KiwiCamp Tongariro
National Park Village
4.2 32 reviews
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village |
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Best low cost campsite so far.
Maxime Dube -
Bit impersonal but cool concept.
Callum -
Awesome freedom camp ...
Pauline -
Great free option near Tongariro!
Kelly -
The prices changed, please update info.
Aaron
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Great location for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing shuttles with all the KiwiCamp facilities i.e.
laundry, dish washing, cooking, toilets and showers. Keypass needed to pay. Loads of spaces for vans and cars. Felt very safe
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Big parking near the railway ( we heard few freighttrains during the night).its only a donation of 10$/vehicule with the penny key.
If you don't have the penny stuff or don't want to pay, you can enter from the exit, its without barrier.
You have free flush toilets and warm water for dishwashing.
Shower and cooking plates can be activated with the penny card.
It seems that some shuttle for hiking tour start from there.
Ok for a night but not the best with kids. They had nothing to do there...
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Beautiful view.
Essentially a large car park (lights a bit bright all night). Uses the kiwicash / penny card. Like the idea of only paying for what you use- showers / cook top / sinks to wash dishes.
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It was good, but don't bother paying for secure car park (didn't seem very secure or needed).
Free hot water in the kitchen taps! Very clean facilities, if basic. Toilets were small and had no hooks. Showers did have hooks, however we didn't use actual showers (we paid $10 to use the sauna and showers at the Skotel Alpine Hotel, if you go after 3 you can also use their spa pool).
Would highly recommend the Schnapps Bar at the end of the road - HUGE portions of food, very lovely staff.
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Great big free campsite, it’s basically a huge parking lot.
The perfect base to explore the national park and especially for the Tangariro Croasinf as the shuttle picks you up right there.
Really good facilities, hot showers (5 min), stoves, sinks for dishes, BUT you have to pay with kiwi cash (that nowadays is called Penny). You can get a card in town at the gas station and top it up with the app. Don’t put too much money on there though, because used it like 1 more time in NZ afterwards, it’s really not that widespread and it costs $5 to get your money out again.
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Awesome freedom camp ...
lots of space, good lighting clean toilets and dish wash area. Option to pay for showers, power and priority parking. Prob 40 vehicles here tonight ... everyone respectful and considerate with parking Feel super safe. 10/10
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Totally fine for one night and perfect when doing the alpine crossing.
A crowded place but enough place for even more people. A bit loud because of the trains and not cozy at all but clean toilets.
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Un grand parking pour pouvoir faire le tongariro alpine crossing.
Les navettes viennent vous chercher directement devant. Service kiwicash présent (douche,machine…) il faut juste le badge pour pouvoir les utiliser.
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Amazing for doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
Right at the pick up for the shuttle, bathrooms, sinks, showers (I think). Just go to the right - don’t go to the left where you have to pay with a kiwi camp card.
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Big car park with all the facilities but you need a kiwicard.
You can by one at the gas station and you need to top it up (website).
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The prices changed, please update info.
Hot shower is clean and nice. Toilets were not so clean, but every morning they were cleaned. I think there is just too many people use it during the day as public toilet.
I wanted a powered site. I don't mind paying for that at all. Prices changed: 10 tokens for 24 hours. I don't like the fact that you have to pay 10 KiwiCash tokens for a "secured site" to get power. So power actually costs 20 NZD.
No kiwicamp wifi, there is district counsel wifi tho
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Bit impersonal but cool concept.
Would be good if it accepted contactless - the kiwi cash thing seems a bit of a faff, we didn't end up using it. Bright lights on all night - bring an eye mask. Also freight trains. Great views of Ruapehu.
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A car park for free and every facilty you might need for a few dollars.
But to use them you need a kiwi card, not that practical. Good toilets, perfect for one night before the Tongariro Crossing.
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Good location after/before Tongariro Hike.
Lot of spaces.
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We arrive around 4pm we set up our van and getting snacks. And we had so many wast coming around us. So we moved of place thinking we parked around a nest. But it was the same. So we left because they kept going moving around us…
We thought it was just our van, but others vans get wast too around
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I went to this spot for the showers.
But one had a sign that said out of order and the other was not working. The paid parking lot to park overnight in also wasn’t “secure” and has street lights throughout the lot, which makes it very bright. Honestly, I just wanted the shower and it would’ve been higher had they been able to provide working shower (or had a notice online about the showers not working).
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Big parking near the railway ( we heard few freighttrains during the night).its only a donation of 10$/vehicule with the penny key.
If you don't have the penny stuff or don't want to pay, you can enter from the exit, its without barrier.
You have free flush toilets and warm water for dishwashing.
Shower and cooking plates can be activated with the penny card.
It seems that some shuttle for hiking tour start from there.
Ok for a night but not the best with kids. They had nothing to do there...
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I went to this spot for the showers.
But one had a sign that said out of order and the other was not working. The paid parking lot to park overnight in also wasn’t “secure” and has street lights throughout the lot, which makes it very bright. Honestly, I just wanted the shower and it would’ve been higher had they been able to provide working shower (or had a notice online about the showers not working).
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Good location after/before Tongariro Hike.
Lot of spaces.
BUT
We arrive around 4pm we set up our van and getting snacks. And we had so many wast coming around us. So we moved of place thinking we parked around a nest. But it was the same. So we left because they kept going moving around us…
We thought it was just our van, but others vans get wast too around
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Great location for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing shuttles with all the KiwiCamp facilities i.e.
laundry, dish washing, cooking, toilets and showers. Keypass needed to pay. Loads of spaces for vans and cars. Felt very safe
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It was good, but don't bother paying for secure car park (didn't seem very secure or needed).
Free hot water in the kitchen taps! Very clean facilities, if basic. Toilets were small and had no hooks. Showers did have hooks, however we didn't use actual showers (we paid $10 to use the sauna and showers at the Skotel Alpine Hotel, if you go after 3 you can also use their spa pool).
Would highly recommend the Schnapps Bar at the end of the road - HUGE portions of food, very lovely staff.
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Great big free campsite, it’s basically a huge parking lot.
The perfect base to explore the national park and especially for the Tangariro Croasinf as the shuttle picks you up right there.
Really good facilities, hot showers (5 min), stoves, sinks for dishes, BUT you have to pay with kiwi cash (that nowadays is called Penny). You can get a card in town at the gas station and top it up with the app. Don’t put too much money on there though, because used it like 1 more time in NZ afterwards, it’s really not that widespread and it costs $5 to get your money out again.
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Totally fine for one night and perfect when doing the alpine crossing.
A crowded place but enough place for even more people. A bit loud because of the trains and not cozy at all but clean toilets.
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Beautiful view.
Essentially a large car park (lights a bit bright all night). Uses the kiwicash / penny card. Like the idea of only paying for what you use- showers / cook top / sinks to wash dishes.
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Awesome freedom camp ...
lots of space, good lighting clean toilets and dish wash area. Option to pay for showers, power and priority parking. Prob 40 vehicles here tonight ... everyone respectful and considerate with parking Feel super safe. 10/10
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Amazing for doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
Right at the pick up for the shuttle, bathrooms, sinks, showers (I think). Just go to the right - don’t go to the left where you have to pay with a kiwi camp card.