George and Jill
South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Mapua ▷
2.5/5
First impressions were it was a nice camp site, half decent pool to sit around in the sun.
However, the place is totally dominated by young back packers with no regard for others. Most of the camp site was filled with their transit vans so it didn’t feel family friendly. The kitchen was dirty and untidy and cluttered with their food. Found ourselves having to clean an area before we could wash up. There didn’t appear to be enough shower and toilet facilities for the amount of long term people and they were often left in a bad state. Having to go back out of the shower unit in to the main area to put 50 cents into the machine wasn’t the best either. Wifi was poor and constantly dropping out. The owners were friendly but not prepared to challenge the back packers behaviour, late night noise and drinking and their disregard for other campers. Been on the road for 5 months and this was our least favourite camp site. Wouldn’t recommend for families.