KCtravels
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North Island ▷ Taranaki ▷ Hawera ▷
Ohawe Beach Camp
4.5/5
Beautiful spot to spend the night!
Lovely grounds in a very peaceful location right next to a black sandy beach.
Powered sites for $20 per night for 1 or 2 people. And easy access to water on each site.
Facilities were reasonably clean and showers were hot.
Would happily stay here again if in the area.
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North Island ▷ Manawatu - Wanganui ▷ Palmerston North ▷
Tangimoana Motor Camp
2.5/5
Ended up here while looking for a different site, as it was getting late we figured we might as well stay.
Seems like a decent sized place but majority of the sites were occupied by permanent structures and the only available powered site was being used as a parking space by someone staying on the site next door.
Facilities were fine. The shower wasn't particularly hot but they're clean and in good condition.
Nothing really in the area surrounding the grounds so it was really just somewhere to park for the night. At $10 per person for a non-powered site it was a bit pricey.
There were a lot of mosquitoes!
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Waiotapu ▷
Waikite Valley Thermal Pools Campground
4.0/5
Small sites positioned quite close together in a car park so not a lot of privacy.
$24 per person for an un-powered site or $28 per person for powered. But considering this cost gets you access to the pools the afternoon of your arrival as well as the morning for a few hours before they open to the public, it's well worth it.
Aside from that the facilities are quite good. Showers and toilets are clean and you have access to a small kitchen area as well as washers and dryers.
My advice is to get up early (pools are filled by 6-6:30) and enjoy a soak before anyone else!