Christo Botes
North Island ▷ Tairāwhiti Gisborne ▷ Wairoa ▷
2.5/5
Beautiful campgrounds, but it is becoming an unruly place.
During our one late afternoon/overnight on the campgrounds, the campgrounds were used by three teenagers on a quad bike, another two teenagers came wheelspinning through the park with a big vehicle, several dubious characters were frequenting the park, and at about 00:30 in the morning, we were woken by the lights of someone looking for white bait (illegally to be caught at night) in the nearby stream. The next morning I was warned by a local to “watch out for the crackheads”, as he was refering to the dubious characters of the previous day. Note also, there are currently no boards indicating that it is a freedom campsite, or the boards has been removed.
A stunning place visually, but not a campsite I would recommend for people travelling alone or for vulnerable travelers.