Natasha
North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Paihia ▷
0.5/5
Heartbreaking how downhill this campsite has gone.
We stayed here after a previous experience but the new owners have run this place into the ground. Within 8 hours of our stay the sewerage had flooded the driveway and adjoining campsites, no one came to talk to the campers or explain what was going on, children and campers walking through silage and the family camping on the site had to bring the issue up to the campground before it was addressed. Found out this was an ongoing issue and was leaking into the river meaning the river wasn’t safe for swimming, one of the main reasons we had come to the site. The next day the drain on other side of the ablution block also blew, it covered our camp gear in sewerage as we were trying to pack up to leave.
The website has not been updated to advise the public of any changes and still advertise the river as safe when it hadn’t been for months. There was no hot water, we were surrounded by literal shit and the owners have no interest in making this a safe and clean place for families to visit.