Soph
North Island ▷ Taupo Region ▷ Taupo ▷
1.0/5
Owner seemed friendly enough, you park up in the grassy car park next to the tavern, toilet looks modern but doesn’t look to have been cleaned in a long while, food available is standard pub grub, no network
signal.
To set the scene: there’s lots of (presumably ornamental) chain saws, machetes etc on display on the ceiling of the pub with boar heads etc on the walls and photos of dead animals/‘hunting kills’.
We’d had dinner and gone to bed when we were woken up by 2 sets of knocking on the side of our camper van at 1am.
Very freaky experience in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere and safe to say we’re now put off staying in any more free camp sites.
North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
3.5/5
Nice and clean facilities, hot showers, would be perfect for families.
If you want a more private experience with a view- this place is not for you!
North Island ▷ Coromandel ▷ Thames ▷
4.5/5
Nice location on the sea, clean toilets nearby open all night, lovely cafe opposite - would come again.
Filled up by 5pm.
North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua ▷
3.5/5
Nice location, beautiful lake view, good value for money, clean facilities.
Downsides- cold showers, microwave didn’t work.