Chris
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Hokitika ▷
Hokitika's Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels
4.0/5
Fairly new place, clean and good facilities.
Awesome playground. Rest of the site is a bit plain, not much vegetation. Guess it takes time to grow.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Greymouth ▷
Jacksons Retreat Campervan Holiday Park
4.0/5
Good campsite with a lovely kitchen / fireplace with nice sofas and chairs to enjoy the warmth.
Toys for the kids. Plenty of board games. Overall cozy place. There were not many campers when we were there. Parts of the campgrounds are under construction, but not problematic.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Caltex Bishopdale Service Station
2.5/5
Refill station still out of service on 8th of November.
Lower score because they’re taking a long time to fix it.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Spencer Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park
4.5/5
Huge campsite.
Sites for tents and campervans on big grassy fields. Like a park. One of their main amenities building burned down last year so the campervans were placed on the back two or three fields. Because it’s so big you’re walking a lot, but we liked the openness, space and the stuff for the kids. Some things that could be improved were the mediocre showers, the lack of enthusiasm by the staff and the 250 megabyte WiFi coupons (even though they were free for us as members, that’s really not necessary anymore folks).
Hi Chris I am sorry you did not think the staff were not enthusiastic, we work hard to create a welcoming experience for all. As of today we now have free Wifi for all guests
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Queenstown Township ▷
Driftaway Queenstown
4.5/5
Big (>100 sites) new campsite in the suburb of Frankton, Queenstown.
Spectacular view of the lake if you book a lakeview spot. Modern facility hub with plenty of showers, toilets, family room available, huge kitchen and a balcony (and view) that you want for your own house. You will have to walk up two stairs if you’re on one of the lower sites (there’s an elevator too I think, didn’t use it). Jumping pillow, slide, and Lego (a.o.) in the games room for the kids. The campsite is fenced to keep kids in and others out. Oh, the airport is sort of behind it so expect to see planes taking off or landing (which can be a good or bad thing). Tip: take the water taxi from Frankton Marina (10 minute walk from Driftaway) into Queenstown and save yourself the hassle of parking your campervan.
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Te Anau ▷
Te Anau Tasman Holiday Parks
4.0/5
I don’t see why people would give this a 10, but yes it’s a decent campsite with good amenities.
The site feels a bit cramped though, as if they tried to fit as many sites per square meter as possible. I guess it gets very crowded in high season. There are two block with amenities that were OK - clean and fairly new. The playground is a little small, but there is a huge one next door that our kids loved. Some shops and supermarkets (four square and fresh choice) nearby, and a pretty cheap gas station, make it a potential good home base for the region.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Invercargill ▷
Invercargill Holiday Park and Motels
4.5/5
Nice spacey concrete sites for campervans.
The lady owner was really nice and brought over some toys for our kids to play with! The playground is not much anymore and some of the areas on the campground are not properly maintained, but the part where we were was really nice. There is a smaller ablution block with a small kitchen, and a larger block next to the cabins (but that was closed for us, probably because it’s still shoulder season). There’s also a new larger kitchen with some toys for kids. Facilities were clean and tidy. Washing and dryers were $2, though we were not impressed by their performance. It was $64 per night for two adults and two children (2 and 4).
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Waikawa ▷
Whistling Frog Café & Resort at Cathedral Caves
2.0/5
I think the place has great potential due to its location, but is not maintained anymore or at a very low standard.
Not sure when the kitchen and bathrooms were last cleaned (though it didn’t look very filthy, just an overall impression - bins not emptied and dirt on the floor). Grass not mowed for a long time, power poles broken, etc. Camped here for one night with my family of four. There is also a restaurant, but we didn’t dare to try because of all the bad reviews (Google).
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Geraldine ▷
Geraldine TOP 10 Holiday Park
5.0/5
Loved this park.
Friendly people, clean facilities, and Geraldine is a nice little town. Good coffee and cake at walking distance (Barker’s, must try). Cheese too, if you’re into that. Campervan, family with kids (2, 4).
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Milford Sound - Fiordland National Park ▷
Milford Sound Lodge – Rainforest Campervan Park
4.0/5
This is a cozy campground with individual parking bays surrounded by bush for campervans.
Not all of them were open - some looked as if they require maintenance. Note that there is no mobile data connection for Spark and One and 500 MB free WiFi only works in the amenities building. Yes there is no shortage of sandflies.
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North Island ▷ Manawatu - Wanganui ▷ Whanganui River ▷
Whanganui River TOP 10 Holiday Park
4.0/5
We stayed here for two nights with our family campervan during our 9 week NZ trip.
The park is great, very friendly staff and owner, clean facilities, spacious, and the kids (2 and 4) loved the playground and jumping pillow. The parents were very fond of the barista coffee at the reception.
Our experience was a little negatively impacted by a) a large group of girls from a Wellington rowing club that practically took over the kitchen, jumping pillow and communal area and made a lot of noise til about 8 pm, and b) the day after two families that got together and were very loud (basically shouting) on the outside porch of the communal area til 9:30 pm and kept talking loudly til around midnight. It was a little short night as our kids wake up at 6:30. The communal area is located just next to the motorhome and caravan site area. It was spring (?) holidays.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Dargaville ▷
Kauri Coast TOP 10 Holiday Park
5.0/5
One of the most beautiful campsites I’ve been.
It’s low season right now and there’s only a handful of people here. There’s a nature walk on the campsite for the kids (and nature enthousiasts) and includes some kauri trees as well. The glowworms are nice to check out right under the bridge along the wall - we were there around 6:45 pm right after dark. The eels are waiting for you at their designated spot for you to feed them!
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Dargaville ▷
Trounson Kauri Park Loop Track
4.0/5
Great walk for kids too.
Stroller-friendly. Sad to see the dead kauri’s - take care to follow the instructions. The parking lot has many young kauri’s if you know how to spot them. We saw a huge snail alongside the road, unfortunately it was ‘sleeping’ inside its house.