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

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

Had a good time, a little pricey though.

I have to admit I thought I was going to see burning hot lava :) haha shows how much I know about marine volcanoes lol

An enjoyable boat ride there and information provided was interesting.

A nice walk around island and talk by guides.

Very smelly due to sulphur (stirred up my asthma quite a bit)

A good experience though.

Reviewed over 9 years ago

Large Holiday Park with lots of guests but quiet place overall to stay.

Friendly staff, nice hot showers, washing facilities, hot spa open till late, BBQs and kitchen area.

Close to caves and amazing restaurant on the hill next door (make sure you book)

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

Heaps of fun with interactive things to play with.

Unfortunately some were out of order :(

Would be a great place to take kids.

Adult flying fox is a bit dangerous as I rope burnt my leg on the way down and it immediately came up as a huge bruise on inner thigh *ouch* but other than that its a great place to explore and play.

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