Brian
North Island ▷ Manawatu - Wanganui ▷ Palmerston North ▷
4.5/5
Well priced.
Exceptionally clean kitchen and bathrooms. The kitchen is well equipped with pans, cutlery and utensils. Although close to the main road there was little road noise. The two negatives are no benches or floor matting in the mens shower boxes, and large puddles form on the gravel paths when raining giving you a choice to walk in wet grass or puddles when going to the toilet or kitchen. The hard standing remains free of surface water.
North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Te Aroha ▷
3.5/5
The dump station has been removed.
Some traffic to the toilets during the night as they are open 24 hours.
North Island ▷ Manawatu - Wanganui ▷ Whanganui ▷
4.0/5
A lovely and inexpensive campground.
There ia a toilet and shower for each of the two main genders, a kitchen sink, bench space and a washing machine. BBQ tables are scattered around. There are no cooking facilities except for a BBQ next to the playground about 100 meters away.
North Island ▷ Wairarapa ▷ Martinborough ▷
4.0/5
We stayed in a RV over a busy Easter weekend when the campground was fairly full so I can't comment on the cabins, many of which appear to be relatively new.
The camp is right on the edge of the lake. There is a small playground. The facilites are basic but clean. Space in the kitchen with only 2 cooking and 2 wash up stations was at a premium. Many sites have planting to provide much needed shelter from the wind. The sites need dressing to remove bumps and hollows. I thought that $20 per person for a powered site is relatively expensive for a basic campground.
North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Hamilton ▷
4.0/5
Relatively expensive at $36 for one person without power in March but there is little choice in Hamilton.
Clean kitchen and toilet, staff helpful.
North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga ▷
4.0/5
This must be one of the most modern camps in NZ.
Kitchens and toilets are spotless. The sites are relatively small. We stayed two nights, the first site was an absolute beach front position and every site on that side was taken. We asked to move to the harbour side for the next night as there were far fewer people there. We were given a site with no immediate neighbors and a view of the harbour. Interesting to see the ships, including cruise liners coming and going.
North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Matamata ▷
4.0/5
Busy campground even in March.
Free access to the pools. Kitchen and showers undersized for the number of people staying. Overall a very pleasant place to stay.
North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Waihi ▷
4.5/5
Nice very clean camp right on tidal estuary with free access to hot pools.
Although our site was right next to the mudflats it was difficult to get to the water. Lots of birds feeding on the mudflats.
Thanks for the great comments! Glad you enjoyed our pools too. We have plenty of native birds in and around the park - they love our mature trees. Thanks again.
athenree