Great free campsite to stop a night on the way to Lake Tekapo from Christchurch.

We arrived late, around 10pm and the campsite area is huge and able to accommodate lots of campers, motorhomes, campervan. Public toilets are clean but due to lots of campers, they ran out of toilet paper. Recycling bins also available next to the public toilets. Beautiful view in the morning.

Reviewed almost 6 years ago

Great place to watch the sunset.

We arrived around 8.30ish but there are plenty of parking space left, maybe because it’s weekday. But the wind was very strong that night and our motorhome were shaking vigorously throughout the night. Toilets are clean, all the campers are very considerate. Outdoor cold shower available for those brave ones.

Reviewed almost 6 years ago

The staff were friendly, welcoming, accommodating, treated us very warmly.

Unfortunately, I think they are shorthanded and their motorhomes are a shabby and not maintained properly. We got a second 6 berth motorhome as a replacement (because the first one they wanted to give us was not in a good condition), which was informed as a newer vehicle but has a 50 cents cracked hole on the windscreen (which they temporary repaired, which they guaranteed it will be alright but we were worried). We wanted another motorhome but have to wait another 4 hours for it but we couldn’t wait because we have planned our itinerary, and they promised us another motorhome at the site we were suppose to head off the next day. Then they got confused when we called back to confirm and to cancel it as we wouldn’t want anymore delay in our plan, and said they only promised to change us a new windscreen. But this second so called newer motorhome wasn’t any newer, the right front vehicle bumper was duct taped cos it’s broken, their kitchen hob handle was spoiled in the middle of the trip which panicked us, cause we couldn’t switch off the gas properly, eventually we did managed it and prevent from using it, their drawers screws were all coming loose in the middle of the trip, their seats and floor were little dirty when we first got it. We even got a call from a Good Samaritan (which was informed to us by an Apollo staff) to inform us that our tail lights and left brake lights wasn’t working (which we forgot to check when we collected the motorhome), but a day after we returned our motorhome to them. We did however enjoyed our trip, because thank God, one thing that worked well, was their engine, which brought us safely everywhere and back.

Reviewed almost 6 years ago