AMAZING place!

Best place we stayed in New Zealand and maybe ever!

Location was lovely next to river with trout, yabbies and free use of dinghy and canoes.

Bathroom and kitchen/BBQ areas were clean and inviting.

Owner was so friendly and helpful with directions and vouchers for activities in town. Even called some bookings we had made to help us confirm pickups.

Ducks were allowed to be fed right by lake which made me happy {and the ducks too} Owner was lovely when I brought a duck up with hook stuck in its mouth and he helped me get it out.

If we had more time we would have stayed longer.

Will definitely keep recommending to others and hopefully will come back one day :)

Reviewed over 9 years ago

This park was in a nice location near beach...however...Road to park is crazy winding around and around corners so be careful driving.

On entering park we were given a code of conduct which we found very aggressive. Even in the laundry room we found threats of bad karma if we did not follow rules to a T. We are people that understand the reason for rules and do follow them, but these seemed extreme and we were quite affronted by them, considering we stayed at many parks throughout the North Island during our trip to NZ with code of conduct sheets also with no threats and angry wording.

About the park itself-showers were annoying as they took forever for hot water to come through and you only received a certain amount of time on your access tag.

We were given directions to local RSL as apparently nothing else was open (which was annoying as we would have enjoyed a pizza or something) but they weren't the best and we ended having to drive as we kept getting lost in the dark. Maybe more lighting in the park would also help. RSL was strange with hardly any food off the menu available and doorman making us go ask a stranger to sign us in when we were clearly out of the area (we are from Australia).

Reviewed over 9 years ago

Loved this experience.

Well worth the money. Guides were so friendly and funny. Food was nice after the freezing cold water in the caves. Would definitely do it again!!!!

Reviewed over 9 years ago

Amazing place and due to the weather was very quiet.

So nice and warm and refreshing.

There were blackberries in bushes surrounding creek which was cool also.

A great place for a picnic.

Oh and also TAKE OFF YOUR SILVER JEWELLERY due to sulphur it goes black and gross and then needs a lot of silver polish.

Reviewed over 9 years ago

Butterfly House is separate to this Holiday Park even though it is made out to be part of it.

Washing machines worked well but were overprices compared to other establishments stayed at.

General store was very expensive also and understocked.

Facilities are very old and need updating.

But very nice people running park and was not a bad place to stay our first night in New Zealand.

Reviewed over 9 years ago

Stayed the night as had to get up early for fishing and was really close to wharf.

Got in late and had to leave early, so left and was going to return after fishing. Received a polite note on campervan to remind us to come back and pay.

We returned and were aloud to shower and fill up water and dump waste.

Nice people and great location.

Reviewed over 9 years ago

My boyfriend and I visited a few weeks ago and were a little late to getting to beach as it was raining so there were many holes already dug.

Most people could not find water (there wasn't many people due to the weather which was a good thing)

One hole was hot though and we were able to jump in and share which was awesome, then we shared with others as well.

Overall my mind was blown by how the hot water from underneath the sand was possible, but it was a shame about the weather and also that we were late so the water was coming in. My advice is to get there early and make sure you have a shovel. Also there are no showers where we parked so be prepared to be pretty sandy afterwards. :) All in all a pretty good experience.

Reviewed over 9 years ago