Very unhappy.

The Porangahau Beach Road Holiday Park's website is very misleading. Nearly all of the large trees it talks about have been chopped down, leaving very little shade for campers. There is no shade at all over the children's playground. The beach is not 5 minutes walk away, but 15 minutes, which is a long walk in the hot sun when unexpected. The rocks for the children to play on are just not safe. There are signs up stating to watch out for the rips and undertow, so you can only really splash in the water, not swim. The river is okay to swim in if you can cope with the knee deep sludgy sinking sand you have to wade in first, and there is no nice place to have a picnic at the river, or even sit - the only shade is under the road bridge which isn't that nice. Cleanliness is an issue, bathrooms not cleaned frequently, toilet paper not always supplied, hand soap in toilets ran out before we got there and was not replenished for two days after. The showers take $1 coins and lasted less than 2 minutes in the men's. The kitchen has absolutely no supplies - not even dishwashing liquid, and the oven didn't work properly. The owners were rude and unhelpful. I felt extremely let down, as it is a long windy road to get there and then to find it is not what is advertised and there is no where else to go. We paid for four nights and after the second night we had run out of things to do, and the lack of shade meant it was too hard to do nothing. I asked for a refund and was bluntly refused.They kept my money even though they got it through false pretences. I feel they had a duty of care to be honest on their website, as it is not as if there is anywhere else to stay once you are there. I am someone who loves camping and have stayed at many different campsites and this one is by far the worst.

Reviewed almost 10 years ago