This was good for a night.

It was $20 per person per night in March 2016 for an unpowered site, which included one free hot shower and 30 minutes of WiFi. The kitchen was fully equipped. It's nice having the brewery/pub on site. The beers we tried were excellent and the food looked tasty.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

This site is set in nice grounds with impressive views of the hills behind the park.

The 7m high Flying Fox Zip Wire was an unexpected bonus, as was the unlimited free WiFi. The only downside was the number of flies buzzing around the kitchen.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

This place gets 6/10 because it has a free thermal pools & a cold swimming pool for people to use.

It'd be improved by providing some better equipment in the kitchen (the couple of pans that were provided were disgusting because they were so rusty), making more of an effort to clean the communal areas & updating a few things. Despite having thermal pools the "hot" water in the kitchen & showers was tepid, at best. It cost $40 for two people on an unpowered site in March, which we felt was overpriced.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

We really liked this site.

There's loads of space, clean, good showers at no extra cost (although it's requested you only use them for 3 minutes) and picnic tables spread across the grounds. The location is also great right next to the beach and the Motu Dunes cycleway. It was $30 for two people in March for an unpowered site.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

The water needs boiling to make it drinkable because it's untreated.

This is a pretty poor campsite for the following reasons:

The kitchen has absolutely NO equipment beyond the cooker, microwave & fridge. (Note: no freezer.). Everything was very grubby. The ground turned into a swamp after rain. The septic tank or drains stank. There are lots and lots of mosquitoes. There's a number of caravans around the site that have been left to rot away. The washing machine cost $4, which is double the price of any other site we've used. The only seating area was either a bench for 3 people or an outdoor table. Despite all these issues it cost $15 per person for an unpowered, which is too much. Unfortunately it's the only site in the area.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

This was a pretty average campsite.

Clean facilities, plenty of camping space & some free WiFi, but nothing special.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

Yes, everything is a bit dated here, but it all works.

There's free showers, a well equipped kitchen & free WiFi. The owners were very welcoming & relaxed. The only thing we didn't like were the fridges, which were pretty dirty. Otherwise all was good.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

This is a really nice place to camp beside the river, where it's also possible to swim.

There are flush toilets (so we don't know why some of the information we read about this place mention needing to bring a chemical toilet in order to camp here) & water on tap, but it wasn't clear if it was safe to drink, so we didn't. We got the Gisborne Council permit for camping from the iSite in Wairoa, which cost $16 for two nights of camping. (Buying a permit for one night wasn't an option.)

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

At $10 per person per night this is amazing value for money.

There's hot showers at no extra cost, although they're were only two male & two female showers & were in a portkabin. Kitchen was clean. From here you can walk to Porirua train station and then get the train into the centre of Wellington for sightseeing. The walk up the Colonial Knob from the campsite gives good views of the local area.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

Brilliant campsite that's kind of like a DoC site.

It's $6 per person per night, with clean flush toilets, sinks for washing up (but no hot water) & electric BBQs (which we didn't use so no idea how good they were). There is a river for bathing. Massive camping site and very quiet.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

Fantastic campsite with great people running the place.

There's loads of space, 4 or 5 kitchens, clean showers, a deck overlooking the river and a swimming hole with a rope swing :-) It's about 1.5 km outside of town.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

Beautiful setting right next to the lake with good grassy spots to pitch a tent and picnic benches.

There's the lake for a refreshing swim. There's a tap giving untreated water and two horrible long drop toilets. There were some sandflies buzzing around but nothing too bad. $6 per person per night for camping.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

Fantastic site.

Only $8.50 per person per night for a clean site, good showers, benches, and the most fantastic views across the river.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

There's only a few spaces for tents, and only one shower and one toilet.

However the kitchen was really well equipped. For a night it worked really well to break the trip from Haast to Fox. We paid $15 per person per night for an unpowered site.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

Really lovely site set next to a stream.

$17.50 per person per night for an unpowered site, with some free WiFi & they give us towels to use as we'd arrived by bicycle! How amazing is that?!

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

The campsite is really nice, with the kitchen, amazingly clean showers & living room in an old aircraft hanger.

Free WiFi up to 100 MB per device. There were even some sheltered areas for our bikes. However it was very pricy at $22 per person per night for an unpowered site.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

This was way over priced at $20 per person per night for an unpowered site.

The showers were in need of some TLC, there was a mouse in one of the two kitchens, one laundry room wasn't working, in the second laundry room one of the dryers was broken, the kitchen had people trying to clean at 09h45 while people were making breakfast. It all felt a bit odd. However the terraces were nice and there was free WiFi.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago

We camped here for a night and were happy.

There is a bar and cafe on site. The campers get to use the kitchen and showers that are part of the motel, which were fine. However, with only two showers it could mean lots of waiting around (although we didn't any any issues as it wasn't very busy). It's possible to get down to the river from Berlin's for a splash about in the water.

Reviewed almost 9 years ago