John Smith
North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Dargaville ▷
4.0/5
Small camping area for vehicles (including power), medium sized grass area for tents, decent looking kitchen, 2 very hot showers with strong water pressure, OK bathrooms, good location near Tane Mahuta
and for travelling north of Auckland. Has nice, easy 40-minute Kauri track on site.
North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Kaitaia ▷
4.0/5
Nice campsite, great beach.
It was very crowded in mid February (maybe 50 campers?), but there was still room for more vehicles/tents. The only shower I found was a beach shower (no walls, no privacy, cold water, just meant to wash sand off your feet), but I didn't look very hard as I had a shower in my camper. The bathrooms were decent. Strangely, of 100+ people there at the time, only us and 2 other people were on this great, large beach at sunset and sunrise. But a deserted beach is better than a crowded one, in my opinion. I don't think this campsite has powered sites, but again, I didn't look very hard. There is a long-ish, steep-ish gravel road to descend to get to this site, but it's not that bad.