
Very pleasant spot by estuary. 😊
Simon
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Very pleasant spot by estuary.
Length-of-stay limits do not seem to be being enforced as Council apparently made the person concerned redundant and added duties to those of already-busy Dog Warden. Toilet very impressive, plays Burt Bacharach whilst you have a poo 😊.
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Lovely clean public toilet facilities, was really quiet the night we stayed.
Beautiful view of the sunset over Kapiti island and the estuary :)
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Truly awful experience unfortunately.
Seemed so highly reviewed however the teenagers drinking until after 12, their choice of music blasted from the beach, the groups of couples in cars all arriving at the same time and behaving very oddly, the motorbikes doing laps of the camp between 2-5am shouting, flashing their lights and genuinely beeping their horns, and the absolute influx of fisherman arriving at 5:30 meant it didn’t exactly live up to expectations. We felt incredibly unsafe early hours as we were being lapped by lads on motorbikes screaming and shouting. Sounds like a lovely spot in the summer but would avoid off season.
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Seemed very well reviewed, we were the only ones here and arrived at about 1900.
Soon after a group of cars with couples in started coming and going... Not long after that large groups of teenagers were coming in and out round the van with mopeds making us feel very uncomfortable. Clearly a locals haunt, wouldn't camp here again on our own.
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Loved this campsite!
It's a small one with online 4 spaces. Even in winter three out of four spots were taken. Overnight camping only at designated spots, they do check. The toilet is closeby (left hand side as you leave the parking) and very clean and convenient. Take a walk around the beach and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
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Small (only 5 places) but beautifull spot near a bird sanctuary and the beach.
Only 45 minutes to Wellington. Great to get a goodnight rest if you need to catch a late night ferry. You can only stay one night, would have liked to stay longer.
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Nice scenery, perfect spot to see the most beautiful sunset!
Talking toilet with music was hilarious.
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Very nice spot to stay for a night next to the beach and a great view of Kapiti Island.
Toilet is the one with the music and auto lock, and was cleaned in the morning. Nice toilet however abused by one of the other campers who stayed there. It was open 24hours during our stay. Local construction workers tend to use the toilet also. Only 4 spots and those were filled around 17.00h. during the evening there was some traffic, not sure what they were doing. Didn't feel unsafe.
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Lovely camp spot with a clean toilet.
Toilet only open daylight hours. 2 minute walk to the beach.
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Great spot.
Very clean toilet. We got the ferry next morning & was an easy drive to there. Felt safe.
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Beautiful location with lovely local walks.
Can get busy with locals visiting and fishing. All four spaces were taken. We got our space at 4pm with the last remaining taken much later.
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Nice spot near the estuary with plenty of birds to observe and great for fishing.
One modern toilet with jazz music! Walk around on the beach and see Kapiti island in the background.
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Nice spot, felt very safe.
Modern toilet. Space for 4 campers. I arrived around 7PM mid-February 2020 and there was one space available.
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One of the best free campsite we had.
Got there around 3pm. Apart from some visiters (kite surfers, dogs) we were the only one staying over night. Toilet closes before 12 pm, but it's very clean and big.
Walks along the beach& sunset.
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Lovely place to stay and you are on the coast so there will be wind.
We really enjoyed our free stay but we abide by the rules. Our only objection is that so called self contained small vans park 3 vans in two spaces and no one checks. It needs to be policed continuously. 9.12.18
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Brilliant campsite in the reserve, though very exposed and windy.
Loads of kite surfers. Very clean toilets - that even speak to you and play music when the door is locked. No showers. A playground about 1.2km walk down the road. If you love driftwood, this is the place for you.
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Very pleasant spot by estuary.
Length-of-stay limits do not seem to be being enforced as Council apparently made the person concerned redundant and added duties to those of already-busy Dog Warden. Toilet very impressive, plays Burt Bacharach whilst you have a poo 😊.
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Lovely clean public toilet facilities, was really quiet the night we stayed.
Beautiful view of the sunset over Kapiti island and the estuary :)
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Truly awful experience unfortunately.
Seemed so highly reviewed however the teenagers drinking until after 12, their choice of music blasted from the beach, the groups of couples in cars all arriving at the same time and behaving very oddly, the motorbikes doing laps of the camp between 2-5am shouting, flashing their lights and genuinely beeping their horns, and the absolute influx of fisherman arriving at 5:30 meant it didn’t exactly live up to expectations. We felt incredibly unsafe early hours as we were being lapped by lads on motorbikes screaming and shouting. Sounds like a lovely spot in the summer but would avoid off season.
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Seemed very well reviewed, we were the only ones here and arrived at about 1900.
Soon after a group of cars with couples in started coming and going... Not long after that large groups of teenagers were coming in and out round the van with mopeds making us feel very uncomfortable. Clearly a locals haunt, wouldn't camp here again on our own.
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Loved this campsite!
It's a small one with online 4 spaces. Even in winter three out of four spots were taken. Overnight camping only at designated spots, they do check. The toilet is closeby (left hand side as you leave the parking) and very clean and convenient. Take a walk around the beach and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
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Small (only 5 places) but beautifull spot near a bird sanctuary and the beach.
Only 45 minutes to Wellington. Great to get a goodnight rest if you need to catch a late night ferry. You can only stay one night, would have liked to stay longer.
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Nice scenery, perfect spot to see the most beautiful sunset!
Talking toilet with music was hilarious.
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Very nice spot to stay for a night next to the beach and a great view of Kapiti Island.
Toilet is the one with the music and auto lock, and was cleaned in the morning. Nice toilet however abused by one of the other campers who stayed there. It was open 24hours during our stay. Local construction workers tend to use the toilet also. Only 4 spots and those were filled around 17.00h. during the evening there was some traffic, not sure what they were doing. Didn't feel unsafe.
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Lovely camp spot with a clean toilet.
Toilet only open daylight hours. 2 minute walk to the beach.
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Great spot.
Very clean toilet. We got the ferry next morning & was an easy drive to there. Felt safe.
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Beautiful location with lovely local walks.
Can get busy with locals visiting and fishing. All four spaces were taken. We got our space at 4pm with the last remaining taken much later.
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Nice spot near the estuary with plenty of birds to observe and great for fishing.
One modern toilet with jazz music! Walk around on the beach and see Kapiti island in the background.
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Nice spot, felt very safe.
Modern toilet. Space for 4 campers. I arrived around 7PM mid-February 2020 and there was one space available.
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One of the best free campsite we had.
Got there around 3pm. Apart from some visiters (kite surfers, dogs) we were the only one staying over night. Toilet closes before 12 pm, but it's very clean and big.
Walks along the beach& sunset.
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Lovely place to stay and you are on the coast so there will be wind.
We really enjoyed our free stay but we abide by the rules. Our only objection is that so called self contained small vans park 3 vans in two spaces and no one checks. It needs to be policed continuously. 9.12.18
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Brilliant campsite in the reserve, though very exposed and windy.
Loads of kite surfers. Very clean toilets - that even speak to you and play music when the door is locked. No showers. A playground about 1.2km walk down the road. If you love driftwood, this is the place for you.
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We stayed in December, lovely spot in the nature reserve near the beach.
Respect the 4 camper only rule please, security do come & check. Lovely beach full of driftwood. We would of loved to stay 2 nights, but 1 night is the max. Nice & quiet.
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Well located campsite with a clean flush toilet nearby.
However, we were exposed to extreme wind during our stay so check the weather before coming.
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